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These inspections help ensure communication with doctors and families in the event of an injury, that nursing homes take responsibility for handling residents' financial and personal belongings ...
From 2004 through 2017, acute healthcare facilities have reported more than 3 million events; and from 2009 through 2017, nursing homes have reported more than 259,000 events. [ 1 ] The Authority is charged to take steps to reduce and eliminate such events through the identification of problems evident in the collected data and recommendation ...
The union led a 23-day nurses' strike in the winter of 2003, one of Pennsylvania's longest health care walkouts. [5] In April 2010 the union led a month-long strike at Temple University Hospital defeating many hospital demands, including one banning nurses from making public critiques of management policies related to patient care.
In April 2016, it was reported that 44% of care homes in the South East inspected over an 18-month period were rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. Only 0.9% of the 1200 homes inspected were rated as outstanding. [78] In September 2016 the CQC said that 40% of nursing homes in the country were rated as "requiring improvement" or ...
Oklahoma's data was added to a report by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, which found that nearly a third of the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes are behind on comprehensive annual ...
The inquiry could also hold lessons for sunbelt states which have seen a surge in nursing home cases in recent weeks. Connecticut to unveil results of inquiry into virus-hit nursing homes Skip to ...
The 1980s and 1990s saw care homes becoming a large industry in the UK, with the Registered Homes Act 1984 regulating private care homes and the Care Standards Act of 2000 ensuring that patient needs are met. [6] Today, nursing homes are varied. Some nursing homes still resemble a hospital while others look more like a home.
Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said Wednesday. State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted ...