Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Friday, November 30th, 2007. Oklahoma City, OK - An administrator whose Oklahoma City nursing home made the list of the 54 worst centers for patient care in the nation vows to ensure proper care for residents and adherence to the rules. Barbie Harter said today -- her first day on the job -- that any ... [More >>]
Friday, November 30th, 2007. Columbia, SC - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday released the first-ever ranking of the 54 worst-performing nursing homes in the country, and two South Carolina facilities are on the list. Ridgeview Manor is in Hopkins, east of Columbia. Magnolia Manor is in Moncks Corner. Ridgeview Manor had 31 ... [More >>]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007. Atlanta, GA - Two Georgia nursing homes have been told they're among the worst in the country, according to federal data released Thursday. The Place at Augusta and Shoreham of Marietta were cited for deficiencies and were listed on the Web site of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They ... [More >>]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007. Reno, NV - A local nursing home with a history of suspected patient abuse and Medicaid fraud, is once again in the limelight. So are the patients really in any danger? A federal agency has named the Evergreen Mountain View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carson City... one of the worst ... [More >>]
Monday, February 26th, 2007. In 1987, Congress passed a landmark law meant to improve nursing home care for the elderly. But our investigation reveals that poor care is still all too common, especially at nursing homes run by for-profit chains, now the dominant force in the industry. Consumer Reports' analysis found that not-for-profit homes generally ... [More >>]
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006. There are too many bad U.S. nursing homes and too few good ones. That's the conclusion of a new report, titled Nursing Home Quality Monitor, published in the September issue of Consumer Reports. "We have seen little evidence that the quality of care has improved much since the first list ... [More >>]
Thursday, May 18th, 2006. CMS often does not penalize nursing homes that place the safety of patients at risk or that have long-term problems, according to a report released on Wednesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports. According to the report, CMS should have terminated the contracts of ... [More >>]
Thursday, May 4th, 2006. Leavenworth, KS - Of the six senior care facilities certified for Medicare in Leavenworth County, four have 20 or more deficiencies noted by the Kansas Department on Aging. Information comparing the care facilities within the county is a public record that is available online on the Medicare Web site, www.medicare.gov. The ... [More >>]
Saturday, April 29th, 2006. Fort Wayne, IN - A national report examining nursing home abuse and neglect, released Friday, reveals understaffing as the underlying reason for continued problems. “The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes,” commissioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, gives a look-back at the events ... [More >>]
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006. California continues to fall behind federal standards in investigating nursing home complaints and addressing serious deficiencies in quality of care, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported last month. In an 81-page report, the GAO, also known as the investigative arm of Congress, stated that the California agency responsible for examining nursing ... [More >>]
