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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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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!







SOLUTIONS





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."



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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Gillette Wyoming 82718
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