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I get a large number of questions from nursing home patients and families regarding focused on finding the 'best' facilities available. For some reason, I get an even larger number of people who ask me who the 'worst' facilities are. Maybe there's some sport associated with identifying these facilities? But for to today, let's feed the need to identify the poor performing nursing homes-- the Special Focus Facilities.

If you are a nursing home operator or employee the Special Focus Facility (SFF) is definitely a club you want no part of. Rather, the SFF was created by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) as an assemblage of facilities that deserve special recognition for the inadequate care they typically provide to their patients....

Whenever I hear about a “remotely-operated” care home, I automatically become a bit suspicious.

Patients in any nursing home deserve ‘round-the-clock care, so I wonder sometimes how these “facilities” can get away with such bare-bones staffing.

I was reminded of this disturbing reality recently as I read through a horrifying story from Hawaii. According to The Maui News, an 86-year-old patient in an unnamed “community care facility” in Oahu became so neglected that he developed 11 fatal stage-four bed sores. His main caretaker, nurse Ross Rasmussen, says he only checked in on his patient once a month...

 

 

 

About Jonathan Rosenfeld

Jonathan RosenfeldJonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Jonathan has represented victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois and across the country. Jonathan’s reputation as an aggressive advocate for the…

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Q: Medical Journal Calls for Increased Use of Pressure Sore Assessment Scale

A recent study from the Ostomy Wound Management journal claims that the Braden Scale of assessment  is extremely effective in diagnosing and preventing bed sores, or decubitus ulcers. The six-point Braden Scale, which was developed in 1987, assesses patients in …

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