Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Incidence of Nursing Home Abuse

  Ken Margolin | May 30, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Identifying just how much abuse occurs in nursing homes, is difficult. Victims are often unwilling or unable to speak up. Perpetrators may be nursing home staff, who have ongoing contact with the victim, and whose presence alone, may be intimidating. Nursing home assaults can be committed by a resident, when staff supervision is inadequate, lackadaisacal, or uncaring. It is almost certain,...

• Wilmington nursing home cited by IDPH

  Barry Doyle | May 28, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  The Embassy Care Center in Wilmington recently received a citation from the Illinois Department of Public Health after a number of residents there were injured in falls.The care of five residents in all were the subject of the citation, including two who suffered a fractured hip as a result of falling.Falls and fall prevention are a major concern in the nursing home setting. Indeed, concerns...

• Preventing & Reporting Elder Abuse

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 3:02 PM | 1 CommentLancaster, CA

  A study that was conducted in 2004 by the Adult Protective Services showed that there was a 19.7-percent increase in the combined total reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. For example, in Fauquier County alone, there were 141 cases reported in between June 2006 and May 2007, according to Mittie Wallace who is a program manager for the elderly and disabled for the Fauquier County...

• Kentucky nursing home cited in resident death

  Barry Doyle | May 24, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Kentucky nursing home was recently cited by the state for care deficiencies which has resulted in harm to residents of the facility.In one instance, the facility was cited with failing to change the feeding tube of a resident, resulting in dehydration and death.Dehydration is a hidden killer in nursing homes. Elderly residents have a diminished sense of thirst, so they need to be encouraged...

• Dorset Nursing Home Accused of Elder Neglect

  Rick Patterson | May 17, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Serious concerns have been raised by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) after inspecting Marlborough House, a 52-bed nursing home in Dorset, South West England. Concerns raised, which were much the same as concerns raised here in substandard U. S facilities, include standards of health, shortfalls in nutrition and poorly trained staff. The original report was made in January of...

• Nursing Home Lawsuit in Nebraska

  Jeremy Thurman | May 16, 2007 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  A Nebraska nursing home settled a lawsuit claiming that the facility allowed one patient to lie in her own excrement for extended periods following back surgery. The plaintiff alleged that the nursing home, Life Care Center of Elkhorn's, neglect lead to a severe infection that resulted in the removal of most of her colon. The parent company of the facility, Life Care Centers of America, owns and...

• Nursing Home Abuse Settlement Reported

  John Inserra | May 15, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Life Care Center of Elkhorn has settled a lawsuit that accused it of neglecting its patients and allowing an elderly woman to lie in her own feces for hours at a time after back surgery.A patient developed an infection in her wound during her stay at the Life Care Center of Elkhorn that required surgery to reopen her incision and drain the infection and fecal matter in the wound.Terms of the...

• Macomb nursing home cited

  Barry Doyle | May 13, 2007 9:27 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A nursing home in Macomb was cited recently for its failure to promptly notify a resident's physician of critical lab values.The resident had elevated creatanine levels and needed emergecny dialysis in order to save him from dying of http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6005631FA12072006.pdf.It is often said by doctors that the nursing staff are their eyes and ears. This is...

• Nursing Home Neglect Results in Death

  Susy Owen | May 13, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It is a frightening thought that one day you may end up in a nursing home with care takers that do any but tend to your needs. I am not suggesting that there are not some excellent nursing homes out there. In fact there are many, but then there are the others. The kind that you hope you don't find yourself or a loved one in some day - such was the case in a Pierce County nursing home. It is...

• Woman Killed at Tacoma Nursing Home

  Shannon Weidemann | May 10, 2007 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The death of a patient at a Tacoma nursing home has been ruled a homicide and the family has moved foward with a wrongful death lawsuit citing abuse by the nursing home. The victim was a patient at Nisqually Valley Care Center. She had been at a local hospital being treated for pneumonia and then was transferred to the nursing home to further her care. The nursing home is accused of...