Proposal to require coroner calls on Kentucky nursing home deaths - Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing homes would be required to notify coroners of every resident's death under legislation state Rep. Tom Burch, D-Louisville, said Tuesday he will introduce in an effort to identify more abuse and neglect.
State law does not specifically require nursing homes to report deaths to coroners, who are rarely called even when abuse or neglect is suspected.
The result: Autopsies often aren't performed, and evidence isn't gathered, according to prosecutors polled as part of Gov. Steve Beshear's recent review of how allegations of nursing home abuse and neglect are investigated
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/09/22/1444926/proposal-to-require-coroner-calls.html#ixzz10IAtZlYJ
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