IG: Retirement home problems exaggerated

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IG: Retirement home problems exaggerated
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 12, 2008 11:22:35 EST

A report from the Defense Department’s inspector general says allegations of serious health care problems at the Armed Forces Retirement Home are overblown.

The Government Accountability Office asked the Pentagon last year to investigate reports of a rising death rate, filthy rooms and veterans suffering from bedsores.

But the inspector general’s report says investigators found that the death rate at the home declined between 2004 and 2006. It also could not document allegations that poor care caused an unusual number of residents to be sent to the hospital.

The report confirmed that one patient was found with maggots in a leg wound in 2006. The home acknowledged the incident last year and eight employees were fired.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/ap_retirementhome_080212/



uhc comment: Here's a 3.22.2007 WaPo article --> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/21/AR2007032101470.html