Dec
20
Who can you trust to take care of your parents in Louisiana?
Tampa Bay Online just reported that Medicare has released a rating system for Nursing Homes. There’s no new data there, just a new interface that brings together the previous three years of ratings in staffing, quality, and state inspections. Finally, the measures are consolidated into a 5-star scale.
Its strengths are also its weaknesses: it gathers diverse data into rating that makes it easy to compare one nursing home against another. As you’d guess, reformists are jubilant while the industry is aghast.
I imagine the system is, as its critics suggest, hamhanded. And I’d guess it will push nursing home owners to do better.
For now, watch out if you live in Louisiana. Nearly 40% of your nursing homes get only one star.