"Ratings don’t function well to explain abuse"
The Oklahoman founder of a national watchdog group for nursing homes called state and national governments to action to change how substantiated abuse cases are cited and how they influence the rating of nursing homes on the federal Medicare.gov Web site.
Because families of nursing home residents rely heavily on this rating system, the information there needs to be accurate and complete, he said. Otherwise, the whole system should be taken away.
During a town hall meeting, Wes Bledsoe asked the audience members what they would like to know about a nursing home if they were searching for one for a loved one. They all agreed they would want to know if there has been mistreatment or any kind of abuse.
He went through numerous Minnesota Department of Health reports. Many showed there was substantiated abuse. But because the facilities self reported the incidents and implemented a plan of correction before the state health department arrived, they were not cited any deficiencies.
In fact, more than 80 percent of the cases where abuse was substantiated in Minnesota over the last four years, there were not any deficiencies cited.
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Nursing home crusader calls for change
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Nursing Home Ratings
EA Advocate Holds Meeting
Community Outrage
The Oklahoman founder of a national watchdog group for nursing homes called state and national governments to action to change how substantiated abuse cases are cited and how they influence the rating of nursing homes on the federal Medicare.gov Web site.
Because families of nursing home residents rely heavily on this rating system, the information there needs to be accurate and complete, he said. Otherwise, the whole system should be taken away.
During a town hall meeting, Wes Bledsoe asked the audience members what they would like to know about a nursing home if they were searching for one for a loved one. They all agreed they would want to know if there has been mistreatment or any kind of abuse.
He went through numerous Minnesota Department of Health reports. Many showed there was substantiated abuse. But because the facilities self reported the incidents and implemented a plan of correction before the state health department arrived, they were not cited any deficiencies.
In fact, more than 80 percent of the cases where abuse was substantiated in Minnesota over the last four years, there were not any deficiencies cited.
Full Article and Source:
Nursing home crusader calls for change
See also:
Nursing Home Ratings
EA Advocate Holds Meeting
Community Outrage
Medicare is now running a reporting site, which they say has limitations. But at least it's a beginning.
ReplyDeleteHsts off and a standing round of applause to Wes Bledsoe!
ReplyDelete".... because the facilities self reported the incidents and implemented a plan of correction before the state health department arrived, they were not cited any deficiencies."
ReplyDeleteThis is nuts by design! "self reported the incidents"?
Come on now, would anyone including 1st graders or adults in their right minds put any faith, credibility or trust in anything that is based on: self reporting?
And, more insanity by design to give false misleading ratings that enable negligence and abuse to continue is fraud:
"and implemented a plan of correction BEFORE the state health department arrived"
WAKE UP AMERICA!
Nursing home records are routinely doctored so they appear to meet the standard.
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that these residents must not only deal with being away from their families, but also being missed represented or even mistreated.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right wisernow, expecting self-reporting of abuse is nuts. Whoever designed that system in the first place should have been fired.
ReplyDeleteThe nursing home lobbiest are in the top three deep pocket lobbiest list.
I applaud anyone who works toward nursing home reform in any way.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wes Bledsoe!
Wes Bledsoe is an American Hero for the Elderly!
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