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- New Tool Allows Analysis Of Nursing-home Deficiencies Across The Country; Kentucky Seems To Rank High In Serious Problems
Reporters now have a tool at their fingertips that will allow them to find nursing home problems in facilities across Kentucky, which appears to ranks high in serious problems.(iStock photo) The tool was launched this week by ProPublica, a nonprofit,...
- Bill Passed That Would Require Fingerprint Background Checks At Nursing Homes
The state House has approved a bill requiring long-term care facilities to run background checks using fingerprinting technology, a move that would be mostly funded by a $3 million federal grant. The state will kick in $1 million. The House approved the...
- 18 Percent Of Kentucky Nursing Homes Had 10 Or More Deficiencies In July-sept.; 42 Exceeded State Average Of Six
State inspectors found 20 of Kentucky's nursing homes, 18 percent of the total, had 10 or more deficiencies during the third quarter of 2010. Kentucky nursing homes have an average of six deficiencies, according to Medicare's nursing-home...
- Bill Would Require Background Checks For All Nursing Home Staff
A bill filed Tuesday would require that all nursing home staff, not just employees in direct contact with residents, be subject to background checks. State Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, right, sponsored the legislation, saying the move would not...
- The Affordable Care Act & Nursing Home Abuse
A Look at Nursing Home Abuse Elder abuse in nursing homes is largely due to the inadequate staff levels. According to a 2001 Health and Human Services (HHS) study, 90 percent of nursing homes are understaffed. Lack of adequate staffing is known...
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Almost all nursing homes have employees with criminal past, estimated 5% of employees; background-check bill seems dead
A new federal report says 92 percent of nursing homes employ someone with a criminal record. Most states require such facilities to check the backgrounds of applicants for employment, but the standards vary and some, such as Kentucky, do not check the backgrounds of those not involved in patient care, and a bill to extend that to them appears dead in the General Assembly.
"About 5 percent of nursing home workers?or one out of every 20?had at least one conviction, according to the report, which took a random sample of 260 nursing homes certified by Medicare and ran FBI background checks on their workers," reports Marian Wang of ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news agency.
?The current system of background checks is haphazard, inconsistent and full of gaping holes in many states,? Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, told The New York Times. ?Predators can easily evade detection during the hiring process, securing jobs that allow them to assault, abuse and steal from defenseless elders.? The lack of national standards allows people convicted in one state to work in another?a more significant factor in states like Kentucky, which border several other states and have population centers on the borders.
"About 5 percent of nursing home workers?or one out of every 20?had at least one conviction, according to the report, which took a random sample of 260 nursing homes certified by Medicare and ran FBI background checks on their workers," reports Marian Wang of ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news agency.
?The current system of background checks is haphazard, inconsistent and full of gaping holes in many states,? Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, told The New York Times. ?Predators can easily evade detection during the hiring process, securing jobs that allow them to assault, abuse and steal from defenseless elders.? The lack of national standards allows people convicted in one state to work in another?a more significant factor in states like Kentucky, which border several other states and have population centers on the borders.
- New Tool Allows Analysis Of Nursing-home Deficiencies Across The Country; Kentucky Seems To Rank High In Serious Problems
Reporters now have a tool at their fingertips that will allow them to find nursing home problems in facilities across Kentucky, which appears to ranks high in serious problems.(iStock photo) The tool was launched this week by ProPublica, a nonprofit,...
- Bill Passed That Would Require Fingerprint Background Checks At Nursing Homes
The state House has approved a bill requiring long-term care facilities to run background checks using fingerprinting technology, a move that would be mostly funded by a $3 million federal grant. The state will kick in $1 million. The House approved the...
- 18 Percent Of Kentucky Nursing Homes Had 10 Or More Deficiencies In July-sept.; 42 Exceeded State Average Of Six
State inspectors found 20 of Kentucky's nursing homes, 18 percent of the total, had 10 or more deficiencies during the third quarter of 2010. Kentucky nursing homes have an average of six deficiencies, according to Medicare's nursing-home...
- Bill Would Require Background Checks For All Nursing Home Staff
A bill filed Tuesday would require that all nursing home staff, not just employees in direct contact with residents, be subject to background checks. State Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, right, sponsored the legislation, saying the move would not...
- The Affordable Care Act & Nursing Home Abuse
A Look at Nursing Home Abuse Elder abuse in nursing homes is largely due to the inadequate staff levels. According to a 2001 Health and Human Services (HHS) study, 90 percent of nursing homes are understaffed. Lack of adequate staffing is known...