Charlene Harrington, a professor emerita at the University of California at San Francisco, has studied the nursing home industry for 30 years. Last year, she examined the nation's 10 largest for-profit chains and found up to five layers of ownership.
"You can't tell who owns'' many nursing homes, Harrington says. "It's like tracking a problem mortgage when you don't know who owns the bank.''
Even the federal government can't figure it out. Medicare and Medicaid pay most of the nation's nursing home bills and require homes to disclose their ownership structures. But when the General Accounting Office looked at six big chains in 2010, the information those chains had provided Washington gave no indication of which affiliated companies controlled what.
People who put their mother in a nursing home have no idea that decisions on staff and supplies are not being made by the administrator or a local owner says California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Steven Peck. Medical decisions are governed many times solely by monetary concerns by corporate entities and their individual ownership.
It's all about the amount of money the Nursing Home Operators can make versus the care the are supposed to give as is mandated by Federal Law and State Laws which regulate these facilities.
Although elderly residents are awarded certain nursing home rights, some facilities, either unknowingly or intentionally, may violate these basic rights. If you suspect your loved one is being abused in a nursing home or otherwise deprived of their nursing home resident rights, such as bed sores, dehydration, malnutrition, infection, under staffing, physical abuse, you should immediately contact us toll free at 1.866.999.9085 or on-line at www.thepecklawgroup.com for a free thorough case review and evaluation. This case review is being offered at no cost and shall help determine whether you should take legal action on behalf of your elder / dependent adult loved one. We Will Help You!!
