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"Saving Grace",
is compiling links to
news items concerning nursing homes
to analyze the status of long term care
as the we come to the end of the century
and the year 2000 begins.
Please send us your articles plus links.
Or send us news articles
to list in our Bibliograpy.
Thank You.
Linda Blare
UPDATES
February 22, 2001
FBI Investigates Health Care Fraud
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 5:55 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) --
"The FBI totaled 560 convictions for
health care fraud last year, a fourfold
increase from 1992, officials said Thursday.
The bureau also racked up
741 indictments in 2000, up from 615 a year earlier,
according to a presentation
at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
AP Online
September 28, 2000; Thursday
HEADLINE: GAO Reports on U.S. Nursing Homes
"Two years after federal investigators
found serious care problems at many of the nation's
17,000 nursing homes, a new government
report cites progress but notes an
increase in homes with deficiencies."
 U.S. Recommending Strict New Rules at Nursing Homes
July 22,2000
By ROBERT PEAR
 CBS NEWS
Tracking Abuse In Nursing Homes
Many Homes Cited For Serious Violations
One Woman Accused Caretaker Of Abuse
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,197506-412,00.shtml
ALSO SEE
HIGH COST OF CAREGIVING
Federal edict seeks home care for many disabled
White House orders states to comply with Supreme Court ruling
FROM SPOKANE.NET
Robert Pear - New York Times
FOX NEWS
Federal nursing home regulations poorly enforced
1:15 p.m. ET (1824 GMT) December 16, 1999
Nursing Homes: HCFA Initiatives to
Improve Care Are Under Way
but Will
Require Continued Commitment
(Testimony, 06/30/99, GAO/T-HEHS-99-155).
Found Array Of Overcharges By Providers
Please See Archives
Fraud: Taking Aim
Monday, March 20, 2000
By Jackie Jadrnak
Journal Staff Writer
THE NATION
(Search Nursing Homes for articles)
THE SHAME OF OUR NURSING HOMES
BY ERIC BATES
MORE BEDS, MORE MONEY
3-29-99
NY TIMES
December 13, 1999
Change and Crisis in Nursing Homes
July 29, 1998
Government Called Lenient Toward Errant Nursing Homes
By ROBERT PEAR
SEE ARCHIVES
NY TIMES
(Submitted by Ila Swan)
PARENTS PLACE.COM
(Scroll to or Search the following articles)
0NURSING HOME CHAIN FAILURE
INDICATE INDUSTRY WEAKNESS
By Steven Simpson. Phd.
Are hygienists able to work w/o dentist supervision?
Answered by Kim Loos, DDS
(REPORTS 50% OF RESIDENTS IN NURSING HOMES
RECEIVE NO DENTAL CARE)
ARKANSAS
Nurse's aide enters pleas in sex cases
RODNEY BOWERS
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
BENTON --
"Christopher K. Sims, 47,
a former nurse's aide at Regional
Nursing Center of Bryant, pleaded no contest
Monday to three sex crimes in exchange for
dropping a rape charge involving one patient."
CALIFORNIA
CNN INTERACTIVE
Report: Abuse common in California nursing homes
July 27, 1998
SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY COM
January 26 - February 1, 2000
Worst of the Lot
Bay Area nursing home regulation lags behind state
By Matt Smith
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
June 18, 2000, Sunday, BC cycle
HEADLINE: County official says nursing home
where two died was unprepared for
heat wave
"A nursing home where two patients died,
possibly of heat-related causes, did
not have air conditioning or an emergency
plan to keep patients cool, a county
health official said."
"The deaths came one week after a
congressional report found that one-third of
the 288 nursing homes serving
Medicare and Medicaid patients in the San
Francisco Bay area had violations
that harmed residents or placed them at risk
of death or serious injury."
NY TIMES
NEW YORK TIMES SEARCH
Government Called Lenient Toward Errant Nursing Homes
By ROBERT PEAR
KNEW YORK TIMES SEARCH
http://archives.nytimes.com/archives/
IN SEARCH TYPE NURSING HOMES
UCSF ELECTONIC DAILY
DAYBREAK
newsbreak
1st appeared 18 June 1999
Advocating Humane Treatment in Nursing Homes
Attorney general, activist tackle elder abuse
By Catherine Moy
VACAVILLE -
"Ila Swan is prepping her trailer
of death for a road trip.
