Nursing Home Information and Articles
‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years
August 1st, 2018
ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequa…
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Why court battle waged by families of Anthony Sowell victims matters to us all: Andrea Simakis
July 30th, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio – On September 17, Joanne Moore will get her day in court. “It’s taken so long,” she says. Eight years. But it’s worth the wait. Because it’s for Janice. In a 2010 lawsuit, Moore argued cops and pro…
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New York Times Article Confirms Consumer Voice Concerns about Nursing Home Staffing Levels and Data
July 10th, 2018
The New York Times article, ‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years, substantiates Consumer Voice’s long-standing concern about the inaccuracy of previous staffing information based on self-report…
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Woman was outside nursing home 8 hours before dying in cold
February 20th, 2018
TOLEDO, OHIO — A nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering off was outside in temperatures hovering around zero for about eight hours before staff members noticed she was missing and found her dead from hypothermia, a state inv…
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Woman with dementia was outside Ohio nursing home 8 hours before dying in cold
January 25th, 2018
A nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering off was outside in temperatures hovering around zero for about eight hours before staff members noticed she was missing and found her dead from hypothermia, a state investigation found.…
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Elopement Can Lead to Serious Injury
December 27th, 2017
What is elopement? The word evokes an image of two people running off and getting married. However, in the context of a nursing home, elopement is when a resident leaves the nursing home unaccompanied. This could lead to very serious consequences. At…
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When nursing homes dump some patients to make more money
November 20th, 2017
As NPR reported, “Nationwide, eviction is the leading complaint about nursing homes. In California last year, more than 1,500 nursing home residents complained that they were discharged involuntarily. That’s an increase of 73 percent since 20…
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Forced Arbitration Prevents Nun from being able to Sue after being Raped.
November 16th, 2017
Back in 2011, when Morissette first came to Chateau Vestavia, she had signed the facility’s standard admissions contract. Buried in pages of terms and conditions was what is known as a pre-dispute binding arbitration agreement. By signing it, the e…
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Forced Arbitration’s Lethal Consequence
September 19th, 2017
Journalists examining the eight nursing home deaths at Florida’s Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills during Hurricane Irma have begun exploring who’s at fault for this entirely preventable tragedy. But actually, we may never understand the f…
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After Florida deaths, Trump administration called out for making it harder to sue nursing homes
September 15th, 2017
This week’s tragedy at a Florida nursing home, where eight people died in the wake of Hurricane Irma, brought to light how the Trump administration is aiming to make it harder for seniors and their families to hold nursing homes accountable.
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