Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has launched a new program it calls \u201cEnhanced Care Coordination\u201d in response to heavy criticism regarding children kept in nursing homes throughout the state.<\/p>\n
The program will hire no fewer than 28 nurse care coordinators statewide to assist the families of the approximately 221 disabled children who live in Florida nursing homes.<\/p>\n
Last year, federal officials released a report accusing Florida of \u201cwarehousing\u201d disabled children in nursing homes where they lived in isolation with little education or stimulation.<\/p>\n
The AHCA and director Liz Dudek have refuted the allegations from the beginning, saying that the children were well cared for.<\/p>\n
In a statement announcing the new program, Dudek said it is \u201cdesigned to help empower parents, to help them and to educate them and to help them personalize the experience that they have,\u201d adding that some children have already left the nursing homes to move back with their families, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has launched a new program it calls \u201cEnhanced Care Coordination\u201d in response to heavy criticism regarding children kept in nursing homes throughout the state. The program will hire no fewer than 28 nurse…<\/span><\/p>\n