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A pattern of profit and subpar care at Mass. nursing homes
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/26/profit-and-care-massachusetts-nursing-homes/JfpOM6rwcFAObDi2JLcAnN/story.html
Medford Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Medford.
A pattern of profit and subpar care at Mass. nursing homes
By Kay Lazar Globe Staff March 27, 2016
At the Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Everett, grime and mold smothered the windows, leaving residents barely able to see outside. “Dehumanizing” was the assessment of a state inspector who visited in February.
A week earlier, an unattended resident with dementia climbed out a broken dining room window and fractured an ankle, according to the inspector’s report.
A few miles away, at the Medford Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, health and safety violations were so persistent that regulators in 2014 placed it on a list reserved for the nation’s most problem-plagued nursing homes.
The nursing homes are owned by Personal Healthcare, a for-profit Tarrytown, N.Y., company that also runs Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, which has struggled, too. Company financial reports indicate nurse staffing at all three sites has been below the state norm.