Connecticut Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing Home Abuse News in the State of
Connecticut:
June
12, 2003
"Connecticut medical malpractice debates"
Some Connecticut state senators are hoping to get the budget to
go towards protecting elderly in instances of nursing home abuse.
Connecticut nursing homes will now be mandated for random inspections
and tougher criminal penalties for nursing home abuse and nursing
home neglect at the hand of Connecticut nursing home caregivers.
Instances of Connecticut nursing home abuse have a 72-hour deadline
for reporting it in order for proper investigates to occur.
A Class C or Class D felony will be charged when
instances of deliberate Connecticut nursing home abuse has occurred
or Class A misdemeanors with fines and jail terms. The efforts to
require criminal background checks be made prior to hiring nursing
home employees never reached the House because legislative leaders
were afraid the nursing home abuse debate would be too time consuming.
State Senator Edith Prague hopes the budget
will revive proposals that will require all nursing home rooms have
sprinklers and psychiatric patients be separated from the elderly.
With much focus on the issue of elderly care, mainly in relations
to the high incidence or nursing home abuse reports and statistics.
In a Connecticut nursing home recently, a fire started when a 23-year-old
psychiatric patient ignited her bed sheets, which is why some lawmakers
are pursuing the separation of patients and sprinkler requirements.
Due to costs, Senate quickly moved the sprinkler bill to the bottom
of its calendar.
March
6, 2003
"Connecticut Proposes Private-Bidding Process for Nursing Home
Care"
The Governor of Connecticut has proposed a previously unprecedented
way of nursing home facilities to compete for patients through a
bidding process. Since federal and state governments pay around
70% of all nursing home costs, the majority of nursing home beds
in the state are covered by Medicaid payments, making the role the
state takes on nursing home care especially important. The poorly
run nursing home facilities are the ones receiving money and due
to the high instance of nursing home abuse nationwide, Connecticut
is hoping if put into effect, the private-bidding process will promote
a better quality of care, thus eliminating instances of nursing
home abuse.
March
6, 2003
"Connecticut State Lawmakers are More Closely Looking at its
Nursing Homes"
Following the fire that killed ten people, state lawmakers are wondering
why the 23-year old patient suspected of starting the fire was receiving
care for multiple sclerosis at the nursing home despite her history
of drug abuse and why nursing home residents may be living amongst
younger patients with emotional or psychiatric problems. Lawmakers
will discuss legislations to increase nursing home care staff, require
background checks for employees, and require random nursing home
inspections due to the problems of nursing home abuse plaguing the
state and entire nation.
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