INDIANA RANKS AMONG WORST IN HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY
As Hoosiers, we want to believe that when we and our loved ones should need it, we will receive safe, quality healthcare. However, many may not know that Indiana holds...
Why Is The Nursing Home Industry Hiring Convicted Criminals To Care For Our Elders?
If Concerned About Abuse and Neglect, Why Is The Nursing Home Industry Hiring Convicted Criminals To Care For Our Elders? A society is judged on the basis of how...
Four Indiana Nursing Home Employees Charged In Case of Neglect and Abuse
In what appears to be yet another example of Indiana nursing home neglect and abuse, various news outlets have reported that four employees of the Providence Home Health Care Center...
Indiana Nurse Arrested on Nursing Home Theft Charges
As reported by Stacy Page Online and the South Bend Tribune, a nurse at an Indiana nursing home was arrested for allegedly stealing from the nursing home’s patients. The...
INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT: NURSING HOME INDUSTRY CHEATS TAXPAYERS OUT OF $1.5 BILLION… IN JUST ONE YEAR
If you pay taxes, you should take note of a recently released report by the the U.S. Inspector General about the improper Medicare billing practices by U.S. nursing homes....
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and RehabCare Group, Inc. Sued In Connection with Nursing Home Medicare Fraud Investigation
While we would like to think that health care corporations would at all times act in their patients’ best interests, the reality is that all too often their business practices...
South Bend Nursing Homes Under Scrutiny for Abuse and Neglect
Indiana nursing homes have for some time now been recognized as the worst in the nation. For example, in 2009 the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Indiana had the...
Indiana Nursing Home Resident dies after attack at Nursing Home.
It was reported this week that a 77-year old Indiana resident of the South Shore Health and Rehabilitation Facility died after an attack by another resident. Diane Parkinson died on...
Indiana Lawmakers Take Action Against Nursing Homes’ Risky 911 Policy
Indiana state senator Patricia Miller has proposed legislation that would require nursing homes to call the nearest medical emergency team to respond in urgent situations. The proposed legislation, Indiana Senate...
AARP Launches Site Where Families Can Voice Indiana Nursing Home Experiences
Nursing home neglect in Indiana’s nursing homes has been identified by the U.S. Office of Accountability as a serious and significant issue. According to the report, Indiana has more ‘poor...