That's evil.

When licenses are at risk from small bed sores, letting a person get gangrene and refusing to treat it should be cause for the state coming down hard on them.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK217555/

The federal and state governments share responsibility for quality assurance in nursing homes. The performance criteria are federal, but the federal government has delegated to the states responsibility to inspect nursing homes using these criteria and to certify their eligibility to participate in the Medicaid program. For the Medicare program, state governments inspect the facilities on behalf of the federal government and make certification recommendations to the federal government; the certification decisions are made by the HCFA. The federal government has authority in both the Medicaid and Medicare programs to conduct independent inspections of certified nursing homes to audit the states' certification activities. The federal government also can decertify substandard facilities.


The nursing facility has the responsibility to care for her, full stop. As long as she's there, that's their responsibility. Not the patient's and not your and your wife's.

Get the state involved.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Scott.