New Developments
- Department of Public Health Seeks to Gut Nursing Home Oversight In a brazen attempt to deregulate nursing homes, the Department of Public Health (DPH) presented a legislative proposal today that would gut California’s oversight of nursing home care and destroy countless reforms established by the Legislature over the last 30 years.
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(posted May 10, 2012)
- CANHR's Dementia Care Symposium Coming to So Cal on June 4 and 5!. Following the phenomenal success of similar symposia in central and northern California, CANHR is co-sponsoring back-to-back full day dementia care trainings in San Diego and Los Angeles. The symposia will address the increasing misuse of psychotropic drugs as treatment for dementia and focus on non-pharmacological alternatives. Each symposium will feature presentations and workshops to promote better dementia care. The symposia are part of CANHR's on-going Campaign to End the Misuse of Psychotropic Drugs in California Nursing Homes. Read more...
Register now for the symposium closest to you!
June 4 - San Diego - only $30 for lunch and materials. Co-sponsored by San Diego County Long-term Care Ombudsman and Elder Law & Advocacy. For more information, go to San Diego registration.
June 5 - Los Angeles - only $30 for lunch and materials. Co-sponsored by Wise and Healthy Aging, Senior Care Training, and Bet Tzedek. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/I9rdYm
(posted April 27, 2012)
- At Long Last Standard Admission Agreement Takes Effect. After 15 years of seemingly endless bureaucratic delays and court battles, today (April 6, 2012) marks the first day that California nursing homes are required to use the Standard Admission Agreement developed by the California Department of Public Health. Its use is required by a 1997 California law (SB 1061) co-sponsored by CANHR and Bet Tzedek Legal Services. The Standard Admission Agreement replaces admission contracts written by nursing homes that commonly contain deceptive, self-serving or illegal terms.
Click here to read CANHR's new fact sheet on the Standard Admission Agreement.
(posted April 6, 2012)
- CMS to Introduce Campaign to Reduce Antipsychotic Use on March 29. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it is developing a national action plan to protect nursing home residents from unnecessary antipsychotic drug use and to improve dementia care. CMS is holding a one-hour kick-off event that will be broadcast on the web on Thursday, March 29 at 10 am Pacific Time. Read more...
(posted March 13, 2012)
- Press Release. San Mateo Health System Proposes Closure of Burlingame Long Term Care and Transfer of Residents - We Ask Why? Read more...
(posted Jan. 30, 2012)
- CANHR releases a new report on the sad state of nursing home drugging in California. Today, CANHR is releasing "In a Stupor: What California’s Antipsychotic Drug Collaborative Reveals About Illegal Nursing Home Drugging." The report analyzes the findings of the Department of Public Health's Antipsychotic Drug Collaborative with which the Department has investigated 24 nursing homes and found 147 violations of state rules regarding the use of antipsychotics on residents. The Department's investigations confirm that misuse of antipsychotics is rampant in California nursing homes and deserves immediate remedial action. Read more...
(posted Jan. 27, 2012)
- Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction, Stops IHSS 20% across the board cuts from going forward. On January 19, 2012, a Federal Judge in Oakland continued to block the state from reducing in-home care to thousands of low-income disabled and elderly residents. Read more...
(posted Jan. 20, 2012)
- CORRECTION: In the most recent edition of The Advocate a Citation issued by the State of California Dept. of Public Health was incorrectly attributed to Dreier's Nursing Care Center in Glendale when the Citation was actually issued to another facility. Dreiers Nursing Care Center has not received any Citations in 2011. We apologize for this error.
(posted Jan. 3, 2012)
- U.S. Senate Holds Hearing About Antipsychotic Misuse in Nursing Homes. On November 30, 2011, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a special hearing titled "Overprescribed: The Human and Taxpayers' Costs of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes." The hearing follows a May 2011 Inspector General Report finding massive misuse of antipsychotic drugs... Read more...
(posted Dec. 7, 2011)
- Your Right to Visit - CANHR Publishes Free Guide for Visitors to Long-term Care Residents and Hospital Patients. The right to meet with visitors of a person's choosing is among the most intimate rights we have. Despite federal and state laws that protect the right to visitation for people who enter a long-term care facility or hospital, health care providers often prohibit visitors who are considered problematic. These providers illegally assume the role of sentinel - deciding who may or may not see a resident. This Guide reviews the laws protecting a resident's right to visitation and common visitation issues and offers ideas for remedying visitation problems through the use of sample cases. Read the report...
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