Long-term care home report by military echoes study from 2019 showed blatant gaps in care. — via healthing_ca
That’s because for-profits have to make money and provide dividends to shareholders — which means they’re cutting back on the supports seniors need, she says. The report released by the military found that many staff members were afraid to use medical supplies for residents beyond those that management permitted for fear of retribution, often leaving patients soiled or at risk of medical conditions, such as bedsores.
Increasing the number of hours means not cutting back on staff, says Braedley. Staff reductions in a number of for-profit long-term care facilities were found in studies to result in a lower level of quality care.The employment status — and wages — of front-line workers need to be raised to improve accountability, she argues.
“This represents about 1.3 incidents a day and includes 27 cases of unexpected deaths for reasons such as choking or aspiration and about 100 cases of abuse, neglect or improper treatment of a resident by home staff related to food that resulted in harm or risk of harm to the resident,” reads the report.
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