Lynsey Mukomel
LANSING – A new initiative will focus on protecting vulnerable adults residing in nursing facilities, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today.
The Sentinel Project, which Nessel discussed in a video announcement, will use specially trained staff to examine long-term care facilities for evidence of abuse or neglect through unannounced visits, which will be determined by performance metrics, complaints and other data.
These discrete but comprehensive site investigations will determine if additional action is necessary to ensure loved ones are given the best possible care.
“This team from my Health Care Fraud Division has been established to further protect Michigan’s vulnerable and elderly population,” Nessel said. “We are dedicated to detecting and addressing any neglect or abuse of loved ones residing in long-term care facilities. Instances of substandard care must be eliminated, and The Sentinel Project will help accomplish that goal.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced a new initiative to detect and stop elder abuse. She says the new Sentinel Project is focused on protecting vulnerable adults residing in nursing facilities.
“The project will involve specially trained staff using a variety of performance metrics, complaints and other data to target facilities for unannounced visits by a Sentinel field team,” Nessel said.
The field team will do site investigations to look for evidence of abuse. If criminal or civil action is warranted, Nessel’s office will do so. While The Sentinel Project is a law enforcement effort strictly within the attorney general’s office, the project will work with the industry and regulatory partners. Nessel says you can report abuse or neglect in a nursing facility through the Michigan Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Hotline at 1-800-24-ABUSE or through an online complaint form.
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