Tag: nursing homes
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Nursing-home violations went up in third quarter, but a record 8 facilities had no deficiencies
In the third quarter of 2011, inspectors found 403 deficiencies in 56 Kentucky nursing homes, an average of 7.2, up from 5.9 in the second quarter. But no deficiencies were...
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Nursing home ombudsman program at risk because of ‘callous and apparenly clueless’ move by feds, advocate writes
The Kentucky long-term care ombudsman program is at risk in Kentucky due to a change in federal policy. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services is “quietly telling some state...
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Jury tells nursing home to pay $1 million to former resident
A Fayette County jury has decided that Lexington’s Cambridge Place Nursing Home will have to pay more than $1 million in damages to a former resident who fell and was...
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Ex-boss of defunct Jenkins personal-care home accepts federal plea deal; he and relatives still face state charges
“The former administrator of a Letcher County personal-care home that was recently shut down by the state pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to a charge that he took thousands...
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Second death in five years raises questions about placement of mentally ill Kentuckians in personal-care homes
The second death in five years of a mentally ill person who has walked out of a personal care home has “prompted advocates for the brain injured and the mentally...
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Death of personal-care home resident has lawmakers from his hometown talking about stricter staffing rules
The death of a missing personal-care home resident has a bipartisan pair of Kentucky lawmakers from his home town of talking about setting staffng standards for Kentucky’s personal-care homes or even...
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Here’s latest quarterly report of Ky. nursing homes’ deficiencies
In the second quarter of 2011, inspectors found 291 deficiencies in 49 Kentucky nursing homes, nine of which had 10 or more. Rosewood Health Care Center in Bowling Green had...
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Former boss of troubled personal-care home is indicted
“Another former administrator of a troubled Letcher County personal care home has been indicted on charges of witness tampering and theft,” Beth Musgrave reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A county...
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Justice Dept. accuses Erlanger nursing home of collecting on ‘worthless services;’ suit is first of its kind in Kentucky
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil complaint against Villaspring Health Care and Rehabilitation in Erlanger and its parent company, Carespring Health Care Management, claiming they “billed Medicare and Medicaid...
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Kentucky looking at ‘telecare’ for Medicaid patients to cut costs
Kentucky is considering making tele-caregivers — off-site guardians who provide care by monitoring cameras and sensors in a patient’s home — available to some disabled Medicaid patients. The move is...