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ADVOCACY TIPS

REMEMBER THAT EXOGENOUS FACTORS
INFLUENCE QUALITY OF CARE IN NURSING HOMES

THESE INCLUDE
AVAILABILITY OF BEDS,
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND FINANCIAL HEALTH
OF THE PARENT COMPANY WHO OWNS THE NURSING HOME

"INSTITUTIONAL AGEISM"
INCLUDE
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF
ENFORCED PASSIVITY
SUCH AS FORCED DEPENDENCY AND
ROLE RESTRICTION AND POVERTY

EXAMPLES OF CONTROLLING AND
COMPELLING DEMANDS
PLACED ON THE ELDERLY IN INSTITUTIONS
WHETHER THEY ARE
MENTALLY COMPETENT OR NOT

THE COMMON PRACTICE OF NO BED-SIDE TELEPHONES

A SCHEDULE OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES
THAT SUIT THE STAFF
BUT DOES NOT CONSIDER
THE PREFERENCE OF INDIVIDUALS

INTENTIONALLY PLANNED LACK OF PRIVACY


ALERT

THESE CONDITIONS,
ARE OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED BY THE FAMILY.




AND

ABUSE BEGETS ABUSE
CLIENTS ABUSE STAFF AND STAFF ABUSE CLIENTS



THOUGHTS FROM
JOURNAL OF ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Vol 8(1) 1996
Article by Marjorie F. Bendick, DNSc
Sand Diego, CA
pg. 101
The Haworth Press, Inc. 1996




American Society on Aging

833 Market St., Suite 511
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.asaging.org
info@asa.asaging.org



GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE
IN NURSING HOMES




If you would like to add to this list
Please Contact:

"SavingGrace
e-mail grace@vcn.com







FALLS

NURSING HOMES MAY BE LIABLE FOR FALLS


Before the Fall
New research shows that
many nursing-home accidents could be prevented
By Randy Stearns
ABCNEWS.com




NUTRITION


HCFA Nutrition Care Of the Older Adult


MALNUTRITION

In The News




PAIN MANAGEMENT

One Quarter Of Elderly With Cancer
Given No Pain Medication


"Daily pain among elderly nursing home residents
with cancer is widespread and often untreated,
especially among older and minority patients,
according to a new five-state study."





RESTRAINTS

Health Facilities Division Brochures
"Restraints Have Risks, Make the Right Choice"

(Colorado)




TUBE FEEDINGS

ALZHEIMER.COM
Tube Feedings Do Not Benefit Dementia Patients


Geriatric Nursing Online
Dysphagia Among Nursing Home Residents


March/April 1999 • Volume 20 • Number 2
Jeanie Kayser-Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN
Kathryn Pengilly, MA






PRESSURE SORES


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





HANSON&FUERST
ATTORNEYS AT lAW
NEGLECT AND ABUSE IN NURSING HOMES MUST STOP


SENIORSCAPE.COM
Nursing Home Abuse



ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF OLDER ADULTS
IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING

(See Abuse of Older Adults)





NURSING HOME INDUSTRY
"BIG BUSINESS"
EXCELLENT SITE TO STAY INFORMED ON UP TO DATE TOPICS
CONCERNING
NURSING HOME, THE INDUSTRY AND ABUSE INFORMATION
http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/SeniorSupportNetwork/billofrights.html




INVESTIGATION INFORMATION

NEW TREND IN PRIVATE INVESTIGATION
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NURSING HOME ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS
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By Kelly Riddle
http://www.pimall.com/nais/bk.nur.html





READ THIS

NEED FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY
NURSING HOME WILL NOT RELEASE MOTHER
FROM NURSING HOME

Baby Boomers -- An Alert
About Medicaid and Your Parents!


Social workers, employed by the government,
can legally place your elderly parent
in a nursing home without first notifying you
and without your parent's permission!







NEW YORK

TaxPac USA

THIS MONTH'S FEATURED ARTICLE
"DRUGGING GRANNY"
AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF GOVERNMENT'S
ABUSE OF Taxpac's IRENE WILLIAMS
AND THE ONGOING BATTLE TO
OVERCOME INJUSTICE!

