Nursing Home corruption
the following is an excerpt from a New York Times article dealing with the corruption of nursing homes:
"The Times analysis shows that, as at Habana, managers at many other nursing homes acquired by large private investors have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum legal requirements.
Regulators say residents at these homes have suffered. At facilities owned by private investment firms, residents on average have fared more poorly than occupants of other homes in common problems like depression, loss of mobility and loss of ability to dress and bathe themselves, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The typical nursing home acquired by a large investment company before 2006 scored worse than national rates in 12 of 14 indicators that regulators use to track ailments of long-term residents. Those ailments include bedsores and easily preventable infections, as well as the need to be restrained. Before they were acquired by private investors, many of those homes scored at or above national averages in similar measurements."
Actually, the picture is worse. Nursing homes are sold and resold, with the same holding companies reappearing. It is common place for the facilities to go through bankruptcy's or "asset sales" to shield legal liability resulting from sloppy care. Many families or their lawyers finally give up because of the smoke screen set. up.
More profits and more abuses are on the horizon as the baby-boomers age.
http://www.bailey-law.com/lawyer-attorney-1215854.html
http://www.bailey-law.com/lawyer-attorney-1215844.html
