News Tagged ‘Arizona’

Study: Hispanic nursing homes provide lower quality of care

elderly hispanic man 100x100 that serve primarily Hispanic residents provide a lower quality of care compared to that cater to a mostly white clientele, according to a Brown University study. The research, which was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, looked at the rate of bedsores at in select states and found that residents in with a larger concentration of Hispanic residents reported having more bedsores than with lower concentrations of Hispanic residents.

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Alabama Among Worst

A review of the nation’s nursing home inspection reports by the Congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO) lists Alabama among nine states with the worst records of inspection accuracy, saying inspectors missed serious problems in more than 25 percent of all inspections from 2002-2007. The report said most states still fared dismally, missing at least one serious deficiency in 15 percent of all inspections.

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Speak out!

As for people with family in , Kathleen Sadlier says to be careful. “If you have someone there, really keep an eye on everything to see what is going on. Don’t just think they are being taken care of, because they might not be. I feel sorry for those in who don’t have family members to watch over them. More people need to speak out about this.”

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