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New Tool Searches Nursing Home Deficiencies
A consumer-targeted Internet tool allows users to search the federal nursing home inspection reports and deficiencies by keyword, city and facility name. The Nursing Home Inspect database covers nearly 118,000 deficiencies at 14,565 homes. It was designed by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism. Nursing Home Inspect uses...
CMS Updates Nursing Home Compare Site (Again)
The government’s Nursing Home Compare website now includes more information about surveyor inspection findings and antipsychotic medication usage. The site is intended to give consumers and others a detailed look at nursing homes’ operations and performances. The site is continually being tweaked and that is good news for consumers even...
Nursing Home Quality Improving (VIDEO)
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Here’s a Good Nursing Home Story
The following is a guest blog by Linda Dickey. After 15 years of widowhood, at 89, my mom sold her condo in Lake Worth, FL, and moved to a rental apartment in a nearby retirement facility. For a few months, everything seemed to be fine. Then she had a sudden...
Nursing Home Quality Improving
New government health data shows that quality in AmericaÛªs skilled nursing centers is improving, while scores for facilities receiving the lowest rankings are on the decline. Examining over 15,000 facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that its Five-Star Rating System (Five-Star) for skilled nursing care centers...
For Profits and Private Investor Nursing Homes Have More Deficiencies
The Government Accountability Office, examining whether the quality of care in a nursing home suffers after an acquisition, found that nursing homes owned by private investors and other types of for-profit operators had more total deficiencies than homes run by public companies. The report found that on average,æ privately owned...
Nursing Home Compare Overall Complete
The redesign of the federal Nursing Home Compare website, which lets consumers file complaints more easily and compare facilities based on quality measures, is complete. The overhaul äóî which was conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and mandated by the Affordable Care Act äóî gives consumers more...
Elderly Heart Failure Patients Face Poorer Outcomes if Nursing Home Care Needed
Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care after discharge from the hospital face a higher risk of poor outcomes and even death, according to the American Heart Association.Researchers from the University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine analyzed data from 15,459 Medicare patients, with an average age of 80,...