The billboard trailer used to have a
big picture of former Attorney General
Dan Lungren on it posted next to a victim
of Auschwitz death camps and another
similar-looking victim, an elderly man
brutalized inside a California nursing home.
She's looking to redecorate."
FROM THE ON-LINE EDITION
OF THE DAILY REPUBLIC
Fairfield-Suisun California
COLORADO
WESTWORD.COM
Survey Says...
The state health department cracks down
on inadequate care at one nursing home.
By Stuart Steers
Survey Says...
(In search type in
Survey Says)
February 11 - 17, 1999
http://www.westword.com
FLORIDA
Nursing homes bow to power of lawsuits
Julia Malone - Cox Washington Bureau
Tuesday, September 26, 2000
LAWSUITS AND LAWYERS IMPORTANT IN
FILLING THE GAPS LEFT BY GOVERNMENT
NURSING HOME REGULATORS.
"The Tampa case is one of the most
visible signs of lawyers filling the gaps
left by government nursing home regulators.
Especially in Florida and Texas,
the lawyers are winning multimillion-dollar
settlements in negligence cases that
few would have bothered to file a decade ago."
But some families and their lawyers go beyond the dollars and demand policy changes.
INDUSTRY FAILS TO CITE EXAMPLES
"Charles Roadman II, president of the trade group,
said in a recent interview that
"a significant number of lawsuits are frivolous,"
although his association
has declined to cite specific examples."
 Great Article
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL),
December 30, 1999, 1221 words,
NURSING HOME LAWSUITS ON THE RISE;
FLORIDA RATE TOPS FIGURES NATIONWIDE,
STUDY FINDS
"The billboard and newspaper ads from
lawyers offering to sue
Florida nursing homes must be working."
(To Read This Article
Scroll to "Archived Articles"
Archived Articles Cost $1.95 to order.
This article well-worth
the expense)
www.sun-sentinel.com/
Associated Press
Nursing home operators agreed to
pay $10 million after they were found negligent
in the death of Marion Heide, 88
By Robert Tanner / Associated Press
Convict Hired in Nursing Home Gets 2 1/2 Years
Judge Lashes Out at Home for Hiring Woman
Ants Bite Elderly Woman 1,625 Times
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 25, 2000; 1:07 p.m. EDT
LOS ANGELES TIMES
(Archives Free to January 9)
Davis Criticized for Taking Nursing Home Exec on Trip
Monday, November 8, 1999 Home Edition
ID: 0990101571 PART A Section
Byline: AMY PYLE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Report on care spans the ages
Kids are all right; elderly need more
Friday, December 17, 1999
By Beau Halton
Times-Union staff writer
GEORGIA
Solutions in short supply for troubled nursing-home industry
By Dave Williams
Savannah Morning News
HAWAII
Monday, August 2, 1999
Health care official
says isle hospitals
have financial ills
The nursing homes are also 'in
very serious trouble' and some facilities
are in danger of closing, he says
By Helen Altonn
Star-Bulletin
IDAHO
IDAHO VETERANS SERVICES
June 1999 Bulletin
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
ILLINOIS NURSING HOMES
VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
By Marja Mills
Tribune Staff Writer
Illinois Council on Long Term Care
Responds to Federal Report Recommending
Minimum Staffing Standards
for Nation's Nursing Homes
August 2, 2000
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
August 1, 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation -
"The Department of Health and Human Services
today released a report to
Congress that recommends new federal standards
that would require thousands
of homes to hire more nurses and health aides.
The Illinois Council on Long
Term Care, a nursing home professional association
representing 220 nursing
facilities serving over 38,000 residents,
agrees that more should be done to
increase staffing levels in our
nation's nursing homes, including those in
the state of Illinois."
www.sj-r.com
Nursing home regulators probed
State Inspectors apparent focusof FBI
By TONY CAPPASSO
STAFF WRITER
Federal agents have questioned
Illinois Department of Public
Health employees who regulate nursing
homes, part of an investigation that
apparently began more than a year ago,
The State Journal-Register
has learned. The focus of the probe
appears to be Public Health's handling of
nursing home inspections, including a
process called "informal dispute resolution,"
under which nursing homes can
respond to complaints
without going through a formal,
and complicated, appeal process.
