Showing posts with label elderly abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elderly abuse. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2013

Kentucky nursing homes rank 40th in the nation in new survey

Kentucky got a D grade and a rank of 40th amongst the states in a new-fangled countrywide survey of nursing-home thoughtfulness, and reform advocates are calling on Gov. Steve Beshear and other policymakers to take counteractive charge.

The state ranks lowest in the Southeast, the lowest ranked region, in treatment home-based thoughtfulness quality; single in five Kentucky treatment homes were cited as having a Spartan deficiency, "indicating prevalent abuse, neglect and maltreatment of residents," says the shot of the survey, fashioned by a Florida-based advocacy crowd Families in support of Better Care.