Nursing Homes on Trial: Skyrocketing Suits Spur Crisis in Care / Greg Groeller and Bob LaMendola.
by Groeller, Greg; LaMendola, Bob; Lade, Diane C; Lamendola, Bob; Kunerth, Jeff; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 45Family. Publisher: Sun-Sentinel, 2001; Orlando Sentinel, 2001ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Aged -- Institutional care | Aged -- Long-term care | Bedsores | Negligence | Nursing homes | Nursing home patients -- Abuse of | Nursing homes -- Complaints against | Federal aid to nursing homes | Insurance -- Liability | Nursing home care | Nursing homes -- Law and legislation | Home care servicesDDC classification: 050 Summary: NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: SKYROCKETING SUITS SPUR CRISIS IN CARE --- This article focuses on the increasing number of nursing home lawsuits in Florida and across the nation as states struggle for a solution that will protecting "society's seniors' rights to humane care without driving caregivers into bankruptcy" (SUN-SENTINEL).Summary: NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: FINANCIAL WOES HAUNT CARETAKERS -- This article examines the financial crisis that nursing homes currently face and maintains that "the nursing home industry did not find itself in this fiscal hole overnight...Since the early 1990s and before spiraling insurance costs, a number of factors shaped the financial disaster that needs fixing today [March 2001]." (Sun-SENTINEL)Summary: NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: QUALITY VIOLATIONS OFTEN LEAD TO SUITS -- This article examines the exorbitant number of lawsuits that have been brought against nursing homes in recent years. "Lawsuits against the homes are such an epidemic that even the best ones are getting sued." (SUN-SENTINEL)Summary: NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: AS AGING POPULATION GROWS, SOLUTIONS BECOME... -- This article examines the present nursing home crisis and discusses the future of the elder-care industry. "Even with alternative forms of long-term care, nursing homes will still play an important role in caring for the sickest, oldest and frailest...elders. But experts say more efforts are needed to ensure that those who need constant care are treated with respect and dignity by nursing home staffs." (SUN-SENTINEL)
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This MARC record contains four articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Nursing Homes on Trial: Skyrocketing Suits Spur Crisis in Care, March 4, 2001; pp. 1A+.
Originally Published: Nursing Homes on Trial: Financial Woes Haunt Caretakers, march 5, 2001; pp. n.p..
Originally Published: Nursing Homes on Trial: As Aging Population Grows, Solutions Become..., March 7, 2001; pp. n.p..
Originally Published:Nursing Homes on Trial: As Aging Population Grows, Solutions Become..., march 7, 2001; pp. n.p..
NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: SKYROCKETING SUITS SPUR CRISIS IN CARE --- This article focuses on the increasing number of nursing home lawsuits in Florida and across the nation as states struggle for a solution that will protecting "society's seniors' rights to humane care without driving caregivers into bankruptcy" (SUN-SENTINEL).
NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: FINANCIAL WOES HAUNT CARETAKERS -- This article examines the financial crisis that nursing homes currently face and maintains that "the nursing home industry did not find itself in this fiscal hole overnight...Since the early 1990s and before spiraling insurance costs, a number of factors shaped the financial disaster that needs fixing today [March 2001]." (Sun-SENTINEL)
NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: QUALITY VIOLATIONS OFTEN LEAD TO SUITS -- This article examines the exorbitant number of lawsuits that have been brought against nursing homes in recent years. "Lawsuits against the homes are such an epidemic that even the best ones are getting sued." (SUN-SENTINEL)
NURSING HOMES ON TRIAL: AS AGING POPULATION GROWS, SOLUTIONS BECOME... -- This article examines the present nursing home crisis and discusses the future of the elder-care industry. "Even with alternative forms of long-term care, nursing homes will still play an important role in caring for the sickest, oldest and frailest...elders. But experts say more efforts are needed to ensure that those who need constant care are treated with respect and dignity by nursing home staffs." (SUN-SENTINEL)
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