The Dallas Morning News reported on a disturbing study of nursing homes that found more than 90
percent were cited for violations of federal health
and safety standards last year, and that for-profit homes were more likely
to have problems than other types of nursing homes. About 17
percent of nursing homes had deficiencies that caused "actual harm or
immediate jeopardy" to patients.
Highlights of the findings:
• Problems included infected bedsores, medication mix-ups, poor nutrition and abuse and neglect of patients.
• Inspectors received 37,150 complaints about conditions in nursing
homes last year, and they substantiated 39 percent of them, the report
said. About one-fifth of the complaints verified by federal and state
authorities involved the abuse or neglect of patients.• The
inspector general said 94 percent of for-profit nursing homes were
cited for deficiencies last year, compared with 88 percent of nonprofit
homes and 91 percent of government homes.Deficiency rates varied widely among states. The
proportion of nursing homes cited for deficiencies ranged from 76
percent in Rhode Island to 100 percent in Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming and
the District of Columbia. The rate in Texas was 89.6 percent.
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