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2 Jul, 2008 4:02 am
... put together a list of websites that have items of interest for seniors and those that care for seniors. We hope you find it helpful.
GENERAL SITES Senior's ... and local agencies such as Adult Protective Services, State Elder Abuse Hotlines, Long Term Care Ombudsman
Program, and others. Elder Abuse: What Is It? What to Do ... representing primarily free-standing, Medicare-certified, home care providers,"
focuses on legislative and regulatory issues in Washington, D.C. This site includes links to AFHHA ...
23 Feb 7:20 am
... Intelligencer had an article about the recent increases in evictions in nursing homes. Contact the Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman
program, call 800-562-6028, or visit ltcop.org/index ... and frail residents who cut into profits because they are too expensive to care for.
No official data exist on eviction counts, but discharge complaints have ... ,000 a month, homes still claim they lose money on each Medicaid resident. On average the state pays out about $5,000 a month for a nursing home resident, ...
4 Feb, 2008 7:04 am
... said Andrea Routh, a former director of the Missouri Division of Aging and now a health-care consultant. The National Senior Citizens Law
Center, a Washington-based nonprofit legal advocacy group for seniors and elder-care lawyers,
reviewed ... expectations of care and assume more of the risks of injury, such as falling or choking. The study was requested by the Missouri
long-term care ombudsman's office. The Missouri study found that nursing homes sometimes protect themselves by persuading seniors ...
14 Jul 10:13 am
... complete nursing home rating website, which provides information about nursing staffing, state inspections, allegations of neglect. But
some consumer groups want more details ... hours is calculated. Just counting workers, they say, is no indicator of the quality of care. The
nursing home industry, which tried to delay the website's rollout, says ... 't know that the ratings exist online." said Gerald Kasunic, a long-term-care ombudsman.
Source: Washington Post Nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers ...
24 Nov 11:17 am
Top officials at Regency at the Park, a skilled nursing facility located in College Place, Washington, have been terminated after the
state Department of Social and Health Services determined that the facility caused a resident harm. Reportedly, the ... The resident was
admitted to the facility in 2000 and suffered from short and long-term memory impairments, poor
decision-making abilities, and was resistant to care. In early June 2009, the resident began refusing to change her clothes or shower and ...
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