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 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

GAO REPORTS
ENHANCED HCFA OVERSIGHT
OF STATE PROGRAMS
WOULD BETTER INSURE QUALITY

 Nursing Homes: Complaint Investigation Processes Often Inadequate to
Protect Residents
(Letter Report, 03/22/99, GAO/HEHS-99-80).

 INFORMED CITIZENS AND
EFFECTIVE LONG TERM CARE REFORM:
A CALL FOR LEADERSHIP



 NURSING HOME ABUSES
Across the USA, the federal report concluded that in nursing homes:
24% improperly administered drugs according
to the written orders from the
attending physicians (60% in New Jersey);
26% did not provide adequate personal hygiene
(67% in the state of Washington);
21% did not follow proper isolation techniques
to prevent the spread of infection;
20% did not provide each resident
with a urinary catheter with proper routine care;
36% did not follow rules requiring
that food be stored, prepared, and served
under sanitary conditions (62% in Alabama);
18% failed to provide patients' bathroom needs
according to federal standards (33% in Michigan);
12% didn't properly treat bedsores; and
15% didn't provide patients with privacy
during treatment and personal care.
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NOTICE
In an effort to make the "Saving Grace"
Site more easily assessible, the advocacy
information is being revamped and reorganized.
This page is "Under Construction"
Please be patient and we will have
this information as soon as possible.
If you have information you would like to add
please contact
"Saving Grace"
grace@vcn.com
If you find something you like here or that is helpful
to you, or if you don't, please leave a
message on our discussion board.
Thank you.
Linda
"Saving Grace"

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS




SECOND ANNUAL NAT'L ADVOCATES CONFERENCE
Addresses

GOOD PEOPLE TO WATCH
EXCELLENT RESOURCES!

CALIFORNIA
ILA SWAN
e-mail "Ila Swan" ape@community.net
HER STORY
``If I could walk away, I´d do it in a minute,´´ she says.
``Who´d want to spend days and nights
walking through these stinking facilities?
But I don´t want to be
like the citizens of Germany
living outside the concentration camp gates
saying they didn´t know about the Holocaust.
These dirt bags who make money
off the pain of the elderly,
I just want to go and kick their asses.
I don´t want to close down the nursing homes.
I just want decent people running them."
http://community-1.webtv.net/MJLbytheC/ELDERABUSE/page18.html
 NURSING A GRUDGE ABOUT ELDER CARE
Ila Swan of Vacaville crusades
on behalf of institutionalized seniors
Sam McManis, CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER

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

ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY
ALSO SEE "SAVING GRACE" PAGE
ON ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY
AND
INFORMATION ON THE FOUNDER, JUDY MURPHEY

Be sure and Read Sandra Ketterman's article on
"How to Protect Your Elderly Loved One in A Nursing Home"
email: ape@apeape.org

ALSO SEE
ONE MAN ONE VOTE

TLC4LTC
TENDER LOVING CARE FOR LONG TERM CARE
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

SENIOR CRIME WATCH

ILLINOIS
Nursing Home Monitors
Violette King
6111 Vollmer Lane
Godfrey, Illinois 62035
Phone/Fax: (618) 466-3410

CONNECTICUT
CT Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
email me at
cccnhr@hotmail.com
Maryann
CONNECTICUT FAMILY MEMBERS-ADVOCATES MESSAGE BOARD

FLORIDA
COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA'S ELDERS
Barbara Henstebeck
SENIOR SUPPORT NETWORK

OKLAHOMA
THE SENIOR JUSTICE LEAGUE
OKLAHOMANS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF NURSING CARE HOMES
Norman, Oklahoma

 T I L T C
Texans For the Improvement of Long Term Care

WASHINGTON
Citizens for the Improvement of Nursing Homes
4649 Sunnyside North, #100
Seattle, Washington 98103
Phone: (206) 545-7053
Toll Free:
1-888-322-CINH

GRAY PANTHERS
People interested in social issues,
with a large porportion being snior citizens

MONTANA
MONTANA ADVOCACY PROGRAM
http://www.mt.net/~advocate/

NEW HAMPSHIRE
N.H. RESIDENT ADVOCATES
KELN

WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
CITIZEN ADVOCATES

CANADA
British Columbia
The Association of Advocates for Care Reform
"For those Who Care"
"We are a group of concerned citizens dedicated to
improving the quality of care and the
quality of life for residents of
long-term care facilities in British Columbia"


NURSING HOME INDUSTRY
"Big Business"

 THE NATIONAL CITIZEN'S COALITION FOR NURSING HOME REFORM
NURSING HOMES
Independent Citizen Advocacy Groups Working
Together to Improve the Quality of Life
for Our Nation's Nursing Home Residents

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!
  


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 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

 Urinary incontinence in nursing home residents: a cross-national comparison
A Sgadari, E Topinkova, J Bjornson and R Bernabei
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria,
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
A.SGADARI@caspur.i
Age and Ageing, Vol 26, 49-54,
Copyright © 1997 by British Geriatrics Society
CONCLUSION:
"this study of different cultural approaches
and strategies to evaluate
and treat urinary incontinence
may stimulate a public debate
on the quality of care in nursing homes
and promote the sharing of care practices
designed to reduce urinary incontinence."

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ISSUES OF LONG TERM CARE REFORM
1. CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
 WHITE COLLAR CRIME
2. STAFFING
3. GRANNY CAMS
4. ACCOUNTABILITY
5. EXAMINATION OF LONG TERM CARE
FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
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