Cost-cutting Measures at Nursing Homes Leave Residents Suffering while Investors Profit: Shielded by a complex corporate structure, investment companies can dodge accountability for lapses in care at private nursing homes. There is a correlation between the poor—and...
The Link between Understaffing and Nursing Home Falls: As most nursing home falls are preventable through proper precaution and supervision, it is not a stretch to understand how insufficient staffing at Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing homes can result in nursing...
CMS List of Current Problematic Facilities Indispensable in Choosing a Nursing Home: By referencing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services webpage for Special Focus Facilities (SFF) and candidates, prospective nursing home residents and their loved ones can...
Deficiencies in Care Spark a Package of Bills to Improve Conditions at State-run veterans Homes An assembly panel on June 14 approved a package of bills meant to address ongoing problems within New Jersey’s three veterans nursing homes, says a NJ.com article. Issues...
Former Manager of PA Nursing Home Pleads Guilty to Endangering Residents: The understaffing ordered by Chaim “Charlie” Steg, regional operations director for the St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby, PA, led to the serious health complications...
CMS Makes Additional Nursing Home Staffing Data Public: The public availability of staff turnover data and weekend staffing rates may prompt staffing policy changes that help in thwarting nursing home abuse and preventing nursing home neglect. In addition to data...