INDIANA
KANSAS
Waiting list won't help elderly, advocates say
By ROGER MYERS
The Capital-Journal
MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN CITY BUSINESS JOURNALS
SEE ARTICLE
August 9, 1999
Frontier's woes may be tip of iceberg
Ted Griffith
Journal Staff
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA),
December 1, 1999,
746 words,
State investigates 2 nursing homes
PATRIOT LEDGER.COM
MICHIGAN
EXCELLENT SOURCE
WHO CARES: INSIDE MICHIGAN'S NURSING HOMES
A QUEST FOR CARE,
AN UPDATE ON MICHIGAN'S NURSING HOMES
MINNESOTA
AMERICAN CITY BUSINESS JOURNALS
SEE ARTICLE
Focus: Health Care Report
Nursing Homes in Fragile Health
Beth Mattson-Teig Contributing Writer
Mainstreet Radio Special:
Nursing Homes
Midday broadcast from Rochester
Hosted by Rachel Reabe
Friday April 16, 1999
Hour One: Nursing Homes
Hour Two: Nursing Home Alternatives
MISSOURI
Tribune Online News Story
Story ran on November 5, 1999
State inspections of nursing homes draw feds’ scrutiny
From staff and wire reports
NEW JERSEY
Mob arrests threatens nursing home license
Owner arrested with 45 reputed gangsters
By REBECCA GOLDSMITH
STAR-LEDGER STAFF
"A New Jersey nursing home owner,
who was arrested two months ago along with
45 reputed gangsters,
could lose his licenses if he is convicted on federal
bribery charges, officials said."
NEW YORK
PR Newswire
October 10, 2000, Tuesday
HEADLINE: Clinton Plan Hurts Nursing Homes;
New York's Public Nursing Homes to
Punished for Sins of Other States
NYAHSA Says; HCFA Medicaid Proposal
Once Again Ignores Long Term Care
"Officials with the
New York Association of Homes &
for the Aging today criticized
a Clinton Administration proposal
that would revise certain Medicaid funding rules,
saying the HCFA plan would create
a severe financial hardship for
most of New York's counties,
and the City of New York,
that operate nursing homes."
NEVADA
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
June 6, 2000, Tuesday, BC cycle
HEADLINE: Nevada nursing homes in crisis,
seek state help, cooperation
NEW HAMPSHIRE
TEN O'CLOCK NEWS
Nurse's aide gets 4-5
years for elder abuse
She kicked, dragged, and spat on elderly patients
http://wb56.com/news/05199904.htm
NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY ON-LINE NEWS
"Cases of elder abuse increasing in N.J."
The Associated Press
01/30/00 5:31 PM Eastern
(OR SEE ARCHIVES)
NEW JERSEY ON-LINE
NEW MEXICO
CLICK HERE
THE ABQ JOURNAL
SEARCH THESE ARTICLES IN
ARCHIVES
TROUBLED TIMES FOR NURSING HOMES
N.M. Homes Cited More Often for Deficient Care
OKLAHOMA
ARDMOREITE.COM
Two former nursing home workers face drug charges
Thursday, August 12, 1999
TULSA WORLD.COM
Tulsa World newspaper has been running lots of
articles on the nursing home situation the last few
days. They can be found at
TulsaWorld.com, and
through archives, check the following:
May 4 - Charge: Official gambled with kickback funds,
story of the Deputy health commissioner arraigned on
bribery count.
May 4 - Health-care advocates laud inquiry (was front
page story), inquiry involved FBI.
May5 - Embattled health official fired -- says a day
after he was released from jail on a federal bribery
charge, guy was fired from his job as OK Dept. of
Health Deputy Commissioner.
May 5 - Scandal - Fix the nursing home problems
May 5 - House act to tighten nursing home oversight
May 5 - Nurse blasts Health Dept.'s game plan ----
"now this is a good one,
tells about A NURSE WHO APPLIED TO
BE A STATE NURSING HOME INSPECTOR AND SAID SHE WAS
TURNED DOWN FOR THE JOB AFTER
SHE WOULD NOT AGREE TO
PURGE REPORTS OF VIOLATIONS."
"Isn't this the kind of
thing we've been saying goes on?"
