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KENTUCKY....
Governor Steve Beshear accepted a comprehensive report Friday from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on nursing home investigation processes for reporting incidents of neglect or abuse. The Governor directed that the Secretary’s recommendations be immediately implemented.

Beshear called the review an important part of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of thousands of Kentuckians in the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Beshear said, "This review will be an essential document to guide the many groups that have an interest in maintaining safe nursing homes, and to ensure that proper procedures and accountability are maintained when investigations are required for suspected cases of neglect or abuse.”