Show Supervision Needed For Nursing Homes Down in California police have Uncovered uncovered uncovered un un- covered a strange case of apparent maltreatment maltreatment mal mal- treatment in a nursing home operated by two elderly won women The two women are being held on charges of treatment treatment treat treat- ment of ofa a a juvenile and false imprison imprison- ment Police are investigating 16 deaths which supposedly occurred in inthe the nursing nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing home bome over the course of the last 20 years or so The full story of this strange situation situation situation situa situa- tion has not yet come out but enough has been divulged to emphasize the need for careful supervision of nursing homes to insure that individuals juvenile or adult placed in such private institutions are given proper care Nursing homes are not used by individuals individuals individuals in in- who are able to look out for themselves Persons in such institutions institutions institutions are usually children aged or those with serious mental or physical handi handi- caps Such uch individuals need protection against the possibility of abuse and ill treatment In many cases relatives or fri friends will take enough interest to see seeto seeto seeto to it that thit they receive proper care car care but but t that is not true in all cases There is need for some public authority some authority some public public- to supervision to to guard the welfare of the inmates of these private nursing homes This California case definitely proves that It should serve as a warnIng warning warn warn- ing in to Utah |