Janet Clayton
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
APE
May 6 - Lawmaker says she'll push nursing home reform
bill
May 7 - Nursing Homes' Lobby is Powerful-
May 7 - Ex-nursing home administrator pleaded guilty
to a 32 count federal indictment for soliciting
kickbacks and fraud.
Health Department Probe: Care management alarm sounded
By BARBARA HOBEROCK
World Capitol Bureau
5/11/00
(from TulsaWorld.com)
Fines are levied often but rarely collected
By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Assistant City Editor
5/12/00
OHIO
DAYTON DAILY NEWS
HOME
http://www.activedayton.com/
Follow Link or Search Archives
See Articles
Frail elderly at mercy of system
By Jim DeBrosse and Dave Gulliver
Dayton Daily News
Sunday, December 5, 1999
"The Daily News analyzed more than 100,000
Ohio Department of Health records on complaints,
inspections and enforcement actions over a five-year period,
examined regulatory systems in three states
and conducted more than 200 interviews
with government officials, industry representatives,
consumer advocates,
caregivers and patients and their families."
http://www.activedayton.com/partners/ddn/epaper/editions/today/news_4.html
(Submitted by Ila Swan)
TEXAS
http://www.litigationfunding.com/
HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
Health Care Beat
State takes over nursing homes after probe of billing practices
Jennifer Darwin
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON POST
Medicaid Rates Hurt Va. Elderly, Audit Says
By Craig Timberg
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 14, 1999; Page A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/14/055l-121499-idx.html
(Submitted by Candi Botner)
DAILY PRESS.COM
Del. Hamilton wants to raise
Medicaid reimbursement rates
By Amy Gardner
Daily Press
(JANUARY 1, 2000)
Article will be on-line for two weeks then can be
accessed for a cost.
"The low nursing-home Medicaid reimbursement rates
in Virginia are affecting the quality of care
in Virginia's nursing homes.
Besides quality of care,
private-pay nursing home residents
are forced to significantly subsidize
the cost of nursing-home care in Virginia.
Our senior citizens who reside
in nursing homes deserve better.
It is my belief and hope
that the General Assembly and Gov.
Gilmore will make a significant
investment in the quality of care
for these vulnerable Virginia residents."
http://dailypress.com/news/stories/1691sy0.htm
After two weeks access here for a fee:
http://dailypress.com/index.htm
WASHINGTON
December 19, 1999
Locke orders review of neglect crimes
"Gov. Gary Locke is ordering three state
agencies to review dozens of cases cited
in a newspaper probe that revealed
how state and local officials failed to investigate
and prosecute crimes against disabled and elderly people
living in long-term-care facilities."
The Seattle Times
April 30, 2000, Sunday Final Edition
HEADLINE: State takes over nursing home
Health, safety cited in Bellevue
BYLINE: Marsha King; Seattle Times staff reporter
Deadline looms for Eastside nursing home
Second survey is critical of care
Saturday, May 6, 2000
By HEATH FOSTER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
WISCONSIN
AMERICAN CITY BUSINESS JOURNALS
SEE ARTICLES
10-18-99
Mariner's nursing homes have frequent citations for poor care
Steven Jagler
DECEMBER 13, 1999
Advocates push scrutiny for nursing homes
Robert Mullins
Beloit nursing home ordered to pay $326,000
State official says more fines on way
for facility placed in receivership
By Kathleen Ostrander
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Last Updated: May 10, 2000
Beloit -
"The city's largest nursing home, forced into receivership
because of conditions at the facility, has been ordered
to pay more than $326,000 in fines,
state officials confirmed Wednesday."
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STAFFING
American Health Care Association
1201 L St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 842-4444
(202) 842-3860 (Fax
http://www.ahca.org/
GO TO SEARCH
TYPE IN STAFFING CRISIS
OHIO
DAYTON DAILY NEWS
HOME
http://www.activedayton.com/
Follow Link or Search Archives
Dayton Daily News Library
PART I
Hiring qualified staff a serious challenge for homes
Turnover rate over 100 percent, according to some estimates
By Jim DeBrosse and David Gulliver
http://www.activedayton.com/partners/ddn/projects/1999/Elder_Care/1205side2.html
FEEDING TUBES
THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
December 13, 1999, Monday FINAL EDITION
HEADLINE: Nursing home patient's death
is referred to attorney general
Nurses at Integrated Health Services Estates
improperly inserted a feeding
tube, investigators say.
