Temp Workers Becoming An Increasing Threat To Nursing Home Patients' Safety
As if we need another reason to be concerned over nursing home patient safety, an article in the L.A. Times on temporary nurses in hospitals and nursing homes will surely make you cringe. A desire to run a streamlined operation and the inherent uncertainly of required staffing levels has resulted in a booming temporary staffing industry-- in particular with nurses. Unregulated and widely unknown, there are an estimated 3,000 to 6,000 temp. agencies in what is believed to be an industry that takes in more than $4 billion per year--- and growing. Though there are certainly many highly qualified...
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Patient Safety And Abuse Prevention Act Closer To Becoming Law
Keeping criminals out of the nursing home industry is the intent of the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1577). The act became one step closer to becoming law this week when the Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed the aft this week. The Act would establish a nationwide system of background checks for potential nursing home and long-term care employees. If passed by the Senate, the bill would allow nursing homes to weed out potentially abusive caregivers from the hiring pool. Bill sponsors Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) in a statement called the bill an important step...
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Health Care Worker Registry
"No health care employer shall hire, employ, or retain any individual who has a disqualifying conviction or an administrative finding of abuse, neglect or theft pursuant to 42 CFR Section 483.13 and 225 ILCS 46/25" Ever wonder how you can check on the staff at a nursing home or a home care-giver? The Illinois Department of Public Health has created the Health Care Worker Registry to provide information on: administrative findings, date of last criminal background check, last employment verification, waivers and program affiliations. All you need is the persons name to begin the background check. It is easy and...
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