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Senior care bill has familiar opponent: nursing home industry
AJC EXCLUSIVE: SENIOR CARE 21 hours ago By Brad Schrade Carrie Teegardin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A plan to offer additional scrutiny of suspicious deaths at nursing homes and assisted living facilities seemed positioned to finally get a full airing at the...
Nursing home residents are often isolated and forgotten by the public. They shouldn’t be.
Caterina Ieronimo· 13 hours ago If I had any enthusiasm for life prior to this week, all the news from the past seven days has killed it. Particularly tragic is the news that earlier this month, as coronavirus spread throughout the United States, a nursing home — the...
CMS Suspends Nursing Home Inspections, Offers Guidance in Wake of Coronavirus
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suspending non-emergency inspections of nursing homes so inspectors can focus on the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). CMS also announced guidance for controlling COVID-19 in...
Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
PITTSBURGH — On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady joined U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
This initiative is focusing on some of the worst nursing homes around the country and the department has already initiated investigations into approximately 30 individual nursing facilities in nine states as part of this effort.
Learn more about the Justice Department’s Elder Justice Initiative at http://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/.
Monterey police arrest nursing home employee for sexual battery, elder abuse
By THOMAS WRIGHT | twright@montereyherald.com | Monterey Herald
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2020 at 5:27 a.m. | UPDATED: March 4, 2020 at 5:28 a.m
MONTEREY — Officers arrested a nurse assistant at Cypress Ridge Care Center on sexual battery and elder abuse charges Saturday.
According to the Monterey Police Department, officers were dispatched to the nursing home at 1501 Skyline Dr. at 11:07 p.m. for a report of sexual battery against a patient. When they arrived, they contacted and arrested nurse assistant Kelven Ferolino, 38, of Gonzales. He was transported to Monterey County Jail and his bail was set at $300,000.
New bill to combat elder abuse would allow cameras in nursing home rooms
As many as 5 million elders are abused each year. Author: Kylie Ambu Published: 7:28 PM EST March 3, 2020 MICHIGAN, USA — Michigan lawmakers proposed a new bill that would allow cameras to be installed inside nursing home rooms. The action is an effort to combat elder...
New bill to combat elder abuse would allow cameras in nursing home rooms
As many as 5 million elders are abused each year.
Author: Kylie Ambu
Published: 7:28 PM EST March 3, 2020
Updated: 7:28 PM EST March 3, 2020
MICHIGAN, USA — Michigan lawmakers proposed a new bill that would allow cameras to be installed inside nursing home rooms. The action is an effort to combat elder abuse.
The bill, which was proposed by Republican Michigan Sen. Jim Runestad, would allow a resident’s loved ones to oversee their treatment. Patients would have to give their consent for the cameras to be placed. If the patient is in a shared living space, all roommates would also have to give their consent before a camera is permitted. If a patient was not coherent to make the decision, the resident’s power of attorney could authorize camera use.
Government Increases Scrutiny of Nursing Homes
Published March 2, 2020 By Devon Marshall Health inspectors are being sent by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to nursing homes as well as hospitals to check on the practices in place for infection control. The main attention is going to areas where...
Nursing home cited for death, sexual abuse
FEB 26, 2020 CLARK KAUFFMAN IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH A Dallas County nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring an unlicensed caregiver, failing...
Nursing home cited for death, sexual abuse
FEB 26, 2020
CLARK KAUFFMAN – IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
A Dallas County nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring an unlicensed caregiver, failing to protect residents from sexual abuse and allowing a kitchen worker to supervise its dementia ward.
Financial troubles at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry have been so severe in recent years the home was unable to buy bottled oxygen for the elderly residents who needed it simply to breathe, according to state records.
The home is now on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Special Focus Facilities list. The national list was created to identify those homes that have an established pattern of numerous, serious violations related to resident care. The home is currently operating on a conditional license from the state.