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DAYTON -- One in 10 nursing homes in Ohio has been faulted in the past four years for substandard care, or for practices that put residents at immediate risk of injury or death, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of state data.
Across the state, at least 22 nursing home residents died and at least 42 others were injured in 114 incidents at nursing homes between August 2007 and May 2011, the newspaper's investigation found. Those 114 incidents resulted in "immediate jeopardy" or "substandard care" findings by state officials.See the full content of this document
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Fourteen of the incidents -- resulting in four deaths and one injury -- were at area facilities.
Those nursing homes are in Montgomery, Greene, Butler and Clark counties.Despite limited funding, state officials are taking steps to improve nursing home care, and at the same time make such facilities a last resort. Gov. John Kasich wants to shift more long-term care to home- and community-based settings.That effort comes as a first-of-its-kind AARP study released Thursday rated Ohio 35th for quality of long-term c...See the full content of this document
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