POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Profit before Children: Lives of Medically Fragile Children & Young Adults during Risk in Florida Geriatric Nursing Homes," a just-released white paper authored by a Florida Association for Medically Fragile Children (www.fragilechildren.org), details how a state of Florida as well as geriatric nursing homes are violating federal law as well as putting a lives of medically frail young kids as well as young adults during risk. Major revelations in "Profit before Children" detail a crisis:1. The number of seniors in Florida nursing homes is decreasing. So, owners of geriatric comforts are competing to fill their beds with medically frail young kids simply to remain profitable, though they are not equipped to do so.2. Florida might be violating federal law by not providing services guaranteed all young kids receiving Medicaid underneath a Early as well as Periodic Screening, Diagnostic as well as Treatment Program. 3. Possibly violating federal law, a Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), Children's Medical Services, physicians, as well as hospitals are referring young kids directly to geriatric nursing homes without proper developmental testing or a legally mandated presentation of other options.4. Geriatric nursing homes are lobbying a Florida Legislature to approve reduced levels of care which violate federal law. Their current staffing regulations are already inadequate to care for medically frail children. Under proposed bills (SB 482, SB1884, HB 621, & HB 1419), they wish to further reduce staffing requirements to dangerous levels.5. An up-to-date, statewide, reliable needs assessment of a population of medically frail young kids as well as young adults has not been done in Florida. So, geriatric comforts cannot ethically be granted a certificate of need.6. Geriatric nursing homes cannot properly assess a treatment needs of medically frail young kids as well as young adults. Assessments as well as care plans administered in long-term, geriatric comforts are standardized for people over 65, though they ignore a special needs of medically frail young kids as well as young adults.7. Monitoring systems in geriatric comforts have been written for individuals over 65 who can press a call button for assistance. Medically frail young kids as well as young adults cannot possibly operate them, which could put their lives during risk.The Florida Association for Medically Fragile Children (www.fragilechildren.org) identifies as well as provides solutions for critical issues which endanger a lives as well as well-being of medically frail young kids as well as young adults. Contact Denise Wronowski during 954-649-7362 or denisew@bcckids.org.Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc
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