Thursday, June 03, 2010
Nursing Home Inspectors
KENTUCKY...
The number of nursing home inspectors in Kentucky has been declining over the last half-decade and an advocacy group for patients is worried. The budget for inspections has increased at the same time the number of inspectors has shrunk from 90 in 2005 to 72 this spring. The newspaper reported the budget for inspections, which comes from state and federal sources, has grown from $5.4 million in 2005 to $6.7 million for the current fiscal year. Bernie Vonderheide, founder and president of the watchdog group Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, said the quality of care will suffer with fewer inspectors making rounds and Inspector General Mary Begley of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said there are fewer inspectors and because of staff turnover.
The number of nursing home inspectors in Kentucky has been declining over the last half-decade and an advocacy group for patients is worried. The budget for inspections has increased at the same time the number of inspectors has shrunk from 90 in 2005 to 72 this spring. The newspaper reported the budget for inspections, which comes from state and federal sources, has grown from $5.4 million in 2005 to $6.7 million for the current fiscal year. Bernie Vonderheide, founder and president of the watchdog group Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, said the quality of care will suffer with fewer inspectors making rounds and Inspector General Mary Begley of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said there are fewer inspectors and because of staff turnover.
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