University Daily Kansan
Wednesdav. October 25. 1978
Nursing home profiteering cited
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Many of the nation's 1.2 million nursing home patients and their families are being victimized by profiteering, theft and shady practices, a member of the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday.
The commission has uncovered a "titany of abuses and of chicacery in the nursing home industry that is too large to ignore," Elizabeth Dole, the Commission member said.
"Our preliminary investigation at the FTC revealed instances in which a nursing home was charging drug prices 24 percent and pharmacies were charged by independent pharmacies," she said.
"AN OREGON resident reported that his 92-year-old mother-in-law pays 85 cents for the 22-cent size box of Kieenex . . . Yet under the rules of some homes, families may not be permitted to purchase these supplies on the open market."
Dole, wife of Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan,
discussed the situation in a speech prepared
for the 1978 Indiana Governor's Conference
on homosexuality and related remarks was released in Washington.
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She also said:
MEETING 7 p.m.
- Many homes do not itemize bills, but
  instead lamp charges together under such
  titles as "laundry" "therapy" and even
  more. So many people do not know what they are paying for.
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- One patient reported he was charged $20 for being helped to take a five-minute walk down the hall when his wife, had she known that assistance, could have rendered the service free.
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- Families or others who wind up suing a nursing home often find that the contract is not enforced.
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- Between 1960 and 1976, total nursing home revenues increased 200 percent from $500 million to more than $10.5 billion. This year revenues will hit $14 billion.
- One hundred profit-making corporations control 30 percent of the nation's business.
- The number of U.S. dollars is more than $1 trillion.
legal fees, including the fees of the home's lawyer.
Dole said the commission was considering issuing a trade regulation rule for the industry that would require, among other restrictions, disclosure of prices and services.
Sell it through Kansan want ads. Call the classified department at 864-4358.
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Tonight at
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Bottles 50'
Draws 25'
Oct. 26 & 27
Moffet & Boors Band
films sua
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Francois Truffaut:
(1959)
THE 400 BLOWS
$1.00 7:30 pm Woodruff Aud.
Dir. François Truffaut, with Jean-Pierre Leclair, Clair Maurer, Albert Berthelot and Marcel Delaunay "The Adventures of Antonie Doline," which also included Uwol at Loveny, Stolen Kisses, and Bed and Bed and the New Wave, French subtitled.
Friday & Saturday,
LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR
(1977)
Dir. Richard Brochu, with Diane Keaton, Tuesday Wed, William Atherton, Richard Gere, Richard Kiley, Judith Ruthsen's best rating
$1.50 3:30,7,9:30 pm Woodruff Aud
Midnight Movie
PLAZING CARPLES
(1974)
BLAZING SADDLES
Mel, Brooke, with Cleavon Little,
Gene Wilder, Bride, Madeline
Kahn, Harvey Kane, Alex Kerra,
Bruce Bruce, "Thank You,
Masked Man"
$1.50 12 Midnight Woodruff Aud.
Monday, Oct. 30
THE WILD BUNCH
(1969)
Dir. Sam Peckinpall, with William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, O'DBrien, Warren Qatess. One of the finest, and well-known Western made mode. With added originality originally its release.
$1.00 7:30 p.m. Woodruff Aud.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
Tuesday, Oct 31
ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT
OF A WOMAN
(1974)
Dr. Judy Collins and Jill Godwin, A fascinated look at the career of doctor Antoina Brisco, who made her with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1831.
-plus
NEVER GIVE UP:
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Dr. Ann Hershey, a 30 minute film of a woman famous for her photographs and who was an associate of Sieglitz.
plus
AT LAND
(1944)
Dir. Maya Deren. Experimental short with powerful erotic imagery and an essentially feminial impact.
$1.00 7:30 p.m. Woodruff Aud.
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Ingmar Bergman
ANIMAL BARGAN:
THE SEVENTH SEAL
(1956)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman, with Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnblomstrand, and Janet Meyer, which a knight tries to elude the invadebay by playing a running game of chess.
$1.00 7:30 pm Woodruff Aud.