A MUST READ!








KELN EXCELLENT!
ABUSE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
http://www.keln.org/bibs/mcdaniel2.html#journals




INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE

Vulnerable in a Safe Place:
Institutional Elder Abuse
D. Wierucka & D. Goodridge
Abstract
http://www.cjona.org/vulnera.html



Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing home abuse
can show itself in a many ways,
including physical,
emotional or neglect.
You should heed the following indicators:
http://www.txlegal.com/nursing.htm

NURSING HOME ABUSE COMPLAINTS
June Gibbs Brown Inspector General
Abuse Complaints of Nursing Home Patients
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle Administrator



Health Care Financing Administration
http://waisgate.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=881218846+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve



NURSING HOME WATCH.COM
http://www.nursinghomeswatch.com/





MedEthEx
Exercises in Medical Ethics and Communication Skills
http://library.mcphu.edu/dept/medethic/



FROM NCCNHR
http://www.nccnhr.org/advocate.htm



INFORMATION BY STATE




Information
can be either state-specific or general,
however, the serious researcher
would find much information and benefit
from reading information from different states
as what holds true in one area or state can also be true of another.



"Saving Grace"
welcomes referrals to other resource sites
on the topic of research into nursing home abuse.




CALIFORNIA

Study on the Adequacy of state assessments
and the HCFA monitoring regulations
in nursing homes.
EXCELLENT!
RECOMMENDED READING!
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=wais.access.gpo.gov&filename=he98202.txt&directory=/diskb/wais/data/gao





The Ten Worst Corporations of 1999
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

Guardian Postacute: Maggots everywhere

"After learning that of Guardian Postacute Services Inc.,
a San Francisco
Bay area nursing home chain,
had permitted dirty feeding tubes to be
installed into patients
who then became infested with maggots, had
permitted patients to lie for
extended periods in their urine and feces,
and had failed to take strong action
against an employee who sexually
abused patients,
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Randy Hey has
filed criminal charges against Guardian."





COLORADO

Health Facilities Division
"Restraints Have Risks, Make the Right Choice"
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/cdphe_dir/hf/broch/restrnt.htm



Nursing Home Abuse Information








INCIDENCE REPORTING

A HELPFUL FORM TO US
WHEN REPORTING INCIDENTS OF ABUSE
AND NEGLECT IN NURSING HOMES
USED BY NURSING HOMES

INCIDENCE REPORTING





ADVOCACY ALERT

READ THIS

Reform of Nursing Home Care
in the Commonwealth of Virginia
A Call to Arms
for NH Improved Care and Greater Accountability

by Larry W. Bryant






ADVOCACY TIP

NURSING HOMES MAY
BE LIABLE FOR FALLS





ABOUT.COM

See Long Term Care and Nursing Home



EXCELLENT SITE

Bauman Rasor Group



Nursing Home Abuse Signs
JEFF WEINSTIEN, P.C., ATTORNEY AT LAW
This site contains an eXcellent description
of what signs to look for in nursing home abuse
and other excellent information


NURSING HOME ABUSE POSTER



NURSING HOME COMPLIANCE


LONG TERM CARE.COM

Analyzing your Part B program for
compliance, double billing,
inappropriate private-pay charging!


'In the area of Nursing Home compliance...
Part B billing and it's relationship
to Part-A, private and Medicaid billing
is by far - the most concerning!'

COMPLIANCE

HCFA UPDATES

MEDICARE NEWSWIRE




IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE PICTUES IN A NURSING HOME,
IT WOULD BE BEST TO GET A CAMERA
THAT SHOWS THE DATE AND TIME TAKEN.
NEVER GIVE THE ORIGINAL COPY OR THE NEGATIVE TO ANYONE.
MAKES SURE YOU HAVE COPIES IN A SAFE PLACE.

WORLD'S SMALLEST CAMERA

THE TRUTH ABOUT NURSING HOMES


NCCNHR



RESEARCH


LONG TERM CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS
National Nursing Research Agenda



Developing Knowledge for Practice:
Challenges and Opportunities

NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF
NURSING
RESEARCH



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