More Regulations In Store For Assisted Living Facilities In Georgia
New regulations passed by the Georgia General Assembly may help clarify the services that assisted living facilities in Georgia can provide to their residents. Recognizing an ambiguity in the laws applicable to assisted living facilities, Georgia legislators drew upon similar regulations from Maryland, North Carolina and Oregon to create a more clear cut list of services that assisted living facilities within the state can and cannot provide. Among the new rules for assisted living facilities in Georgia: Certified medication aides will be allowed to help residents with their prescriptions More non-ambulatory will be permitted to remain at assisted living...
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Bed Sore Verdict Against Assisted Living Facility & Home Health Care Agency
I never served on a jury before. So I'll have to imagine how difficult it is to serve as the decision-maker in a pending case. Particularly when evidence is presented by skilled lawyers, I imagine there must be an element of second-guessing both the sincereity of the witnesses and lawyers involved. In trials involving the development of bed sores at a nursing home or hospital, the frequent defense arguments center around both inevitability of the wounds and perhaps where the actual wound originated. While these arguments indeed have their place, my experience is that these arguments are brought into play...
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New Program Focuses On Staffing To Improve Patient Care In Nursing Homes
I recently read about The Critical Access Nursing Home Project, a program initiated to help ‘at risk’ nursing homes in urban areas in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Georgia improve the quality of their care. Though participation in the program is voluntary facilities must meet criteria applicable to the composition patient demographics such as: operating in an urban area, a large percentage of minority patients on Medicaide and a large percentage of patients with serious health problems. The primary focus of the program is to focus on staffing retention and morale to improve patient care. All nursing homes are understaffed. We’re...
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Fire In An Assisted Living Facility Claims The Lives Of Two Residents
Two residents at a Georgia assisted living facility were killed when a fire broke out at the facility where they lived. Two other residents were taken to a hospital for further treatment. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire. Unlike nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes are not subject to the same federal laws the require the use of smoke alarms and fire sprinkler systems. Clearly, as incidents such as this indicate, there is a need for more regulation at these type of facilities. Related: Ohio Nursing Home Fire Sparks Interest In Resident Safety...
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Family Claims Assisted Living Facilities Neglect Resulted In Death Of Mentally Disabled Woman
The family of a 51-year-old woman with cerebral palsy has brought a lawsuit against the assisted living facility where she was a patient. The lawsuit alleges that Country Crossing Assisted Living Facility (Georgia) failed to properly care for the mentally disabled woman during the course of her four year stay and intentionally hid her physical condition from her family. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the assisted living facilities neglect resulted in severe malnourishment and advanced pressure sores. Quoting a nurse who used to work at the facility, the lawsuit further alleges that the facility failed to train new...
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Should Medicaid Dictate Who Receives Medical Treatment?
An anticipated decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals may alter the way medical treatment is dispensed for Medicaid recipients. Under the current system, Medicaid recipients are entitled to receive 'medically necessary' treatment as prescribed by their physician. In cases of disabled or handicapped people this frequently means home nursing care by a CNA or therapist. The case pending before the 11th Circuit involves Anna Moore, a 14-year-old Georgia girl, who suffers from a seizure disorder since birth. Because of her ongoing risk of stroke and breathing problems, Anna's physician prescribed round-the-clock nursing care. Despite the medical order from...
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