Posts tagged nursing home

• Nursing Homes May Be Falsifying Patient Records

  Shayna Slater | September 27, 2011 11:35 AM | 9 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  When a loved one is admitted to a nursing home, the nursing home is responsible and required to document the care they receive. This includes everything from feeding, toileting, repositioning,...

• Should Nursing Homes Do More to Prevent Burnout?

  Shayna Slater | December 01, 2011 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Nursing Home facility can be an extremely stressful place to work. Often, employees are working long hours and are responsible for numerous patients that have various levels of need. There is...

• Are Nurses Reporting Errors in Nursing Homes?

  Shayna Slater | November 11, 2011 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A recent study entitled, “Nurses’ Perceptions of Error Reporting and Disclosure in Nursing Homes” reveals that errors occurring in Nursing Homes are not being reported. Every staff...

• Stimulating the Senses of Dementia Patients

  Shayna Slater | October 17, 2011 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Choosing a nursing home for a love one with diagnosed dementia adds additional stress to an already stressful situation. Not only are you likely worried that your loved one will receive proper...

• Is Corporate Negligence at Fault in Nursing Home Abuse Cases?

  Shayna Slater | September 12, 2011 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A nursing home resident may be dependent on the nursing home for everything including their administration of medication, medical treatment, social interaction, toileting and nutrition....

• Increased Sepsis Infections in Nursing Homes

  Michael Monheit | December 08, 2010 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Sepsis is a life-threatening illness. It is usually caused by the body’s response to bacterial infection. The immune system goes into overdrive, which overwhelms normal processes in the...

• Conditions in Arizona Nursing Homes Alarming

  Chrissie Cole | June 03, 2007 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Conditions in Arizona nursing homes are so unsafe and alarming that state inspectors will not leave until all the problems have been fixed and are in compliance with state laws.Inspectors discovered nursing home abuse of patients that are unable to get the right medicines and seniors living in fear of being abused by abusive employees. In the past two years the numbers of Arizona nursing homes...

• Tucson Nursing Home Fined for Abuse

  Christina Cole | April 23, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In a nursing home abuse case, the home was fined for failure to provide satisfactory care of a mentally ill patient and has been fined $1500. This was the second penalty that has been paid since October 31st. The nursing home paid $3500 after a March 2006 complaint investigation documented that a male nurse and two other staff employees were emotionally, physically and verbally abusive to seven...

• Man Arrested for Nursing Home Abuse

  Christina Cole | February 23, 2007 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A man has been arrested on charges that he hit a disabled resident of a nursing home where he was formerly employed. Williams was arrested today by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for nursing home abuse.The arrest resulted from an investigation by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Units Patient Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation team,...

• Alleged Victim of Nursing Home Abuse Dies

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 7:28 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A worker at Highlands of Brighton claimed a male nurse abused two nursing home residents last Thursday. A spokesperson for Strong Health, Teri D'Agostino, said, "What was alleged was very harsh treatment... physical abuse." One of the residents died, two days later. Strong said, the woman had serious medical issues and her death wasn't unexpected. She was examined after the alleged abuse...