Government discloses failing nursing homes
Here is a link to the list of nursing homes that are failing in providing good care for pressure ulcers and physical restraints. There are over 50 nursing homes located in South Carolina on this list. South Carolina can certainly do better. Pages 81 and 82 list the South Carolina nursing homes on the list.
My mother is in yjr hospital and is in need of a Medicaid bed for long-term care in the Charleston area. Everywhere I turn I am told that the Nursing homes have 2-3 year waiting lists and that there are no Medicaid beds in Charleston or anywhere else in South Carolina. To make matters worse I am told that the only thing that makes someone appealing to a nursing home is the 100 days that Medicare pays for patients to have Rehabilitation services in a nursing home. What can I do to find a bed for my mother in the Charleston area?