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South Dakota Wrongly Puts Thousands in Nursing Homes, Government Says

News Story (South Dakota)

South Dakota Wrongly Puts Thousands in Nursing Homes, Government Says

May 2, 2016 | Matt Apuzzo | New York Times (NYT)
In a scathing rebuke of the state’s health care system, the Justice Department said on Monday that thousands of patients were being held unnecessarily in sterile, highly restrictive group homes.
Tags: Disability Rights | Nursing Homes

Senior Citizens Legal Services (SCLS) (Northern California)

Provider (California)

Senior Citizens Legal Services (SCLS) (Northern California)

Launched in 1972, SCLS provides free legal services to elderly residents of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties.
Tags: Consumer Protection, Family, Health Care, Housing, Nursing Homes, Seniors, Social Security Benefits

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)

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California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)

Since 1983, CANHR has worked statewide to improve the choices, care, and quality of life for California’s long term care consumers. HQ in San Francisco.
Tags: Nursing Homes, Seniors

As Pa. bolsters nursing home inspections, rate of penalties up

News Story (Pennsylvania)

As Pa. bolsters nursing home inspections, rate of penalties up

March 14, 2016 | Ryan Briggs | WHYY (PA)
After scathing reports last year showed Pennsylvania routinely failed to detect or punish elder abuse, the state Department of Health is cracking down on lax nursing home inspections.
Tags: Nursing Homes | Seniors

Pennsylvania tripled number of nursing home fines in 2015

News Story (Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania tripled number of nursing home fines in 2015

March 6, 2016 | Heather Stauffer | LNP News (PA)
Nursing homes across Pennsylvania are feeling more heat as state authorities crank up enforcement in response to criticism that residents are not being cared for adequately.
Tags: Nursing Homes

State officials move to tighten oversight of nursing homes

News Story (Massachusetts)

State officials move to tighten oversight of nursing homes

February 11, 2016 | Kay Lazar | Boston Globe
Massachusetts health regulators moved to significantly strengthen oversight of nursing homes, creating a unit that will conduct unannounced inspections and promising to impose fines on problem-plagued facilities.
Tags: Nursing Homes | Seniors

Pa. has to better protect nursing home residents

Op-Ed (Pennsylvania)

Pa. has to better protect nursing home residents

August 2, 2015 | Sam Brooks | LNP News (PA)
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has been failing to do its job to protect nursing home residents for several years. This civil legal aid program works to change that.
Tags: Nursing Homes | Seniors