Federal and State laws require that nursing homes develop a plan
of care and employ sufficient staffing to provide ALL the care listed on the
care plan. Because most corporate owned nursing homes today are not sufficiently
staffed, they cannot provide ALL the care listed on the care plan.
Consequently, residents are not taken to the toilet when
necessary, they are often left lying in urine and feces, develop painful and
life threatening pressure sores (decubitus ulcers), are not fed properly, are
not given sufficient fluids, are over-medicated or under-medicated, are dropped
causing painful bruises and fractures, are not cleaned or groomed, are ignored
and not included in activities, are left in bed all day, are not turned, call
lights not answered promptly or not at all, etc., all forms of neglect.
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