A nursing home is under investigation by the state Attorney General and state health department. The nursing home has bren exposed to have issues with breaches of patient privacy. Employees have been abusing Snapchat and sharing it on the social media app. Send employees have come forward anonymously sharing with police their concerns of Snapchat abuse and patient privacy breaches.
Nursing homes in one state are experiencing extremely low staffing with nearly half of the facilities either below or much below the national staffing average for nursing homes. The issue is becoming more public as reporting methods of actual staffing have been updated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to increase accuracy. Facilities historically were able to project staffing and have the facility surveyed on a given date to verify staffing levels.
A nursing home has been cited with a Class AA citation resulting in a $100,000 fine. The citation followed the death of a patient who died at the negligence of the nursing home. The patient fell while transferring to the toilet.
Two nursing home employees have been charged with elder abuse. The employees were accused of restraining the patient suffering from dementia by duct taping her to a chair. They also duct taped the patient's mouth to keep her quiet.
The Attorney General in one state is praising a new law and acted allowing the state to now prosecute against abuse of the elderly which includes abuse by institution such as nursing homes. Formerly abuse cases were handled by prosecutors alone. The new law also put into effect the fact that prosecutors no longer have to prove injury occurred in abuse cases. The Attorney General said, “Those caregivers who kill a person by neglecting the individual will no longer be able to hide behin…
A nursing home facility that is currently out of compliance with medicare regulations is also under review for termination of medicare support. The facility was cited for allowing patients to be in immediate jeopardy. The citations came forth after a hidden camera was placed in a patient's room.
