For-Profit Facilities and Neglect

Study Links for-profit Nursing Homes With Increased Risk of Neglect

A recent study in the International Journal of Experimental, Clinical, Behavioural and Technological Gerontology concluded that residents of for-profit skilled-nursing facilities are “diagnosed with substantially more clinical signs of neglect than patients residing in not-for-profit facilities and low-functioning, community-dwelling patients.”   Methodology   The study, led by Lee Friedman, an associate professor in the University…

Self-Serving Stars Equals Neglected Residents

Nursing Home Quality: Self-Serving Stars Equals Neglected Residents

The Five Star Quality Rating System Skilled Nursing Facilities and other long-term care establishments are required to meet certain levels of staffing by the Federal government to help ensure a resident’s highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. However, this does not mean that a nursing home cannot staff beyond these requirements—indeed if the needs…