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Criminal Background Checks Long Term Care Facilities

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Checks, Please! Endorsed by Gillibrand, PROTECTS Act Would Allow Nursing Homes Access to Key Background Screening

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Recent reports of abuse in nursing homes are not only disturbing; they also shed light on the difficulties that long-term care (LTC) facilities face in screening potential health care workers. We believe background screenings...more

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Shorts on Long Term Care - October 2017 - News for the NC LTC Community

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The Citation of Immediate Jeopardy Deficiencies Against Nursing Facilities: Unforeseen Consequences - There are no words more feared by a skilled nursing facility Administrator during an annual recertification survey or...more

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Pennsylvania Court Rules Background Screening Law Unconstitutional

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On December 30, 2015, the Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania unanimously found the Older Adults Protective Services Act’s (the Act) lifetime prohibition on the ability of individuals with convictions to hold certain jobs in...more

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Ban on Hiring Health Care Workers with Criminal Histories Rejected by Pa. Appellate Court

A Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled that health care providers providing older adult protective services (nursing homes, long term care facilities and home care agencies) are no longer prohibited from employing...more

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