"Tracking Abuse In Nursing Homes"
July 30 , 2001
Alice Oshatz is an 85 year old woman who can no longer handle living on her own but does not want to burden her children. A nursing home seems to be the only option, an option she never wanted to have. She is not the only one who feels that way. Eighty-three percent of elderly Americans would stay in their homes until the end if they could. Thirty percent say they'd rather die than go into a nursing home. And their fears may be well founded. Nursing home inspection documents show that more than a quarter of American nursing homes were repeatedly cited for serious nursing home abuse violations that caused death or injury to patients. In California, a third of the homes have been cited for causing serious nursing home abuse leading to harm or death of patients. In 1998, less than 2 percent of California nursing homes had no violations. A CBS News analysis of the federal government's nursing home inspection database finds more than 1,000 homes were cited last year for hiring staff with a history of abuse.
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