For-profit nursing homes are cutting corners on safety and draining resources with financial shenanigans

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on April 18, 2023, that directed the secretary of health and human services to consider actions that would build on nursing home minimum staffing standards and improve staff retention. Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images & & − especially at midsize chains that dodge public scrutiny by Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Charlene Harrington, University of California, San Francisco The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky facility on July 3, 2021. Residents wandered the halls in a facility that can house up to 250 people, yelling at each other and stealing blankets. One resident beat a roommate with a stick, causing bruising and skin tears. Another was found in bed with a broken finger and a bloody forehead gash. That person was allowed to roam and enter the beds of other residents. In another case, there was sexual touching in the dayroom between residents, according to the report. The for-profit nursing home sector is growing, while placing a premium on cost cutting and big profits. picture alliance via Getty Images Meals were served from filthy meal carts on plastic...