
A recent report by the Long Term Care Community Coalition shares that deficiencies in nursing homes across the United States are not being classified as harmful to the residents, which appears to be false and potentially dangerous for many nursing home residents.
A recent report by the Long Term Care Community Coalition raises important questions about “no harm” deficiencies in nursing homes across the United States. “No Harm” deficiencies are health violations cited by official surveyors that are classified as causing no harm to residents. As the LTCCC argues in its Elder Justice newsletter, “no harm” citations often appear on their face to indeed be harmful, and that because they rarely result in financial penalties, this potentially erroneous classification leaves nursing homes without any incentive to correct systemic deficiencies. The LTCCC report describes several recent “no harm citations,” asking the reader whether the classification appears honest and accurate. Continue reading