She's had no bed sores, no respiratory infections. Those can be common — and deadly — for... A new NPR analysis found that although there are fewer young people in nursing homes today...
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Researchers studied how many lives would be saved under federal staffing rule for nursing homes.
More than 100 VA nursing homes scored worse than private facilities on a majority of key quality indicators, which include rates of infection and decline, according to an analysis of data kept secr...
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FLORENCE CARRINGTON’S family had her admitted to a Bronx nursing home so she could recover from hip replacement surgery. But instead of receiving quality treatment at the facility, they charge, the 83-year-old contracted severe bed sores and infections that led to a leg amputation and her eventual death. Carrington’s daughter has filed a lawsuit in the Bronx against the Morningside House Nursing Home on Pelham Parkway, claiming her mother died because of a lack of care and treatment by the nursing home. The nursing home denies the allegatio ...
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The number of nursing homes to provide the elderly with in-residence care has increased considerably However, the quality control policies for those centers have not grown at the same speed. Estima...
How Do Bed Sores Form in Nursing Homes? Lack of movement and improper hygiene are major factors in developing bedsores. Pressure sores result from restricted blood flow in a particular area...
Three charts, based on a Kaiser Health News analysis of ratings from the federal government's Nursing Home Compare website, illustrate how care suffers in nursing homes where Medicaid is the dominant payer for residents. The government rates nursing homes on a scale from one to five stars, based on overall quality. The factors weighed are: how well each facility performs on government inspections, how many nurses and aides it employs and how healthy its residents are, as judged by such measures as how often they fall, get infections or are admi ...