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Nursing Home Negligence

• Using Antipsychotics to Pacify Nursing Home Residents: How Much is Too Much?
• Nursing Home Resident Dies Because Staff Not Trained in Heimlich! Jury Awards $2.35 Million
• NY Nursing Homes Rank Among the Worst for Support and Family Caregivers!
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• New Study reveals Antipsychotic Drugs Hazardous to the Elderly in Nursing Homes

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Nursing Home Negligence

• Pressure sores occur far more often in African-Americans than any other racial or ethnic group in nursing homes in Kingston, New York
• Top 3 steps you can take to avoid pressure sores in a nursing home or hospital in Kingston, New York
• Beware of the dangers of bed rails in your Kingston, New York nursing home
• What you can do to prevent your loved one from having an unintended weight loss in a nursing home
• What you need to know today to protect the rights of your family member in a nursing home in Kingston, New York

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Discover how you can find out who is caring for your loved one in a Kingston, New York nursing home: unlicensed workers, LPN's, certified nurses aides or registered nurses.

Want to get the scoop about the people caring for your family member at a nursing home? Now, under a new law in New York, you can.

On March 15, 2010, a new law known as the Nursing Care Quality Act (Public Health Law section 2805-t) went into effect in New York that requires nursing homes, hospitals, hospices and diagnostic and treatment centers to make nurse-to-patient ratios available to the public.

You now have the right to know how nursing homes and hospitals are staffing their units. The law requires nursing homes and hospitals to report the number of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) providing direct care, the ratio of full-time nurses to patients, the number of unlicensed workers providing direct care, and information on complaints filed against the nursing home and its staffing policies.

One small caveat: this information is not publicized by the state. The law requires nursing homes and hospitas to make the information available to any member of the public who requests it and to any state agency that supervises health facilities. The public can access the data by contacting the nursing homes and hospitals.

The federal government also publishes information about nurse-to-patient ratios at nursing homes at www.medicare.gov/NHCompare.

Another option is to call the nursing supervisor at the nursing home to inquire about the nurse-to-patient ratios.

You want to find out who is caring for your loved one in a nursing home. Are they unlicensed workers, LPNs, certified nurses aides or registered nurses? The answer will tell you whether the nursing home is cutting corners on its staff to lower costs and maximize profits.

If you want more information about New York's great new law, (the Nursing Care Quality Act), I welcome your phone call on my toll-free cell phone at 866-889-6882, or you can request my free book, The Seven Deadly Mistakes of Malpractice Victims, by submitting your request on the home page of my website, www.protectingpatientrights.com.

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Nursing Home Negligence

• What is the difference between a Stage 1 pressure sore and a Stage 4 pressure sore?
• What data is available to you in your search for the best nursing home for your family member?
• Who do you turn to for answers at a nursing home?

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