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Nursing Home Neglect: Nursing Homes May Not Provide Quality Short Term Rehabilitation Care

April 15, 2015 – 7:16 pm

The New York Times published an article on April 14, 2015 “In Race for Medicare Dollars, Nursing Home Care May Lag”.  The article discusses the recent trend that nursing homes are now offering short term rehabilitation.  The reason is Medicare pays short term rehabilitation up to 100 days which is at a rate 0f 86% […]

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Nursing Home Abuse: Choking

April 14, 2015 – 8:55 pm

A Connecticut nursing home was fined after a resident, who was supposed to receive a pureed diet, was given a tray of chopped and not pureed food.  The nurse’s aide had mistakenly given the wrong tray to the resident.  The resident choked on a carrot and died. To read more:  http://touch.ctnow.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83286774/ If you are looking […]

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