Nurse & Assisted Living Facility Operator Charged With Abusing Patients At AZ Assisted Living Facility
Despite a barrage of emergency calls to the Phoenix Police Department regarding suspicious injuries and wandering patients at several assisted living facilities in the Phoenix area, no action was taken by the Department of Health Services to investigate into the real source of these problems. That it is, until recent investigations at the facilities that revealed conditions that were so pathetic, that that assisted living facilities were shut down and the operator of the facilities was arrested. Melissa Pacheco was recently arrested and charged with 69 counts of abusing vulnerable adults who were living at three assisted living facilities...
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New Pay-For-Performance Program Initiated To Help Improve Nursing Home Care
Nursing homes will now have one more reason to improve patient care--they will be paid for doing so. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will initiate a new pay-for-performance program to inspire nursing to provide improved care to residents. The plan formally known as, Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Project, will begin in July and run for three years. All Medicare-certified nursing homes in Arizona, Mississippi, New York and Wisconsin are eligible to participate. CMS anticipates at least 100 nursing homes in each state will participate in the program. Nursing homes who elect to participate in the program will...
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Flu Outbreaks Can Be Controlled
The elderly are particularly susceptible to flu symptoms. The elderly population who live in nursing homes is also particularly susceptible to contracting the virus. Unfortunately, the 2.5 million people living in 18,000 nursing homes, there is no vaccine or other medicine proven to prevent the flu. Moreover, the addition of new medication or vaccine can be harmful to an already weakened population. Researchers at Arizona State University have determined the best way to prevent the flu is to prevent the introduction of the flu virus into the nursing home or long-term care facility. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are what the study...
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