Industry leaders and advocates in long-term care have warned of widespread staffing shortages in nursing homes across Texas, but also nationwide, in recent months. One registered nurse told the surveyor, “the lack of care residents are receiving due to being short staff was heart-breaking.” Nationwide staffing shortages Other workers cited in the surveyor’s report detailed other issues they believe were caused by staffing shortages: resident falls, missed meals and the failure to pass out certain medications on time. The attorney representing Kathleen’s family obtained the report and provided a copy to KXAN investigators, who verified its validity with HHSC. The incident is detailed in a report completed by a surveyor with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, who was on-site at the nursing facility for an unrelated visit. Their filing also notes, “there are inadequate factual pleadings to state a gross negligence claim against these Defendants.” The surveyor’s report Attorneys for the facility and company told KXAN they could not comment on a pending legal matter, but they filed an answer in Travis County District Court denying all the claims made by the family and demanding proof of their claims of negligence. KXAN reached out to the company and the law firm representing them. Kathleen’s family filed a civil lawsuit against Brush Country Nursing and Rehabilitation and the health care company which owns it, Dynasty Healthcare Management. There are other cases involving ants in nursing homes, including a lawsuit filed last spring in Arkansas over a woman who died after an attack and a recent report of a Fort Worth-area facility fined over an ant infestation.
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