Nursing homes are noting funneling of profits to sister companies while facilities run short on staffing and supplies. Nursing home patients are suffering the effects of the shortage of supplies and staffing with injuries and development of bed sores. One facility had a patient who suffered from bed sores at a nursing home with a shortage of supplies according to nurse testimony.
The same facility funneled a 28% profit over eight years to its owners. Almost every single one of these chains is doing the same thing,” said a professor emeritus of a university school of nursing. “They're just pulling money away from staffing”. For more, read the story.