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Nursing Home Rating Scale

By Michael Kaplen

p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptfont size=3The quality of care rendered in nursing homes has always been of interest to me.span style=mso-spacerun: yes#0160; /spanIn addition to representing victims of traumatic brain injury, a href=http://www.brainlaw.comDe Caro amp; Kaplen, LLP/aalso represents victims of nursing home abuse including patient?s who have sustained decubitus ulcers (bed sores), falls and brutality in nursing homes./font/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptspan style=mso-spacerun: yesfont size=3/font/span#0160;/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptfont size=3While it is important for families to always visit a nursing home before their loved one is admitted and to continue to monitor care once an admission takes place, some further information can now be obtained from a new system that rates nursing home care across the country./font/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pto:pfont size=3#0160;/font/o:p/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptfont size=3A five star rating system has been established by the Centers for Medicare amp; Medicaid Services.span style=mso-spacerun: yes#0160; /spanThis federal agency oversees the quality of care in the nation#39;s nursing homes. You can access the a href=http://www.cms.hhs.govnursing home ratings/a by clicking the highlighted text./font/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pto:pfont size=3#0160;/font/o:p/p p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptfont size=3Hopefully this new information will benefit the public and cause nursing homes that fall below acceptable levels of care to provide more appropriate care to their residents. /font/p

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on December 20, 2008 (boomark / email).