Wisconsin To Ease Nursing Home Penalties
When it comes to ensuring that nursing homes are compliant with regulations to protect patients, the enforcement of such provisions falls primarily on agencies within the state. When violations are discovered agencies have several options available to them in their arsenal including issuing a written citation that could become part of the facilities permanent record--- and issuing fines. Theoretically, imposing these sanctions would provide enough encouragement for poorly performing facilities to clean up their act. That is, unless the nursing home is located in Wisconsin. A new bill (Assembly Bill 302) that has been passed by the Wisconsin Assembly and...
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Watchdog Report Documents Serious Problems With Nursing Homes
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is running a series of articles documenting some of the problems with nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Wisconsin. After reading the articles, it is apparent that the quality of care nursing home residents receive is deteriorating. The need for additional regulation of the nursing home industry is apparent. The 20 year old laws (1987 OBRA) regulating the industry are not producing the results for which they were intended. Some of the more striking statistics identified in the articles, include: Most nursing home staff positions have high turnover-- some nursing positions have more more...
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The Invalidity Of Nursing Home Arbitration Clauses
The recent Illinois Appellate Court decision in Sue Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Company, LLC, (885 N.E. 2d 1204, 319 Ill.Dec. 524 (2008) effectively invalidated all mandatory arbitration clauses in Illinois in a nursing home setting. In Carter, the daughter of a nursing home resident brought a wrongful death and survival cause of action under the Nursing Home Care Act against the nursing home where her mother was a resident. Ms. Carter executed a 'Health Care Arbitration Agreement' on her mothers behalf when she admitted her mother to the facility. The arbitration agreement was to be governed by the Federal...
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Welcome To The Nursing Home. Let's Begin Our Assessment and Care Planning
"How do you know if the nursing home is providing the necessary care to my loved one?" This question gets asked repeatedly by families who have a relative in a nursing home. One of the first places to begin an investigation into whether the resident is getting the proper level of care in a nursing home is by looking at documents related to the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI). Within 14 days of admission, new nursing home residents must be evaluated by the nursing home staff for the purpose of conducting a RAI under the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987...
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