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Monday, November 17, 2014
Most Nursing Home Care Levels Lower Than Reported
The Center for Public Integrity has recently conducted a
thorough analysis of the financial records of thousands of nursing homes across
the Unites States – and the results are quite alarming. According to the CPI, staffing
levels reported to government websites are not in line with actual payroll
reports.
Over 80 percent of nursing homes involved in this analysis misreported
levels of registered nurses on staff to pubic websites. While how much additional
staff is falsely reported varies from home to home, at least 25 percent of
these homes doubled their skilled-staffing numbers on public websites.
Tragically, many families rely on these websites when choosing a home for their
loved ones.
Nursing home
abuse and neglect is a growing problem in our society and one often best
combatted by selecting a home with a high skilled-staff-to-patient ratio.
Finding this information is becoming much harder as necessary safeguards preventing
false reports are not currently in place on many nursing home ranking websites.
If you find a loved one has been mistreated in their care facility, you need an
experienced attorney on your side immediately to help guard against further mistreatment
and to see that justice is served.
To schedule your free consultation with one of our
experienced nursing home abuse attorneys, please contact The Cochran
Firm today.
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