Nursing Home Abuse
Increasing..
Using public records to investigate nursing home employees curbs
abuse cases.
“Families turn to nursing homes to give the elderly the care and
attention they need, but a congressional report out Monday says
1,600 U.S. nursing homes — nearly one-third — have been cited for
abuse.” This in a report from CBS News Correspondent Bill
Whitaker.
Some 5,283 nursing homes were cited for abuse violations, according
to a review of state inspection records requested by Rep. Henry
Waxman, D-Calif. These homes were cited for nearly 9,000 abuse
violations from January 1999 to January 2001.
"We found examples of residents being punched, choked or kicked by
staff members or other residents," Waxman said.
It was indeed a sad day when the time came around to place my
mother in a nursing home. Even though the director was
understanding and explained that almost everyone that was forced
into sitting in her office and having the conversation we were
having felt the same way. I could not help thinking about the first
day of school when I cried and wailed and just wanted to go home
with mother as she headed down the hallway and out to the parking
lot. I know that I couldn’t hear her footfalls over my own crying,
but to this day it seems somehow that I could. I still remember the
look on her face clearly now some 40+ years later. I imagine my
face looked a bit like that as I sat listening to the practiced
monologue of the nursing home director. A mix between mind numbing
guilt and stoic determination.
My mother has always been the rock of our family, even before dad
passed she was the one you took your problems, any problems to
first. She was the one who found shoes, and managed to always know
when and what you were hungry for, many times before you did. Now
the rock is crumbling around the edges and I just can’t leave her
alone anymore. Mom has always been independent and has never needed
to depend on others for her daily needs; she is the one everyone
depended on and so I made good use of online background check
services when I finally decided on a Nursing home for her.
I made it a deal breaker to get a list of the nurses and nurses
aides that would be attending my mother, the management objected
softly but in the end I got my way, and a good thing too. In the
first attempt at being an from home detective I found 4 nurses
aides with criminal records at the home, 2 had felonies, one for
assault. I took this to the managers of moms home and threatened to
sue if something wasn’t done. They now do intensive background
checks on all employees. So if you really love your loved one, I
advise you to join a
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year unlimited search membership for only $29, it has proven its
worth several times already. I can also use it to check license
plat numbers and telephone numbers even teachers and new neighbors,
anybody. It is proving to be the best 20 dollars I have ever
invested.
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