The survey said staff drove the resident to a hotel and paid for a three-day stay without ensuring he had money, food, his numerous medications or a phone. Additionally, it was investigated after it discharged a resident for openly breaking smoking rules, even though there wasn't any documentation he had a clear understanding of those rules.Ī state survey found Brookhaven discharged the resident, who had been admitted because of a traumatic head injury, without notifying either the state Long-Term Care Ombudsman or the TennCare CHOICES program, which was paying for his care. Taken to hotel without money, medsīrookhaven Manor entered the program in 2016. Two - the former Brookhaven Manor and Lauderdale Community Living Center - are currently in the Special Focus Facility program. Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, Knoxville.Lauderdale Community Living Center, Ripley.Greenhills Health and Rehabilitation Center, Nashville.Dyersburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Creekside Center for Rehabilitation and Health, Madison.Bailey Park Community Living Center, Humboldt.The study cited examples of nursing home deficiencies in several states and listed every current SFF candidate in the country, including 11 nursing homes in Tennessee: While nearly 400 nursing homes are candidates, a maximum of 88 are picked for the program - and the names of the facilities not in the program haven't been public. The names of facilities in the national program, for nursing homes with a documented pattern of poor care, have always been public, but resources for the program are limited. Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, and Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, of the Senate Special Committee on Aging released a report on the nation's underperforming nursing homes, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agreed to release a public list of nursing homes that are candidates for its Special Focus Facility program, which get extra attention and inspections. These were violations at some of Tennessee's 11 most poorly performing nursing homes. A resident discharged to a hotel without meds, money, food, a phone - or a long-term care plan. An overdose of insulin - 25 times the prescribed amount. Watch Video: When your aging parents need care
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