http://labyrinthworld.com/blog/2008/05/16/nursing-home-inspectors-often-miss-serious-problems/ This weblog is about issues that affect not only the elderly, but the squeezed generation Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://labyrinthworld.com/blog/2008/05/16/nursing-home-inspectors-often-miss-serious-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-355 labyrinthworld.com Blog » Congressional hearings on problems affecting older Americans Sun, 18 May 2008 01:04:30 +0000 http://labyrinthworld.com/blog/2008/05/16/nursing-home-inspectors-often-miss-serious-problems/#comment-355 [...] This week was nursing home week. In connection with this event, the senate held a hearing on enforcement of federal quality of care standards for nursing homes. The hearing was broadcast by Cspan. Click here to watch the testimony if you missed it.  You’ll find it under “Recent Programs.” As I wrote earlier, the Government Acccounability Office (GAO) found that nursing home inspectors are derelict in their duty of identifying and enforcing violations. [...] [...] This week was nursing home week. In connection with this event, the senate held a hearing on enforcement of federal quality of care standards for nursing homes. The hearing was broadcast by Cspan. Click here to watch the testimony if you missed it.  You’ll find it under “Recent Programs.” As I wrote earlier, the Government Acccounability Office (GAO) found that nursing home inspectors are derelict in their duty of identifying and enforcing violations. [...]

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