For families seeking information on a particular nursing home or additional information about a specific event, the need for such information usually comes at a time when external pressures abound. In order to fully appreciate such information, it is important to have a complete grasp of the terms involved. I was happy to find concise… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: special focus facility
Nursing Home With History Of Problems Now Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit Related To Poor Care of Patient With Tracheostomy Tube
Posted in Ventilator PatientsWe’ve spent a fair amount of time talking about nursing homes on Medicare’s Special Focus Facility (SFF) list, which can be simply referred to as a compilation of the country’s worst nursing homes. As the name implies, nursing homes appointed to the SFF list faced heightened scrutiny with more frequent inspections due to a… Continue Reading
Florida Nursing Home Earns Spot Amongst Nations Worst
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesIf you are a nursing home operator, I suspect you’d cringe when you hear about Medicare’s list of Special Focus Facilities. Special Focus Facilities (SFF) are nursing homes identified by Medicare that have a pattern of problems related to poor patient care. Earning a spot on the SFF list really should be a major wake… Continue Reading
Special Focus Facilities: The Worst Nursing Homes Of All
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesI get a large number of questions from nursing home patients and families regarding focused on finding the ‘best’ facilities available. For some reason, I get an even larger number of people who ask me who the ‘worst’ facilities are. Maybe there’s some sport associated with identifying these facilities? But for to today, let’s feed… Continue Reading
Authorities Investigate North Carolina Nursing Home After Lab Test Determines Patient’s Death Related To Morphine Overdose
Posted in Medication ErrorsOfficials at the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation are looking into the nursing care provided to patients at the Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home after laboratory tests confirmed that the death of an Alzheimer’s patient may have been related to a morphine overdose. The investigation was triggered after the blood lab results determined that… Continue Reading
A Word To The Wise- Stay Out Of Illinois Nursing Homes
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, National Nursing Home IssuesIf 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
Extendicare Nursing Home Added To Government ‘Watch List’ Following Abuse Of Resident
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesThe Richmond Health and Rehabilitation Complex, otherwise known as ‘Madison Manor’ has been added to the Special Focus Facility List following the disclosure of a videotape nursing assistants at the facility physically abusing, failing to provide food and failing to clean an 84-year-old resident at the facility in August. The family of the woman placed… Continue Reading
Nurses Caught Administering Insulin To Non-Diabetic Nursing Home Residents
Posted in Medication ErrorsNew York Nursing Home inspectors were recently called to investigate, Hilltop Nursing Home, following two incidents where nurses at the facility gave insulin to non-diabetic residents. The residents went into shock and were hospitalized. According to a report from the New York Department of Public Health, the two incidents were investigated following tips made on… Continue Reading
The Worst Nursing Homes In America
Posted in Help For Residents & FamiliesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently released a listing of sub-standard nursing homes. Nursing homes rely on government payments for approximately 80% of their budget, the potential loss of funding effectively forces them out of business. In order to continue to receive government funding from Medicare and Medicaid, nursing homes are… Continue Reading