Skilled Nursing News May 29, 2024
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has come under scrutiny for its oversight of nursing facilities, particularly regarding incidents of resident elopement – a problem that continues to impact facilities across the nation.
Judging by Maine’s example, elopement is a tricky problem to tackle, and existence of tough regulation alone isn’t addressing it. In addition, the Maine Monitor reports that despite the increasing number of such incidents, the DHHS rarely conducts thorough investigations or imposes sanctions.
Meanwhile, enough elopement incidents occur each year nationally, resulting in headaches and sometimes serious trouble for long-term care facilities. The Washington Post published a report in December analyzing inspection records of facilities dating back to 2018 to discover that since then,...
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