Nursing Home and Hospital Surveyors no Longer Allowed to Provide Information Without the Permission of the Head of CMS!
A patient in a North Carolina nursing home was allowed to fall by a nurse aide. The aide and her friends/coworkers covered it up and for two weeks the patient was untreated for a hip fracture. She was eventually taken to a hospital and there it was found she had a broken hip. Shocked by [...]
Surveying Restraint Regulations in Hospitals or Nursing Homes - Part 2
In the previous article I listed for you the actual regulations that surveyors use regarding restraints in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Lets look at what these regulations mean, i.e. - the guidance the Nursing Home and Hospital Surveyors use when doing a survey in a nursing home or hospital.
As you may realize as you read [...]