A Feds Drop Most COVID-19 Restrictions on Nursing Home Visits dd a description about this item
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" While the restrictions were designed to protect residents and staff from the virus — which has killed more than 186,000 in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities and others — they’ve also taken a heavy toll. Besides COVID-19 deaths, 40,000 more people than usual died in U.S. nursing homes last year, many from neglect and isolation... ."
Nursing Homes are Filled with Empty Beds Raising More Concern18s About Care
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"Roughly 70 percent are for-profit, and most of those are part of corporate chains, with about 11 percent of these owned by private equity firms. Studies show that these types of facilities generally have significantly lower quality of care than nonprofit homes."
Some Texas Psych Hospitals Continue to Hold Patients Against Their Will, Complaints Show
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"Valdez sought help for PTSD. She checked herself into the hospital and says she was held against her will for four days. ...Valdez says hospital staff threatened that she may face a longer hospital stay. 'I saw people in there that have been in there for months and they don't know when they're getting out and it's like they're prisoners,' Valdez told WFAA. "
Why Are Nursing Homes Drugging Dementia Patients Without Their Consent
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"The use of antipsychotic drugs as chemical restraints — for staff convenience or to “discipline” a resident — has a long history in nursing homes."
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