Assisted Living strains to keep up with safety

A recent article in the New York Times reports on the problem in assisted living dementia care facilities of residents physically attacking other residents.  The estimate is that 8% of such residents are victims of …

CMS CRACKS DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE BY NURSING HOME STAFF

By: I. Paul Mandelkern:  On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether …