California nursing homes owned by The Ensign Group put seniors at risk of serious injury including bed sores, repeated falls, unexpected weight loss, medication errors and other problems, according to a new report by Nursing Home Watch.
The group is calling on the state to fix the Medi-Cal (similar to Medicaid in other states) funding system […]

Reports of elderly abuse are widespread among the nation’s nursing homes, according to a government report. The study, prepared at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, found that 30 percent of nursing homes in the United States - 5,283 facilities - were cited for almost 9,000 instances of abuse over a recent two-year period, […]