More Than 300 Hospice Centers Get Failing Grade From Inspector General
A new federal report found deficiencies in 80% of all hospice care centers in the U.S., and determined that 300 failed to provide adequate care to dying patients.…
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A new federal report found deficiencies in 80% of all hospice care centers in the U.S., and determined that 300 failed to provide adequate care to dying patients.…
A proposed bill in Minnesota would allow family members to place cameras in relatives’ rooms to monitor for nursing home abuse and neglect.…
Phoenix police have arrested a nurse who they say raped a nursing home patient in a vegetative state, impregnating her and leading to the birth of a child late last year.…
A new study warns that giving dementia patients trazodone could be as risky as giving them atypical antipsychotics.…
The Maryland Senate recently passed two bills that seek to improve how the state responds to complaints of nursing home abuse and neglect.…
An AARP study warns that the use of antipsychotics as chemical restraints on elderly patients with dementia is increasing among those who do not live in nursing homes.…
Legislation in Louisiana and Missouri seek to allow family members to monitor activity in nursing home residents’ rooms to prevent abuse and neglect.…
A new report highlights numerous failings in the Minnesota state agency charged with protecting nursing home residents from abuse and neglect.…
A new report by Human Rights Watch details rampant overuse of antipsychotics in U.S. nursing homes, which are used as a form of chemical restraint on patients with dementia.…
A new report lays out recommendations for combating a growing problem of nursing home abuse in Minnesota, and the state’s inability to respond to the large volume of reports.…