Month: January 2016

MEDICARE RATINGS FOR NURSING HOMES MAY BE MISLEADING

A recent article pointed out that California has the highest amount of “Five-Star” nursing homes in the United States based upon rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine used data from Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare Website to arrive at its rankings. Overall, 388 California nursing homes received 5 star ratings. However, as …

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NEW PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD BRING MORE TRANSPARENCY TO NURSING HOME OWNERSHIP

Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (Sacramento) is introducing a bill that would help improve transparency of nursing home ownership. While some information related to nursing home ownership is available on the website of the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development, the information is often times confusing and unclear. Nursing home operations are increasingly making the structure …

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NEW CASE CONCLUDES THAT THE FAILURE TO KEEP ACCURATE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS

On February 23, 2015, the California Court of Appeal published the decision of Lemaire vs. Covenant Care California, LLC. In the case, a resident’s daughter filed a lawsuit against a Covenant Care nursing home alleging that the facility violated her mother’s rights by failing to have nurses’ notes be clear and legible, dated and signed…including …

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BEDSORES IN NURSING HOMES AND RCFES ARE AVOIDABLE

Often times facilities will take the position that a facility acquired bedsore or pressure sore was “unavoidable.” Facilities will often say that a bedsore developed “overnight” or that a sore is not due to pressure, but due to a patient’s decreased vascularity. In truth, facility acquired pressure sores are due to neglect and the failure …

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PLACEMENT OF OUR LOVED ONES IN NURSING HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES CAN OFTEN CAUSE GUILT

Families often struggle with the decision to place an older loved one into a nursing home, residential care facility and/or assisted living facility. Loved ones struggle with the difficult decision of having to place the care of a loved one into the hands of a third party. They must balance this difficult decision with the …

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