Mission Statement
AANHR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and improving the quality of care and life for Arkansas residents in long term care facilities.
Arkansas General Assembly
Nursing Homes 2008: Federal Monitoring Surveys Demonstrate Continued Understatement of Serious Care Problems and CMS Oversight Weaknesses.
Report
Highlights
Order "FREE" printed copies of these items from GAO: (202-512-6000) Give Report Number "GAO-08-517"
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** Click HERE to view story AANHR participated in with local NBC affiliate, KARK. **
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The Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Resident's Mission Statement: "To protect and improve the quality of care and life for residents in AR nursing homes" is a ongoing struggle. To do this, we have to educate the public. AANHR has obtained a list from the Government Accountabiity Office (GAO) of the 580 worst performing nursing homes in the U.S. Arkansas has 34 nursing homes on this list. AANHR has obtained the survey data for the past 3 years on everyone of these "34" nursing homes that the GAO report has documented as being "the worst performing nursing homes in AR." It is shocking that these nursing homes have "year after year" neglected and abused nursing home residents in Arkansas. The data shows that the failure of these nusing homes to follow laws that have been put in place to proctect nursing home residents, has resulted in the suffering of our frailest and most vulernable citizens. CMS refers to this repeated violation of the law as "Yo-Yo Compliance." The evidence is there to show that these nursing homes have received tax dollars year after year but failed to give the care. If anyone would like a copy of the 34 worst nursing homes in Arkansas or the complete GAO-09-689 report (CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain Affiliated and For-Profit) I would be happy to email you a copy.
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President Martha Deaver's Ladies Home Journal Article
("It Broke My Heart That I Couldn't Protect My Mom")
The June issue of Ladies' Home Journal has brought important attention to the struggle families go through trying to get good care for loved ones in nursing homes. Martha Deaver, a board member with the Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents (AANHR) is featured on the cover of the article pages 98-112. Martha was recognized by the National Citizens Collation for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) in Washington, DC in 2005, where she received the Janet Tulloch Advocacy Memorial Award. Martha is know for her exceptional work, as a citizen advocate for nursing home residents and their families. The article helps to reinforce one of AANHR's and NCCNHR's most important goals: workforce issues including training, adequate benefits, and the strong need for a minimum staffing standard nationwide. Serious nursing home abuse and neglect has been shown to be a direct result of serious understaffing, according to numerous congressional reports. Congressman Henry Waxman, of California, has introduced H.R. 4293 (The Nursing Home Staffing Act Of 2005) which requires a minimum of 4.1 direct care staffing hours for nursing home residents. This is what the U.S. Department of Health and Human services recommends. Please sign the petition in the Ladies' Home Journal article and mail it in as soon as possible. To read the full story click here. |
Report suspected abuse/neglect to:
1. The nursing home's administrator, director of nursing, and social worker
2. The state or local ombudsman
3. The local police or state law enforcement
4. The state survey agency that licenses and certifies nursing homes(1-800-582-4887)
5. The Arkansas Attorney General (1-866-810-0016)
6. For additional assistance or a listening ear, call AANHR (501-450-9619) 7. If all safety options fail, you may have to contact the local media, or
seek private legal assistance.
David R. Montague, PhD
drmontague@ualr.edu
Bringing college students to public service addressing crime against the elderly!
Call the Senior Justice Center at 501-683-7153
www.ualr.edu/seniorjustice
AANHR is proud to be able to offer this free service to AR nursing home residents and their families
 eDocAmerica provides online access to physicians, psychologists, pharmacists, and dentists who provide unlimited, free, personal answers to all of our user’s health questions. Our goal is to assist families in maintaining the highest health status possible for their loved ones by providing a cadre of health professionals to assist them in dealing the myriad of health issues facing our families. For Medicaid eligible nursing home residents we have provided a means whereby their adult children can access the benefit and inquire on behalf of their loved one. Registration instructions are available at http://eDocArkansas.com
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President's Letter - 2008 Resident's Rights Rally
NATIONAL CITIZENS' COALITION FOR NURSING HOME REFORM!
WWW.NCCNHR.ORG
This is one of the most important reports you can read concerning the state by state care that nursing home residents have received and continue to receive in the past seven years. The data are from the federal On-Line Survey and Certification System (OSCAR) reports that are completed at the time of the annual nursing home surveys by state Licensing and Certification programs for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Click HERE to view.
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