Press Conference for Wednesday November 6, 2013
CONTACT: Jose Suarez, jose.suarez@1199.org, 305.340.1085
New study on Consulate Health Care’s dismal track record sheds light on Florida’s nursing home crisis during Long Term Care Awareness month.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – On Wednesday, November 6, 2013, legislators, seniors, caregivers and advocates will hold a press conference calling for more accountability with the nursing home industry.
Despite Florida’s nursing home industry receiving a “B”, the state has a secret that many do not know. Nursing home sanctions in Florida are at the highest levels in recent history, with one in five nursing homes on the state’s watch list, and that is not because they are leading by example. A recent study also shows that the 36% of the nursing homes run by the state’s fastest growing industry leader, Consulate Health Care, are on the Florida’s watch list “for not meeting state standards, or for not making corrections quickly enough.” Among the most alarming findings was Consulate nursing homes are using antipsychotic medications for long-stay residents at rates above the state's average in all but one of the company’s 77 nursing homes for the first quarter of 2013. Consulate Health Care’s shaky record is just one example of a growing trend in Florida, where nursing homes are choosing profits over care.
WHO: Senator Dwight Bullard, Representative Joe Saunders, Families for Better
Care, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, concerned caregivers and seniors
WHAT: Press Conference, Capitol building, 4th Floor House chamber side
WHEN: Tuesday, November 6, 2013 @ 1:30 PM
WHERE: Capitol Building
400 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Fla. 32399
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Florida members have invested in a statewide campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida. Representing more than 24,000 nurses and healthcare workers throughout Florida and 400,000 workers across Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union.
For more information, please visit www.1199seiu.org/florida, www.EveryMinuteCountsFlorida.org or www.ConsulateDoesntCare.org.
CONTACT: Jose Suarez, jose.suarez@1199.org, 305.340.1085
New study on Consulate Health Care’s dismal track record sheds light on Florida’s nursing home crisis during Long Term Care Awareness month.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – On Wednesday, November 6, 2013, legislators, seniors, caregivers and advocates will hold a press conference calling for more accountability with the nursing home industry.
Despite Florida’s nursing home industry receiving a “B”, the state has a secret that many do not know. Nursing home sanctions in Florida are at the highest levels in recent history, with one in five nursing homes on the state’s watch list, and that is not because they are leading by example. A recent study also shows that the 36% of the nursing homes run by the state’s fastest growing industry leader, Consulate Health Care, are on the Florida’s watch list “for not meeting state standards, or for not making corrections quickly enough.” Among the most alarming findings was Consulate nursing homes are using antipsychotic medications for long-stay residents at rates above the state's average in all but one of the company’s 77 nursing homes for the first quarter of 2013. Consulate Health Care’s shaky record is just one example of a growing trend in Florida, where nursing homes are choosing profits over care.
WHO: Senator Dwight Bullard, Representative Joe Saunders, Families for Better
Care, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, concerned caregivers and seniors
WHAT: Press Conference, Capitol building, 4th Floor House chamber side
WHEN: Tuesday, November 6, 2013 @ 1:30 PM
WHERE: Capitol Building
400 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Fla. 32399
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Florida members have invested in a statewide campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida. Representing more than 24,000 nurses and healthcare workers throughout Florida and 400,000 workers across Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union.
For more information, please visit www.1199seiu.org/florida, www.EveryMinuteCountsFlorida.org or www.ConsulateDoesntCare.org.
