If you’ve been reading recent Nursing Homes Abuse Blog headlines, this will not come as a surprise, but some of the worst nursing homes in the country are right here in my backyard– Illinois. According to a report from the General Accounting Office (GAO), Illinois ranks has some of the worst nursing homes in the… Continue Reading
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Surprise! Large Nursing Home Chains Put Profits Over The Care Of Residents
Posted in EconomicsAccording to federal data, large, for-profit nursing home chains have lower staffing levels and higher rates of serious patient-care violations than independently owned facilities. A Connecticut newspaper analyzed two years of inspection and ownership data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, comparing corporate owned nursing homes to their privately owned counterparts, the results… Continue Reading