(Search Archives)
http://www.star-telegram.com/
NEGLIGENCE
FLORIDA
Associated Press
Nursing home operators agreed to
pay $10 million after they were found negligent
in the death of Marion Heide, 88.
By Robert Tanner / Associated Press
http://www.detnews.com/search/navi.htm
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WAKE-UP NEWS
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
Web Site Development for the Aging Network:
Online Resources
NHCORPORATIONS IN THE NEWS
BEVERLY
The Charleston Gazette, January 26, 2000, 922 words,
Beverly Assisted
Living Facility accused of allowing
a patient to die of dehydration and
malnutrition
San Jose Mercury News, February 4, 2000, 831 words, Beverly pleads
guilty to defrauding federal Medicare program, will pay $175 million
WASHINGTON POST SEARCH
SEARCH FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
Nursing Home Firm Settles Fraud Case
Beverly Enterprises to Pay $175 Million in Medicare Complaint
By David S. Hilzenrath
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 4, 2000; Page E03
Beverly Enterprises
News Stories
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
May 26, 2000, Friday, AM cycle
HEADLINE: Beverly Enterprises holds annual meeting
EXTENDICARE
Loan Market Week, December 20, 1999, 506 words,
Moody's Investors
Service downgrades Extendicare Health Services
Business Wire, December 30, 1999, 497 words,
Extendicare Sells Six
Florida Facilities for US $40.5 Million
GENESIS
Deal Put Nursing Home Residents at Risk:
Quality of Care Plummets at Facilities Taken Over
by One of Nation's Largest Nursing Home Chain
SEIU Report Cites Bed Sores, Falls,
Lax Medical Care in Homes Managed by Genesis Health Ventures
http://www.apeape.org/genesis.html)
PR Newswire, December 9, 1999, 359 words, CareFirst BlueCross
BlueShield and Genesis Health Ventures Announce Joint Venture
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Loan Market Week, December 20, 1999, 183 words,
ORIGINAL LENDER CASHES
IN ON GENESIS RISE
2. Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL),
December 30, 1999, 1221 words,3. Loan Market Week,
December 20, 1999, 183 words, ORIGINAL LENDER CASHES
IN ON GENESIS RISE
INTEGRATED HEALTH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Loan Market Week, December 20, 1999,
243 words, BTM REPORTEDLY SELLS IHS
PR Newswire
January 3, 2000, Monday
HEADLINE: Integrated Health Services
Elects Not to Make Interest Payment
"Integrated Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: IHS)
today announced that it has
elected not to make the interest payment
of approximately $4.1 million due
today on the Company's $143.8 million
5.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2001"
http://www.ihs-inc.com/
The Denver Post, February 24, 2000, 538 words,
IHS Nursing home could
face loss of funding
DENVER POST ARCHIVES
MULTICARE
Business Wire, February 3, 2000, 1425 words, Multicare Reports First
Quarter Fiscal 2000 Results
SUN
Albuquerque Tribune, December 9, 1999, 158 words, Sun losses: $938
million in first three quarters
Sun Losses Near $1 Billion
Sun Seeks Bonuses For Executives
The Associated Press State & Local Wire,
January 3, 2000, 246 words, Sun
Healthcare seeks to settle 4 cases
with about $500,000, combined
Loan Market Week, January 17, 2000, 138 words,
Auction for Sun
Healthcare's bank debt failed
VENCOR
The Associated Press State & Local Wire,
September 11, 1999, Saturday,
474 words, Vencor, Ventas face more lawsuits
AP Online, September 13, 1999, 785 words,
Nursing Home Co. Vencor
Files Ch.11
Business Wire, September 13, 1999,
433 words, Vencor, Inc. Files for
Chapter 11 Protection;
$ 100 Million Debtor in Possession Financing
Secured; Normal Operations to Continue in All Facilities
Business Wire, September 13, 1999, 557 words,
Ventas Announcement On
Vencor Bankruptcy Filing
The Associated Press State & Local Wire, January 6,
2000, 248 words,
Vencor asks bankruptcy judge
for delay in reorganization plan
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 5, 2000,
466 words, First
round of bonuses distributed at
Vencor Retention incentives reach five,
six figures
3. The Providence Journal-Bulletin,
February 24, 2000, 444 words,
Vencor
Nursing home workers rip staffing levels;
company denies charges (1199NE)
PROJO.COM
THE WEBSITE OF THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
