Fed-Up with Abuses, Career Speech Pathologist Writes Exposé about Nursing Home Care

by William J. Beerman, Sr.

A speech pathologist who has provided patient services in 40 different nursing homes during her career has published an exposé about the excessive lengths to which some nursing homes will go to make more money. The book is entitled, Nursing Homes to Rehabilitation Centers.

I spoke with the author, Phyllis Ayman of Greenwich, CT, for 2 hours recently by phone and we compared notes. While my book, Mary Regina’s nursing home, approaches the subject from the point of view of a patient’s son who happened to be a retired journalist, and describes the inadequacy of the government oversight system, Phyllis has the perspective of a healthcare-provider insider who, as a staunch patient advocate for improved quality care, frequently found herself at odds with nursing home managers and administrators.

Phyllis and I agree that our respective books make a complementary pair.

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