The majority of nursing home violations are identified as causing “no harm” to residents, despite any harm the resident may have actually experienced. In order to bring attention to the poor enforcement of the nursing home standards of care, and how it effects resident care, CMA and the Long Term Care Community Coalition publish Elder Justice: What “No Harm” Really Means for Residents. Each issue provides readers with real stories taken directly from CMS’s Nursing Home Compare Website and all were cited as no-harm. This issue of the Elder Justice Newsletter examines a troubling disconnect in the federal nursing home rating system. Each facility in this issue (at the time of drafting) earned five stars for quality measures but only two stars overall, with poor health inspection and staffing ratings.
- Read for yourself at medicareadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Elder-Justice-Vol.-8-Issue-1.pdf