Vencor gets more time to offer plan
Company says Ventas remains lone holdout
By HAROLD J. ADAMS, The Courier-Journal
June 1, 2000
OR SEE ARCHIVES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SEE THESE ARTICLES
(Submitted by Ila Swan)
The Tampa Tribune, September 8, 1999, 286 words,
State stock index
tracks 16 health care companies
RELATED NURSING HOME ARTICLES
Bank Loan Report, December 13, 1999, 737 words,
Nursing Home Operators
Could Get Booster Shot
The New York Times, December 13, 1999, 667 words,
Change and Crisis in
Nursing Homes
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), December 1, 1999,
746 words,
Stateinvestigates 2 nursing homes
American Health Line, January 3, 2000, 276 words, MEDICARE: NEW RULES
MAKE NURSING HOME ADMISSION HARDER
THE BALTIMORE SUN, February 3, 2000, 775 words,
Health care companies
say federal cuts hurt industry;
Government report shifts blame from changes
in Medicare; Medicare
AP Online, February 25, 2000, 745 words,
Govt's False Claim Recoveries
Rise
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ALSO, PLEASE SEE APE PAGE
DECEMBER 7, 1999
NEWS: for immediate release
Contact: Violette King, President
Nursing Home Monitors
618-466-3410
vkmonitor@earthlink.net
Nursing Home Owners and Advocates Working Together
To Keep Nursing Home Residents Safe
The nation's foremost advocacy group,
NCCNHR, and the nation's largest lobby group
for nursing home owners, AHCA,
have taken a stand in supporting
the nursing home residents' right
to camera surveillance
Contemporary Long Term Care,
the foremost nursing home industry publication,
in its Nov 1999 issue quotes Sarah Burger,
executive director for the National Citizens'
Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, (NCCNHR):
"Camera surveillance is an option for people
who feel something is wrong they
can't put their finger on"
The American Health Care Association
agrees to this right according to a joint statement
issued to providers
and published in the Illinois Health Care Publication
of November 12, l999:
"If residents and families
feel more secure with a camera
in a patient's room,
they should ask the facility
for help in installing one"
Given the very vulnerable
state of the residents,
the astronomical staff turnover
rate in nursing homes,
and the shortstaffing,
it is not possible for the nursing home owners
to keep all the residents safe,
no matter how good their intentions.
Although nothing can
replace adequate supervision,
this option will help
create an atmosphere of trust
between the industry and the consumer.
Abuse is perpetrated
by a very small segment of nursing home workers.
The vast majority of nursing home staff
is very hard working and very dedicated
in - spite of the insufficient pay.
Persons with bizarre behaviors
will stay away from facilities with this option,
and the public may no longer prefer to die
than to end up in a nursing home
as 30% of those currently polled do.
Abuse is often perpetrated
by one resident against another.
We would like to see AHCA
come out with an even stronger voice on this issue.
Customer satisfaction
is the goal of every business.
They are in a position to
help eliminate the fears of the nursing home consumers
and they should do so.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SEE THESE ARTICLES
(Submitted by Ila Swan)
DECEMBER 14, 1999
1. Albuquerque Journal, December 14, 1999, 4
37 words, Sun Considers
Insuring Self To Cut Costs
2. The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA), December 1, 1999,
746 words, State
investigates 2 nursing homes ;
. The Associated Press State & Local Wire, January 6,
2000, 248 words,
Vencor
asks bankruptcy judge for delay in reorganization plan
2. Albuquerque Journal, January 6, 2000,
368 words, Sun Group Gets OK To
Sell Off 21 Ailing Homes
3. The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 5, 2000,
466 words, First
round of bonuses distributed at
Vencor Retention incentives reach five,
six figures
JANUARY
1. PR Newswire, January 27, 2000, 899 words, DCR Downgrades Omega
Healthcare Ratings
2. The Tennessean, January 13, 2000, 220 words, ADVOCAT RESTRUCTURING LOAN
TO AVOID DEFAULT
3. Sacramento Business Journal, December 3, 1999, 1340 words, Cost keeps
technology out of many nursing homes
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