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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFive Seniors died in Broward County Nursing home
no AC no power since Irma. The Facility is opposite hospital. Word is they have removed over 100 other seniors.
Botany
(70,504 posts)n/t
malaise
(268,998 posts)mitch96
(13,904 posts)And it's uncertain of it's condition.. Preliminary info says it had power but no A/C.. The Hollywood Rehab Center, as its called is about 730 feet from the Hospitals ER.. I don't know if the Rehab center is affiliated with the hospital. It's not on the hospitals campus but across the street. It's uncertain if the hospital is in anyway responsible for this horrible tragedy.
Even so it does look bad.. Help so close but unavailable...
From their web site:
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The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills is located directly across the street from Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, so in Hollywood Hills nursing home
case of an emergency our patients have access to even more of the finest health care at all hours of the day and night.
Ahhh.. no
malaise
(268,998 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Every press conference opens with how wonderful they are responding. "The best in history".
malaise
(268,998 posts)self praise
malaise
(268,998 posts)It's in Hollywood -several other patients are critical
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article173019111.html
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Five Hollywood nursing home residents died Wednesday morning after they fell ill in a building left without air conditioning after Irma blasted South Florida, according to authorities at the scene.
Hollywood Fire Rescue evacuated residents from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, 1200 N 35th Ave., after some residents awoke sick. Like many places in South Florida, the nursing home has been without power since being blasted by tropical storm winds with hurricane gusts on the edge of Hurricane Irma.
Tuesdays low temperature in Hollywood, according to the National Weather Service, was 79 degrees. Kitchen worker Jean Lindor said the center had power via a generator to cook but no air conditioning.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article173019111.html#storylink=cpy
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41258307
Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said three were found dead at the Hollywood Hills nursing home. Two others died after reaching hospital.
malaise
(268,998 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)This is not right.
malaise
(268,998 posts)six dead - 115 evacuated. Disgraceful.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Every month it was tested.
It was for the whole home.
I made sure of this before I put my mother there.
I signed a paper allowing her to be moved to
another nursing home in case of hurricanes.
Those poor people.
malaise
(268,998 posts)not safe for seniors. This is a private nursing home not affiliated with the hospital next door.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)It was a really good one.
My mother loved it there.
She had friends and went places on monthly trips.
Not all homes are like that.
No excuse for what happened.
Next to hospital even.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)There is NO excuse for this treatment of the elderly. They are like children and animals and helpless and need adult guidance. Being so close to the hospital there are no excuses.
spanone
(135,832 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)Bangs head
spanone
(135,832 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)They're evacuating another nursing home in North Miami beach. I have no doubt that they're trying to avoid a similar situation.
malaise
(268,998 posts)The former owner was sent to prison for 25 years - new owner also charged with Medicare fraud
Larkin Community hospital connections
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article132038739.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article173059891.html
Nursing home where 8 died in sweltering heat had poor record with state regulators
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article173059891.html#storylink=cpy
spanone
(135,832 posts)the KING of medicare fraud
On March 19, 1997, investigators from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia/HCA facilities in El Paso and on dozens of doctors with suspected ties to the company.[9] Following the raids, the Columbia/HCA board of directors forced Rick Scott to resign as chairman and CEO.[10] He was paid a settlement of $9.88 million and left with 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million, mostly from his initial investment.[11][12] In 1999, Columbia/HCA changed its name back to HCA, Inc. HCA also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. They filed false cost reports, fraudulently billing Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, they gave doctors "loans" never intended to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[13][14]
After Scott stepped down, Frist Jr. returned as chairman and CEO. He called on longtime friend and colleague Jack O. Bovender, Jr. to help him turn the company around. Frist and Bovender, who became CEO in 2001, pulled off what Fortune magazine called a remarkable corporate rescue.[15] In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies. They admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and filing false data about use of hospital space.
In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims.[16] In all, civil lawsuits cost HCA more than $2 billion to settle, by far the largest fraud settlement in US history.[17] The name subsequently reverted to "Hospital Corporation of America." HCA abandoned the use of its name in its home market and instead promotes its Nashville hospitals under the TriStar brand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Corporation_of_America
malaise
(268,998 posts)Good ReTHUGs
FM123
(10,053 posts)Memorial Regional Hospital is our big main hospital that services most of Broward County, there is no excuse for them not getting the help they needed. I am so angry and so sad I just want to scream!!!! So many seniors here in South Florida, in retirement condos and nursing home and where the hell is Fl Power and Light???
mitch96
(13,904 posts)I can feel your pain and if the hospital has no connection with this nursing home, how are they suppose to know?? Across the street or across town how do you know??
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FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Large windows that opened completely or opened from top and bottom, wide double doors, high ceilings, ceiling fans, built for cross ventilation, wide covered porches to sit on.
Modern buildings in Florida are now built with low ceilings, sealed windows, no airflow. They are basically unlivable deathtraps without energy hungry Air Conditioning running continuously.
When I built my house, I borrowed designs from the previous century and now hardly use the A/C.
newblewtoo
(667 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)Most folks in the tropics had cool homes before A/C
malaise
(268,998 posts)Oh My!
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)The way we treat the most vulnerable, the sick and the aged in this country is beyond deplorable. It is sick and needs to be fixed.
malaise
(268,998 posts)and it's not just the US Don't need treatment for mental issues in the Caribbean either
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)What's the common denominator?
Lack of money. Period. Eom
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)Joe941
(2,848 posts)tRump owns this!
malaise
(268,998 posts)several others are critical - this is for too sad for their families.
Good effin grief who does this to senior citizens?
newblewtoo
(667 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/29/france
I am greatly saddened by this, maddened that it might have been caused by negligence or human error. The same situation can occur in cold climates when power goes out during severe weather.
The point is to learn how to prevent this in the future as the French have done:
http://www.france24.com/en/20150701-france-paris-heat-wave-alert-deadly-2003-summer-guidelines
Nursing homes are sad enough places without this additional stressor on all involved. I have had considerable experience (more than I ever wanted) getting elders placed in homes. Sometimes it can almost seem like winning the lottery. It should not be this way but it is. Warehouses for seniors. It sucks. Bigly.
malaise
(268,998 posts)newblewtoo
(667 posts)Elder care is a very sore subject with me. I get a little shaky just thinking about some of the shady, greedy operators that there are out there. And skilled care? That is a whole other subject. CNA's are not infrequenlty injured caring for the patients while often making the most meger of wages with no insurance coverage. Yeah, it is quite the racket in many state, little or no training or regulation, I could go on and on.
But this is not the thread for that. And I don't need to get depressed tonight.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)All smiles and sunshine from management until you sign over those Medicaid payments. Then it's neglect, indifference and sick perverted crime.
MousePlayingDaffodil
(748 posts)I'm not following, sorry.