Nursing Home Injuries
There are approximately 15,000 skilled nursing facilities in the USA. Since 2010 there have been over 350,000 deficiencies reported by CMS. This suggests that an average nursing home has 22 deficiencies per year. Averages are misleading. Some nursing homes are worse than others. No matter how the data is sliced, the industry suffers from a pandemic of negligence.
The following links provide you with data on the most common types of nursing home injuries. Nobody should ever be injured by a healthcare provider. Click on these links to learn more about the most common injuries to residents in nursing homes.