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Serious Nursing Home Problems Are Frequently
Missed
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Investigators, from the Government Accountability
Office, say they have found widespread “understatement of
deficiencies,” including malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of
prescription medications and abuse of nursing home residents.
Nursing homes are typically inspected once a year by state
employees working under contract with the federal government,
which sets stringent standards. Federal officials try to validate
the work of state inspectors by accompanying them or doing
follow-up surveys within a few weeks.
The accountability office found that state employees had missed at
least one serious deficiency in 15 percent of the inspections
checked by federal officials.In nine states, inspectors missed
serious problems in more than 25 percent of the surveys analyzed
from 2002 to 2007.Continue
Serious Nursing Home Problems Are Frequently Missed >>>
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The Baby Boomer's Guide to Nursing Home Care This book
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Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Homes: The
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Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets This amazing guidebook
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