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Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post Published 2:30 pm PDT, Thursday, July 5, 2018 She had been up for three to four days, thinking about her son and what he had told her. He said he would place her in an assisted living facility because she had become difficult to live with, Anna Mae Blessing told police. It seemed that was the last thing the 92-year-old wanted to happen. On Monday, police were called to a home in the Arizona town of Fountain Hills, just outside of Phoenix, and found Blessing's 72-year-old son dead. He had been shot in the neck and jaw, court records say. The suspect: his mother, who police found in her bedroom, sitting in her recliner. "You took my life, so I'm taking yours," Blessing said as officers were arresting her. Recommended Video: Now Playing: The relatives of those who died in the attacks in Paris and in Brussels have been left with one main question - why? Katerina Viktorsson 's mother was visiting her from Sweden. She died in … [Read more...] about Her son talked about placing her in an assisted living facility. She then killed him, police say

As payment reforms, such as bundled payments and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), drive further provider collaboration to achieve lower costs with enhanced outcomes, post-acute providers, especially assisted living sites, find themselves at the junction of important strategic decisions. Historically, assisted living was viewed as a “nursing home light” model that allowed aging in place and possible later admission to a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Hence, many State laws cap or limit the amount of skilled care that is allowed at assisted living sites. However, the growing consumer preferences for home-like care settings coupled with the search for lower cost care settings from discharge sources has increased the general acuity of clinical care at assisted living sites. Assisted living providers have responded in various ways including developing ancillary home health, hospice, therapy, and pharmacy services as well as partnerships with … [Read more...] about Expansion of Clinical Services at Assisted Living Sites – New Paradigm

Four assisted living workers were charged with battery and neglect after a series of incidents involving multiple dependents. The four workers included Shawn Frye, 21, Nigel Mims, 24, Timothy Ryan Shelton, 22, and Charles Guyse Shelton, 26. The four employees were involved in several separate incidents. Multiple Incidents of Elder AbuseAfter the resident of the assisted living facility complained of back pain, he was transported to St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, where he was found to have three broken ribs. Shelton claimed that the resident had slipped and fallen as a result of some water on the floor of his room. Witnesses proved otherwise, and Shelton was charged with two level five felonies: one count of battery of a defendant and one count of neglect of a defendant. He was also charged with one count each of level six battery and neglect of a dependent and one count of both Class A and Class B misdemeanor battery.Three employees, Shawn Frye, Nigel Mims, and Timothy Shelton, … [Read more...] about Assisted Living Workers Charged with Abusing Patient

A recent study issued by the evaluation and policy division of the U.S. DHHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) indicates that hospices can expect increased scrutiny regarding the services they provide to assisted living facility residents. The study, dated January 13, 2015, was based upon an evaluation of all Medicare hospice claims from 2007 through 2012. Key observations made by OIG included the following:Hospices provided care significantly longer for individuals in the assisted living facility setting as compared with other settings such as private homes and skilled nursing facilities.For-profit hospices received much higher Medicare reimbursement per beneficiary than did nonprofit hospices.Residents of assisted living facilities often had medical diagnoses that required less complex care.Hospices often furnished fewer than five hours of visits for routine home care patients in assisted living facilities.The OIG study does not speak to the important reality that residents of … [Read more...] about Gear Up for Increased CMS Scrutiny of Hospice Services for Assisted Living Facility Residents

In New Jersey, Assisted Living encompasses providing various coordinated supportive personal and health services, available 24 hours per day, to residents who need those services. Its purpose is to promote resident self-direction and participation in decisions, with an emphasis on independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.And thus, corporations that operate Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) must provide, at a minimum, services for: NursingRecreationMedical Transportation Personal CareSocial WorkMedication Administration ActivitiesHousekeepingDining Pharmacy   Indeed, ALFs and our nursing-home lawyers know that potential residents have the right to live in an ALF that does not admit more residents than it can safely accommodate while providing those services and other care. And for persons who currently live in an ALF, the corporations operating the ALFs know that those residents have the right to receive care and services at a … [Read more...] about Assisted Living Facilities Must Not Expose Residents to Unnecessary Risks of Harm in New Jersey