This is an article about a recently filed lawsuit alleging understaffing where the nursing home claims that because its regulators found no problems, they could not be guilty of the charges. This is the exact same defense Enron used. ”Regulatory compliance” is a common theme. Interestingly, ten years ago, Florida had some really poor nursing homes. Meaningful legislative reform was enacted that required that nursing home staffing levels virtually doubled and many of the chronic problems at nursing home facilities began to disappear. The Chamber of Commerce did not have to get involved and excoriate greedy lawyers. It was a classic “supply side” fix–increase the supply of nurses and the number of incidents will necessarily go down.
Money spent on lawsuits and defense lawyers now goes to fund more nurses and nursing aides. When the legislators come up with the idea of granting damages caps if nursing home staffing levels are required to increase by 50%, then I will start listening to their lobbyists. Until then, its more shell game tactics.
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Suit Alleges Neglect, Understaffing at Golden Living Nursing Home – petaluma.patch.com – Petaluma, CA
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