If a doctor, hospital or nursing home tells you that you cannot see your family member’s medical records because they are prohibited by law from disclosing them under HIPAA, there is a reasonable chance that they are doing what is known as “hiding behind HIPAA.” When they are being honest, some health-care providers will admit [...]
A recently published study in the British Medical Journal makes the point that not-for-profit nursing homes provide better care for their residents than nursing homes motivated by profit. The study concluded that the not-for-profit nursing homes had more and higher quality staffing, fewer in-house acquired pressure ulcers, less frequent use of restraints and were found [...]
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Nursing homes are attempting to avoid prosecution for crimes against Florida’s elderly.
Amazing as it may seem, a pending legislative bill pre-filed in the 2009 Florida Legislature would allow nursing homes to commit crimes against their patients, neglect their patients and not be held accountable. Undoubtedly, nursing home lobbyists and special interests have proposed this bill. [...]
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