WAVY: CareWatch website aids families in finding top-rated skilled nursing facilities. “A new website aims to help people find the right skilled nursing facility for a loved one. The site, called CareWatch, creates assessments based on ratings from the Center of Medicare and Medicaid services, including health inspection ratings, staff ratings, externally validated health outcomes and ethical […]

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Report from seniors advocate blasts for-profit long-term care delivery in B.C. - BC News

British Columbia's advocate for seniors is calling for "fundamental reform" in how the province funds contracted long-term care providers, after a study found for-profit facilities routinely under-delivered care for the funding they received.

Epilepsy drugs as ‘chemical restraint’ on rise in nursing homes

Nursing homes must keep patients and caregivers safe. But too often, experts say, patients with dementia are drugged as a matter of convenience, not for safety reasons.

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