Poor Care Continues as a Michigan Nursing Home Spends Over a Year on Government Watch List

Despite being added to the Special Focus Facility (SFF) initiative over one year ago due to noted deficiencies in safety and quality of care, a Michigan Nursing Home has not shown any improvement. The Special Focus Facility initiative was introduced…


HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO HIDE MISTAKES

The Office of the Inspector General in a report prepared in 2010 found that 13.5% of Medicare recipients experienced adverse events during a hospitalization. These adverse events resulted in extended stays in the hospital, lifesaving intervention and caused permanent injury…


Misuse of Antipsychotic Drugs by Nursing Homes Could Lead to Penalties

Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson suggested recently that nursing homes that misuse and/or overuse antipsychotic drugs should be penalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This proposition was discussed during testimony to a Senate Special…


CMS Revises Interpretive Guidelines for Abuse Prevention Training

Nursing home inspections are performed approximately every 12 months to assure compliance with State and Federal regulations.  During the inspection process, the surveyor relies on interpretive guidelines formulated by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to clarify and/or…


Helping Your Family Member Adjust to Nursing Home Living-Tip #25

Citizens For Better Care is a nonprofit advocacy agent for residents of  long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, located in Michigan. It is an excellent source of information about nursing homes, regulations that govern long-term care facilities and much more! They also…