Tag: nursing homes
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Large percentage of patients with dementia given drugs they don’t need; see how your nursing home is doing
Kentucky reporters can now see how the nursing homes in their area are treating patients with dementia. The Boston Globe has published a list of all the nursing homes in...
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Louisville has highest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in U.S.
Louisville has the largest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in the country. Of the 570,000 people who call Louisville home, 4,000 work in the industry and produce $28 billion...
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531 deficiencies found in 80 Kentucky nursing homes in first quarter of 2012; worst one had 29; five had none
State inspectors found 531 deficiencies in 80 Kentucky nursing homes in the first quarter of this year, with one facility accounting for 29 of them alone: Life Care Center of...
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Effort to boost oral health in nursing homes gets tangled up with industry’s attempt to insulate itself from lawsuits; both bills die
A bill to get nursing-home residents better dental services “appears to be dead after the Senate added language from another bill designed to shield the nursing-home industry from litigation,” Deborah...
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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...
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Jury tells nursing home: Pay $8 million to estate of man whose legs employees broke; homes seek legislative insulation from suits
A Louisville nursing home was ordered to pay $8 million in damages last week to the estate of a retired surgeon whose legs were broken while he was being transferred...
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455 deficiencies found in 72 Kentucky nursing homes in fourth quarter of 2011
State inspectors found 455 deficiencies in 72 Kentucky nursing homes in the fourth quarter of 2011, with one facility accounting for 25 of them alone: Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab-Fountain Circle...
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Bills would require more assessment before a patient can be admitted to a personal-care home
Legislation dubbed “Larry’s Law” is aimed at preventing what happened to Larry Lee from happening again. House Bill 307, filed by Democratic Rep. Terry Mills, right, “would require an individual...
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Free seminar on guardianship to be offered Feb. 26 in Lexington
Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform will provide the opportunity to learn from experts about guardianship Feb. 26. More than 23,000 Kentuckians live in nursing homes. Lexington attorneys Carolyn Kenton and...