As Budgets Get Slashed, Regulation Of Long Term Care Facilites Takes Back Seat
A disturbing example of the the fall-out from state budget cuts, will be the escalation of unregulated skilled nursing and assisted living facilities caring for seniors and the disabled. Delayed inspections--- or inspections of facilities that simply never occur--- will become the new 'norm' in many states that simply do not have sufficient manpower to regulate facilities within their state. Just recently, Maryland's layoffs at the state's Office of Health Care Quality, has made it physically impossible for officials from the state to conduct mandated surveys of long term care facilities within the state. According to a state investigation,...
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Maryland Nursing Home Fined For Neglecting Patients
Rarely do nursing homes have isolated problems. Rather, problems with patient care usually stem from a culture of poor staff training and under-staffing. Case in point-- The Summerville at Potomac nursing facility in Maryland. Following a routine inspection, state and county nursing home surveyors discovered numerous violations governing patient care in nursing homes. Among the violations, the surveyors discovered: improperly care for pressure ulcers, mismanaged patients' medication, lack of fall precautions for patients prone to falling and patients with excessive weight gain and loss. According to Wendy Kronmiller, director of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office...
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