In 1980, Florida was recognized as a national leader in innovative care for older people with long-term care needs, thanks to its implementation of the Community Care for the Elderly and Home Care for the Elderly programs. These programs provided supportive services such as personal care, homemaker and home health care, to older persons in […]
For families of ALS patients, providing home care can be an infinite challenge
Karen Mey lies motionless beneath a tan electric blanket pulled up to her chin. Next to her recliner, a machine the size of a toaster oven huffs rhythmically like a person in deep sleep, pumping air through a corrugated tube into a plastic valve in her neck. Even though her body is immobile, Mey’s eyes […]
Protect Nursing Home Nurse Aide Training Requirements; Protect Residents’ Right to High Quality Care
Certified nurse aides provide most of the direct hands-on care to the nation’s 1.3 million nursing home residents. Aides’ central role in caregiving means that the training that aides receive to become certified must be adequate and appropriate to ensure that they are capable of providing high quality of care and quality of life services […]
U.S. Nursing Home Violations of International and Domestic Human Rights Standards
We present a review of the international covenants and conventions and U.S. domestic laws and regulations that are designed to protect nursing home residents in the United States. Based on a review of research studies, government reports, and news reports, we found extensive evidence of widespread and systematic abuse and neglect of nursing home residents […]
California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to go, are receiving letters from their health care plans saying they are no longer eligible for long-term care. In one notable example, three dozen nursing home residents in San Luis Obispo County were informed on the same day that their […]
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