The number of calls and emails to CANHR regarding nursing home discharges has exploded in the last few years. Nursing homes are more and more cutthroat about sending residents packing when their limited Medicare rehab benefit is exhausted. A recent New York Times article reviewed some recent California cases where residents were subjected to inappropriate discharges motivated by money and enabled by lax state enforcement. The Times included a helpful second article about what residents and their representatives can do to avoid bad discharges. Read more…