USA Today is reporting that the number of citations for nursing homes puttting patients in "immediate jeopardy" increased by 22% from 2000 to 2006. These citations are the most serious reprimands that federal inspectors can issue. So it appears that the nursing home care concerns that have been widely publicized in Connecticut over the last month or so are not exclusive to the Nutmeg State.
The article points out that the statistic does not necessarily mean that nursing home care is getting worse, but perhaps inspectors are now doing a better job of discovering care problems.
In any case, this seems to be a widening national issue, and it may evolve into a presidential campaign issue in the coming months. Some candidates have already called for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to release their full list of the 120 "special focus facilities". Only 54 names from that list have been released to the public so far.
Click here for the full USA Today article.
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Posted by: sam | August 26, 2008 at 08:23 AM