Early next year, Indiana lawmakers will consider a proposal to require workers in nursing homes to undergo background checks, in an effort to provide better protection for vulnerable elderly residents.Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said he will also propose that the legislature make additional changes in state law to provide whistleblowers with legal protections. More broadly, Zoeller has asked an oversight panel that reviews licensing agencies to focus its scrutiny on the Indiana Health Facility Administrator (HFA) Board, the body that has disciplinary power over nursing home administrators.
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Every state should be responsible for clearing potential nursing facility workers.
ReplyDeleteWhat???? Consider background checks? Is this not a no brainer?
ReplyDeleteNow, ask yourselves, are those who care for children undergoing background checks?
May? You mean they don't already? Good grief.
ReplyDeleteIt seems the nursing home reform movement is finally picking up steam. I am glad to see this.
ReplyDeleteThis should be mandatory in all states!
ReplyDeleteThis should be a no brainer...
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