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House Members Investigate Bay Area Nursing Homes

Wed, 09/06/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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House members from the San Francisco Bay area of California -- Fortney Pete Stark, Anna G. Eshoo, Tom Lantos, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, George Miller, Nancy Pelosi, Ellen O. Tauscher, and Lynn C. Woolsey -- asked the minority staff of the Committee on Government Reform to investigate the conditions in nursing homes in the Bay Area. There are 288 nursing homes in the Bay Area that accept residents covered by Medicaid or Medicare. These homes serve approximately 22,000 residents. This is the first report to evaluate their compliance with federal nursing home standards.

The report found that there are serious deficiencies in many Bay Area nursing homes. Only 18 nursing homes in the Bay Area were in full or substantial compliance with federal standards during their most recent annual inspection. In contrast, 119 nursing homes in the Bay Area -- more than one out of every three -- had violations that caused actual harm to residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury.

House members from the San Francisco Bay area of California -- Fortney Pete Stark, Anna G. Eshoo, Tom Lantos, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, George Miller, Nancy Pelosi, Ellen O. Tauscher, and Lynn C. Woolsey -- asked the minority staff of the Committee on Government Reform to investigate the conditions in nursing homes in the Bay Area. There are 288 nursing homes in the Bay Area that accept residents covered by Medicaid or Medicare. These homes serve approximately 22,000 residents. This is the first report to evaluate their compliance with federal nursing home standards.

The report found that there are serious deficiencies in many Bay Area nursing homes. Only 18 nursing homes in the Bay Area were in full or substantial compliance with federal standards during their most recent annual inspection. In contrast, 119 nursing homes in the Bay Area -- more than one out of every three -- had violations that caused actual harm to residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury.