Lawmakers take action to improve nursing home care
AUSTIN -- State lawmakers took action Wednesday that could hold nursing homes more accountable for abusing residents. It involves recommendations from lawmakers who sit on the Texas Sunset Commission.
"It's sad that there were numerous elderly [people who] died in the care of nursing homes and it's taken this long," said Martinez.
Earlier this week, a KVUE Defenders investigation profiled her late father, Paul Trevino. Martinez says Trevino's former central Texas nursing home neglected him, including not giving him his medicine to treat his Parkinson's disease.
Among many changes, the commission approved a "three strikes rule," recommended by Senator Charles Schwertner, a Republican from Georgetown.
More at http://www.kvue.com/story/news/investigations/defenders/2014/08/13/lawmakers-take-action-to-improve-nursing-home-care/14028787/ .