AANHR is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to protecting and improving the quality of care and life for Arkansas
residents in long term care facilities.
**New Additions: 2/4/12 -- February Newsletter Added... Link
for the AR State Office of Long Term Care... The official AANHR Good Care
Booklet **
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Link to the Arkansas State Office of Long Term Care -
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Here
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Almost 30 Violations Not “Minor,” Says Patients’ Rights Advocate Group
Fayetteville Veterans Home Should Be Model of Nursing Home Care According
to
Arkansas
Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
Click Here to read more
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Click
here for our organization’s Good Care Booklet. This a valuable
tool for teaching cooperative communication between families and nursing
home staff.
PLEASE HELP US STOP NURSING HOME ABUSE!!!
AANHR is a
nonprofit all volunteer organization. All donations go to fight nursing
home abuse.
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The turnout was AMAZING at the
2011
Residents' Rights Rally
With over 7 media outlets in attendance and the
LARGEST PUBLIC TURNOUT in
8 years.
Click Here to see Today's THV's coverage of the
event.
Click Here
to read and/or listen to KUAR Radio's coverage and interview with Martha.
Check out some pictures from the event...
click here.
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Arkansas General Assembly
NEW 2011 State by State National Data on Nursing
Homes; "Nursing Facilities, Staffing, Residents and Facility Deficiencies
2005 through 2010.
Click here.
OIG/DHS Study Finds Criminal Pasts of Nursing Home Workers
Click here
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Arkansas Long Term
Care
Ombudsman Program -
click here
RESEARCH THE MOST UPDATED
INFORMATION ON NURSING HOMES IN YOUR AREA...www.memberofthefamily.net
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** Click HERE to view story AANHR participated in with
local NBC affiliate, KARK. **
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AANHR News:
Nursing Home Resident's Family Fights Involuntary Discharge & Wins
Click HERE
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The Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home
Resident's Mission Statement: "To protect and improve the quality of
care and life for residents in AR nursing homes" is a ongoing struggle. To do
this, we have to educate the public. AANHR has obtained a list from the
Government Accountabiity Office (GAO) of the
580 worst performing nursing homes in the U.S. Arkansas has 34 nursing
homes on this list. AANHR has obtained the survey data for the past 3
years on everyone of
these "34" nursing homes that the GAO report has documented as
being "the worst performing nursing homes in AR." It is
shocking that these nursing homes have "year after year"
neglected and abused nursing home residents in Arkansas. The data shows
that the failure of these nusing homes to
follow laws that have been put in place to proctect
nursing home residents, has resulted in the suffering of our frailest and
most vulernable citizens. CMS refers to this
repeated violation of the law as "Yo-Yo Compliance." The
evidence is there to show that these nursing homes have received tax
dollars year after year but failed to give the care. If anyone would like
a copy of the 34 worst nursing homes in Arkansas or the complete
GAO-09-689 report (CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better
Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain
Affiliated and For-Profit) I would be happy to email you a copy.
· 2009 GAO Report
· 2009 Report
listing 580 nursing homes identified as the most poorly performing
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President Martha Deaver's
Ladies Home Journal Article
("It Broke My
Heart That I Couldn't Protect My Mom")
The June issue of Ladies' Home Journal has brought important attention to
the struggle families go through trying to get good care for loved ones
in nursing homes. Martha Deaver, a board member
with the Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents (AANHR) is
featured on the cover of the article pages 98-112. Martha was recognized
by the National Citizens Collation for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) in
Washington, DC in 2005, where she received the Janet Tulloch Advocacy
Memorial Award. Martha is know
for her exceptional work, as a citizen advocate for nursing home
residents and their families. The article helps to reinforce one of
AANHR's and NCCNHR's most important goals: workforce issues including
training, adequate benefits, and the strong need for a minimum staffing
standard nationwide. Serious nursing home abuse and neglect has been
shown to be a direct result of serious understaffing, according to
numerous congressional reports. Congressman Henry Waxman, of California,
has introduced H.R. 4293 (The Nursing Home Staffing Act Of 2005) which
requires a minimum of 4.1 direct care staffing hours for nursing home
residents. This is what the U.S. Department of Health and Human services
recommends. Please sign the petition in the Ladies' Home Journal article
and mail it in as soon as possible. To read the full story click here.
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Report suspected
abuse/neglect to:
1. The nursing home's administrator, director of nursing, and social worker
2. The state or local ombudsman
3. The local police or state law enforcement
4. The state survey agency that licenses and certifies nursing homes(1-800-582-4887)
5. The Arkansas Attorney General (1-866-810-0016)
6. For additional assistance or a listening ear, call AANHR (501-450-9619)
7. If all safety options fail, you may have to contact the local media, or
seek private legal assistance.
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President's Letter - 2008
Resident's Rights Rally
NATIONAL CITIZENS' COALITION FOR NURSING HOME REFORM! WWW.NCCNHR.ORG
AANHR is proud to be able to offer
this free service to AR nursing home residents and their families
 eDocAmerica provides online
access to physicians, psychologists, pharmacists, and dentists who
provide unlimited, free, personal answers to all of our user’s health
questions. Our goal is to assist families in maintaining the highest
health status possible for their loved ones by providing a cadre of
health professionals to assist them in dealing the myriad of health
issues facing our families. For Medicaid eligible nursing home
residents we have provided a means whereby their adult children can
access the benefit and inquire on behalf of their loved one.
Registration instructions are available at http://eDocArkansas.com
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