[HN Gopher] Find out who owns a nursing home with our Nursing Ho... ___________________________________________________________________ Find out who owns a nursing home with our Nursing Home Inspect tool Author : webmaven Score : 82 points Date : 2023-12-21 19:13 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.propublica.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.propublica.org) | brindlejim wrote: | This is fantastic. The nursing home industry is dirty and sad, | with for-profit groups squeezing every cent they can out of | seniors who can't advocate for themselves, out of their families, | and ultimately out of the taxpayer. They do that by poorly | staffing their homes, and by creating networks of other legal | entities that charge the home money so it doesn't make a profit. | | For example, a holding company might own the nursing home | operator as well as the building owner who charges them | exorbitant rent, or the service providers selling into the home. | If I had one piece of advice for someone with aging parents: find | a non-profit home if you need a home at all. The sisters of | mercy, the Jewish community homes. For-profit nursing homes are | to our era what insane asylums were to the 19th century. A | horrifying disgrace. | alamortsubite wrote: | I agree, but does Sisters of Mercy provide skilled nursing? | candiddevmike wrote: | This is where the government could step in and provide nursing | homes. They already end up paying for most of it via Medicare, | why not have more control over quality and standards. You could | even trial it via a (much needed) VA nursing home program for | vets | SoftTalker wrote: | I'm not sure the VA is a good example to hold up. Aren't VA | hospitals notorious horror shows? | uoaei wrote: | I have family who work in the nursing-home-conversion business. | Their clients are people who own residential properties who want | to convert them to nursing homes, ie, businesses. Business is | booming, particularly in overdeveloped retirement-friendly areas | (Phoenix, etc.). But basically anyone can start one of these | businesses as long as they can develop favorable relationships | with insurance and banks and jump through the necessary hoops to | get a provider number, etc., all services provided by the | conversion companies that are out there, so service quality | varies greatly between locations. | | Personally I would be very cautious signing family into places | like this because knowing the bored-with-too-many-properties | money-grab types they probably do not want to be involved to the | extent that is necessary to keep things running smoothly and | safely. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-21 23:00 UTC)