Posts tagged Neglect

• Battle Against Bedsores Requires Teamwork

  Walton Barber, LLP | February 19, 2008 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  New research shows that preventing and treating pressure ulcers in the nursing home setting requires a team approach, involving nurses, laundry workers, cafeteria and maintenance workers, and even the cosmeticians.Large bedsores are a sight to behold. The larger ones - Stage III and IV - can result in a wound so deep that you can see the bone. Wounds like this can be very painful and can lead...

• Nearly Half of California Nursing Homes Do Not Meet Federal Standards

  Randy Walton | February 11, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Medicare and Medicaid released a report this week listing nursing homes and hospitals from around the country that have fallen below benchmarks set for patient restraints, bedsores, and surgical infections. Of the 1400 California nursing homes, 674 made the list.The purpose in releasing the specific nursing homes was to hold accountable the private contractors hired by Medicare and Medicaid to...

• California Budget Cuts May Endanger Elderly

  Randy Walton | January 25, 2008 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts of the California budget may increase the risk of elder neglect and abuse to the nearly 150,000 elderly residents of nursing and residential care facilities.According to the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), the proposed cuts will reduce inspections and will further cripple an already struggling program. Moreover, a reduction in the...

• Nursing Home Citations Up 22% Nationwide

  Randy Walton | December 20, 2007 11:44 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Recent studies show that citations for serious violations issued against nursing homes is up 22% nationwide.A USA Today analysis, examining records from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, shows that from 2000 through 2006, the number of citations for putting patients in "immediate jeopardy" had increased 22%. Those citations are considered the most serious and often follow cases in which...

• Fancy Nursing Home, Shocking Death

  Randy Walton | December 20, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Because part of my law practice involves representing seniors in nursing homes who have been subjected to abuse or neglect, I am frequently asked for recommendations for a "good" nursing home. I respond that I don't know any. But on the other hand, I tell the person asking, I don't necessarily know the "bad" ones either. One thing I have learned, in cases against fancy chain homes or the...

• Abuse of Antipsychotic Drugs Found in U.S. Nursing Homes

  Randy Walton | December 04, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Studies show that Medicaid spends more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than any other prescription drug. Why? Because nursing homes across the country are giving these powerful drugs to elderly residents for the purposes of "quieting" them.The Wall Street Journal is reporting that nearly 30% of the total nursing home population is receiving antipsychotic drugs in a practice that is...

• Abuse of Antipsychotic Drugs Found in U.S. Nursing Homes(2)

  Randy Walton | December 04, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Studies show that Medicaid spends more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than any other prescription drug. Why? Because nursing homes across the country are giving these powerful drugs to elderly residents for the purposes of "quieting" them.The Wall Street Journal is reporting that nearly 30% of the total nursing home population is receiving antipsychotic drugs in a practice that is...

• Riverside County Nursing Home Fined After Death of Resident

  Walton Barber, LLP | December 03, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Our firm represents individuals and families all over Southern California in cases involving nursing home neglect and abuse, and has seen first hand just how bad care can be in certain nursing homes. But I still get shocked at some of the carelessness that occurs by those taking care of some of our most fragile citizens. Take this story elder neglect just up the freeway in Fontana.Regulators...

• Elderly Woman Killed After Wandering From Escondido Nursing Home

  Randy Walton | November 27, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Cases involving nursing home wanderers are not uncommon in the nursing home abuse and neglect arena. I have had them, and I know my colleagues have as well. When an elderly resident of a nursing home wanders away, usually because there is some memory impairment, it rarely ends well.That was the case in Escondido on Thanksgiving Day when 94-year-old Maria Cobian, a resident of Palomar Heights...

• Elder Abuse: Woman Dies After Leaving Palomar Heights Care Center

  Scott Barber | November 27, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A 94 year-old resident of Palomar Heights Care Center in Escondido died early Thanksgiving morning after wandering out of the facility and being struck by a car. To compound matters the resident, Maria Cobian, was wearing a bracelet intended to alert staff if she attempted to leave the facility. According to Escondido Police, the only door the bracelet doesn't trigger an alarm. "Either she...