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.
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