Shameful Facts
Indiana has 52 poorly performing nursing homes, the most of any state in the nation!
Indianapolis Star, January 6, 2009
"...quality of care and level of staffing have gone down while administrative costs rose 10 percent and owners' equity and facilities' cash balances each rose 30 percent."
-Faith Laird, Indiana division of Aging Director, as quoted by the Associated Press, September 30, 2009
Indiana has 52 poorly performing nursing homes, the most of any state in the nation!
- "Nursing Homes: CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain Affiliated and For-Profit,"
United States Government Accountability Office, August 2009.
United States Government Accountability Office, August 2009.
- Indiana among 10 worst states
- About half of Indiana's roughly 500 nursing homes offered a 'below-average' standard of care.
- Nearly 60% have below-average staffing levels.
Indianapolis Star, January 6, 2009
"...quality of care and level of staffing have gone down while administrative costs rose 10 percent and owners' equity and facilities' cash balances each rose 30 percent."
-Faith Laird, Indiana division of Aging Director, as quoted by the Associated Press, September 30, 2009
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