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Families for Better Care Submits Comments on Proposed Nursing Home Regulations
Families for Better Care Executive Director Brian Lee submitted the following comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding "Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and Transparency." Mr. Lee called the proposed regulatory revisions "eerily reminiscent of much of the same water cooler jargon...
STATEMENT: Families for Better Care Demands Governor Stitt Probe DHS's Alleged Inaction Regarding 'SADISTIC ABUSE' at Mannford Nursing Home
Families for Better Care Executive Director Brian Lee issued the following statement regarding the recent abuse allegations at an Oklahoma nursing home:
The “ sadistic abuse ” that reportedly occurred at the Cimarron Pointe Care Center in Mannford is beyond unconscionable. Mannford Police Chief Lucky Miller and his officers are to be applauded for proactively acting on...
Florida Halts Admissions at Putnam County Nursing Home
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration imposed an IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ADMISSIONS at the Crestwood Nursing Center in Palatka because facility conditions now pose “an immediate danger” to the public.
According to the August 30 final order , state investigators discovered that the facility carelessly mishandled the medications for one resident,...
CONSUMER ALERT: State Suspends South Florida Assisted Living License
Florida officials took swift action last week to protect residents living at the Rebull Senior Living in Miami after discovering a “systematic medication failure” at the facility.
According to Agency for Health Care Administration documents , the Agency found that facility operators intentionally administered medications not prescribed by residents’...