Crisis of Care at THI Nursing Homes Putting Residents at Risk, According to SEIU.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003 New Website Chronicles Poor Resident Care at One of the Largest and Fastest Growing Nursing Home Corporations A large national nursing home company's push for profits is putting thousands of residents at risk, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a website created by the nation's largest union of nursing home workers, SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union . The site, www.thicarecrisis.com, provides consumers with detailed information about the crisis of care at Trans Healthcare Inc.'s (THI THI Townscape Heritage Initiative (UK grant program) THI Temperature Humidity Index THI Taeknihaskoli Islands (Technical University of Iceland; Reykjavik, Iceland) THI Target Hazard Index ) nursing homes. In the latest news on the website, THI's application for a Certificate of Need to operate nursing homes in Oklahoma is being opposed by the State Long-Term Care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. Ombudsman ombudsman (äm`bədzmən) [Swed.,=agent or representative], public official appointed to deal with individual complaints against government acts. because of the company's poor resident care record in other states. "Our opposition is based on the poor past performance of Trans Healthcare in Ohio and Maryland," Eleanor Kurtz, Deputy State Ombudsman, wrote in a letter to the Commissioner of Health (see website for letter). According to a new report on the website, THI has been repeatedly cited for violations of basic patient care standards, including cases where... -- A resident developed a pressure sore pressure sore n. See bedsore. with exposed muscle and bone that became soiled with feces feces or excrement or stools Solid bodily waste discharged from the colon through the anus during defecation. Normal feces are 75% water. The rest is about 30% dead bacteria, 30% indigestible food matter, 10–20% cholesterol and other fats, . -- A resident drowned in a ditch behind a facility. -- A facility failed to prevent a resident's precipitous drop in weight from 125 pounds to 95 pounds. The report, Residents at Risk: How THI's Push for Profits Could Jeopardize Care for Nursing Home Residents in Oklahoma, reveals a pattern of sicker patients, reduced staffing levels, and increased violations of patient care standards in THI facilities. The report was released by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest union of nursing home workers in the nation. SEIU is working with patient care advocates and community leaders across the nation in an effort to improve the quality of care at THI's facilities. For more information about THI's poor resident care record, visit www.thicarecrisis.com. |
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