'I think that anyone can make a report, so family members or patients in a nursing home can make a report, and sometimes they're very valid,' Karson said. Karen Drew asked Michael Karson, the president and CEO of the Area Agency on Aging 1-B, about his reaction to the findings.

Lakeside Manor Nursing and Rehab Center - Sterling HeightsĪt Advantage Living Center in Roseville, reports show staff members 'failed to respond to call lights in a timely manner' in seven of seven instances.Īt the Lakeside Manor Nursing and Rehab Center, inspection reports state the facility 'failed to report when a resident's head was entrapped between enabler bar and mattress.' A nurses note states that the 'resident was found on the floor, head between the assist bar and mattress, knees on the floor.' In Oakland County, the Defenders found 46 Medicare facilities, and two had one-star ratings.

Its rating has since improved, but there are many Medicare facilities with low ratings that potentially put residents in danger. White said that he took his mother out of the center. I mean, all the employees, they spoke, they were nice, and after being there a minute, and a couple of months, it kind of went 360.' 'I kind of feel like I got hoodwinked, so to speak, because that's not what I saw when I came to visit,' White said. White's mother was recently being cared for at the Cambridge South Healthcare Center in Beverly Hills. 'When I walk into the facility, the last thing I want to smell is the smell of urine,' Kenneth White said. Some nursing homes around Metro Detroit have very low ratings, according to the federal inspection reports. Medicare nursing homes are rated with a star system, with five stars indicating an outstanding facility and one star signaling serious problems that need to be corrected for the health and well-being of residents.

What's really going on at the facilities? The Defenders spent months scouring inspection reports. While many of our parents and grandparents are receiving quality care, there are others reporting abuse and neglect. Many nursing home patients are sick and elderly and rely on others because they can't speak or walk. DETROIT – Local 4 Defender Karen Drew went digging through inspection reports of Metro Detroit Medicare nursing homes, and some of the findings were a surprise.

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