Largest Nursing Home Chains Provide Inferior Care & Have More Problems Related To Patient Care
Compared to non-profit and government controlled peers, big-chain nursing homes simply provide inferior patient care. Period. In one of the first studies directly comparing patient care provided by non-profits operations vs. nursing home conglomerates (the ten largest for-profit chains), an analysis conducted by University of California San Francisco (UCSF) clearly demonstrated that the facility have significantly more deficiencies that can be responsible for patients unmet medical needs and the development of serious complications such as: falls, infections, drastic weight loss and pressure sores. According to one of the studies author's Charlene Harrington, RD, PhD, there is no ambiguity in the...
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Colorado Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Signed By Healthcare Proxies
The Colorado Supreme Court handed down a decision in the matter of Lujan v. Life Care Centers of America that invalidates nursing home arbitration agreements entered into by a healthcare proxy. The Colorado Court held that the power to make medical decisions is different from the ability to consent settle disputes via a private system-- as in done in nursing home cases with mandatory arbitration agreements. In Lujan, Estella Lujan's son admitted her to a Life Care Center in Colorado and signed off on an arbitration agreement along with other admission paperwork. Three days after Ms. Lujan's admission to Life...
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