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Children with special needs: a ‘gravy train’ for Florida nursing homes?
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2014/3/19/florida-childrenagravytrainfornursinghomes.htmlAt Kidz Korner, children in wheelchairs sit parked in a hallway. It’s a nursing home, but looks more like a storage facility for kids. And it’s been Andrew’s home for more than a year....
On the first of three trips “America Tonight” made to the home, some of the kids in the hallway were desperate for attention, waving and reaching out. They weren’t doing any activities and didn’t have any toys. The calendar at Kidz Korner calls this "chillin’."...
Federal inspectors have highlighted a litany of problems at Kidz Korner: rusty cribs, "heavily soiled" surfaces, furniture torn and in disrepair, loose handrails, dirty showers and, perhaps most alarming, only one registered nurse scheduled on the night shift to care for 59 medically fragile children. Federal standards call for at least two....
Nursing home care is expensive. Florida pays nursing homes up to $550 a day for children — twice what it pays for elderly patients and 20 percent more than full-time nursing care at home.
On the first of three trips “America Tonight” made to the home, some of the kids in the hallway were desperate for attention, waving and reaching out. They weren’t doing any activities and didn’t have any toys. The calendar at Kidz Korner calls this "chillin’."...
Federal inspectors have highlighted a litany of problems at Kidz Korner: rusty cribs, "heavily soiled" surfaces, furniture torn and in disrepair, loose handrails, dirty showers and, perhaps most alarming, only one registered nurse scheduled on the night shift to care for 59 medically fragile children. Federal standards call for at least two....
Nursing home care is expensive. Florida pays nursing homes up to $550 a day for children — twice what it pays for elderly patients and 20 percent more than full-time nursing care at home.
You don't suppose pRick Scott or one of his buddies owns this hellhole, do you?
