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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Aug 17, 2020, 07:55 PM Aug 2020

Documents reveal hundreds of nursing homes flagged for 'serious problems' and 'deficiencies' in care

collected millions in PPP loans.

A resident at South Carolina's Commander Nursing Home "went 20 hours without the prescribed tube feeding," a Medicare inspection report said.

A man at Kingston Healthcare Center in California fell off his bed, naked, and hit his head on the ground, according to a Medicare document. He "experienced vomiting, sleepiness, elevated blood pressure and heart rate, and decreased level of consciousness" and was unable to recognize his wife, but employees "delayed his transfer to a higher level of care for almost 10 hours," the report added.

And seniors who lived at the Mescalero Care Center were subject to "abuse, fear, and intimidation" because a nursing assistant, who they'd said was "rough" and "verbally abusive," stayed on staff at the New Mexico facility, another Medicare report said.

These are a handful of the more than 200 worst-rated nursing homes in the US that were awarded millions in coronavirus relief funds despite yearslong histories of violations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/documents-reveal-hundreds-of-nursing-homes-flagged-for-serious-problems-and-deficiencies-in-care-collected-millions-in-ppp-loans/ar-BB184rhx?li=BBnb7Kz
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Documents reveal hundreds of nursing homes flagged for 'serious problems' and 'deficiencies' in care (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
They need to start prosecuting nursing home Phoenix61 Aug 2020 #1
Investigative reportees need to look into who owns these facilities! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
1. They need to start prosecuting nursing home
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 07:58 PM
Aug 2020

administrators who allow that to happen with elder neglect and throwing their greedy butts in jail.

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