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A special report from The Sunday Journal: Resident #1
08/22/2004
Resident #1
The
Rhode Island Health Department first saw "Resident #1" last November,
during an inspection at Hillside Health Center, a nursing home in
Providence.
Resident #1: Janetakos' license revoked
Three
years after inspectors started documenting poor care at Hillside Health
Center in Providence, and two months after the nursing home closed, the
Health Department has revoked the license of the man who ran the
day-to-day operations.
Resident #1: Public records: Unavailable
The record of a nursing home inspection is supposed to be public information -- but how soon can the public get to it?
Resident #1: Visit often, stay involved
Rhode Island's ombudsman for the elderly, Roberta M. Hawkins, gives this advice to families of nursing home residents:
Resident #1: Bedsore care, prevention
CAUSE:
Bedsores, also called pressure ulcers, generally form when a person is
in a sitting or lying position for too long. Constant pressure
decreases the skin's blood supply to that area. Unless this pressure is
relieved, the tissue will soon...
Resident #1: R.I. Health Department nursing home regulators
Related stories
12/19/2004
Public kept in dark on on nursing homes
The way the state Health Department investigates nursing homes and the limits on the disclosure of information from its investigations make it hard for the public to get accurate information about the quality of care.
11/30/2004
Grand
jury investigating nursing home
A statewide grand jury is investigating possible crimes at
Hillside Health Center, the Providence nursing home that closed in June and
has since become notorious for its conditions, Rhode Island's attorney general
said last night.
11/22/2004
Watchdog
group warned state about failing Hillside nursing home
A task force formed after Hillside Health Center
closed in June finds that an ombudsman began complaining three years ago
about shaky conditions there.
10/17/2004
'It
was a mad house.'
The air conditioner busted in the summer, insects
speckled the wall by the broken ice machine, and the seafood salad was unsafe,
served at 52 degrees.
Promises
broken at assisted-living unit
Lillian Ridolfi says she lost her money at Hillside
Health Center, and a bit of her faith in people, too.
09/09/2004
State
lists nursing homes with deficiencies
In a grand meeting room at the State
House yesterday, the Health Department presented its first monthly
update of conditions at nursing homes throughout the state.
08/28/2004
Nursing-home death stirs R.I. officials to find fixes
In her death, Germaine Morsilli is inspiring the
action she could not during her life.
08/25/2004
Carcieri calls for stricter nursing home supervision
PROVIDENCE
-- Governor Carcieri yesterday said he would introduce legislation in
the General Assembly to overhaul the system that regulates the state's
101 nursing homes.
08/24/2004
M.
Charles Bakst: Nursing homes: Facing our conscience
Jennifer Levitz's Sunday Journal report on the
lax state regulation of nursing homes was searing and astonishing.
08/23/2004
Few complaints lead to probes of nursing homes
Rhode Island's Department of Health gets hundreds of complaints about nursing homes every year.
Related links
From the R.I. Department of Health: Resources
on
choosing a nursing home
From the R.I. Department of Health: Survey performance
data on nursing homes in Rhode Island
Nursing Home Compare: Search
for performance data on nursing
homes across the country by
geography,
proximity or name
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