Five nursing homes in San Antonio, Texas were flagged for alleged abuse and neglect of their residents on Tuesday, November 4, 2019. Reports for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services flagged River City Care Center, Retama Manor Nursing Center- San Antonio West, San Pedro Manor, Southeast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and Senior Care of Windcrest.The five nursing home facilities were cited for numerous problems, including; neglect of medical needs, physical, verbal, and sexual abuse….

Statistics show that 44 percent of elderly patients experience some type of abuse at some point during their stay at a nursing home. With such high rates, it is important to know what to look out for in the different kinds of abuse.From physical to financial exploitation, there are many different ways patients can be abused inside a nursing home. Not every case, however, involves healthcare providers.

In March 2016, a ninety-four year old male patient who suffered from dementia was admitted to an assisted living facility. In addition to his cognitive limitations, the patient had Parkinsonism and was non-ambulatory. The patient was entirely dependent on the facility staff for all daily living activities, including eating, drinking, and using the bathroom.

Patients are receiving letters from their health care plans stating they are no longer eligible for long-term care. One patient, a 68-year-old amputee with diabetes, memory loss and kidney disease, requires dialysis three times a week, while another is an 82-year old with congestive heart failure and diabetes who isn’t strong enough to transfer himself from the bed to his wheelchair.Many of the patients have “given up everything- their apartments or mobile homes, their furniture, the…

Medicaid cuts in one particular state’s budget causes fear in how it will affect their staffing size in the upcoming years. Since Medicaid helps fund nursing homes, close to a million dollars in cuts for these facilities means cutting staff positions, which is the last thing the nursing homes want to do. However, it is looking like a possibility for next year.One administrator at a medical care facility is trying to ease the nerves of some patients by reassuring the quality of care each patient …

In six out of every 10 cases, health regulators failed to investigate the most serious nursing home complaints. Data shows that these health regulators missed deadlines for 150 cases that alleged their patients were at immediate risk for further harm or had been seriously harmed.Families asked the agency to investigate “instances of harmful care, beatings, sexual assaults, and theft.” However, many of these complaints were never addressed. The number of nursing home complaints skyroc…