Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Tucson Nursing Home Fined for Abuse

  Christina Cole | April 23, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ

  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...

• Fall from mechanical lift causes patient death

  Barry Doyle | April 23, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A California nursing home was fined $100,000 by the state after a resident fell from a mechanical lift as she was being moved from her bed to chair by a nursing aide.The resident suffered blunt trauma and a lacerated liver which caused her death.All members of the nursing home staff must be properly trained in their jobs and in the use of the equipment that they use as part of their jobs. When...

• Arizona nursing home cited for patient care violations

  Barry Doyle | April 22, 2007 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Arizona nursing home was recently fined by the state after an inspection revealed a pattern of care deficiencies. The violations were widespead and affected a number of different aspects of patient care.Two residents with osteoporosis were not treated properly and each suffered a fractured leg. Other residents developed bed sores, while other residents were not being given medications...

• Washington County Receives Notice of Claim for Nursing Home Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | April 20, 2007 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A resident of a Pleasant Valley Nursing Home was assaulted by a nursing assistant in November. The employee was fired after an investigation, but the family of the victim is concerned that the nursing home and Washington County did not take proper action to keep the assault from happening in the first place. They have file a Notice of Claim against the county in prelude to filing a lawsuit. A...

• Nursing Home Cleared of Complaint

  Christina Cole | April 19, 2007 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Police have determined there is not sufficient evidence to back up a recent complaint of nursing home abuse filed against a nurse at Georgetown Healthcare and Rehablitation.Police were called to the facility in March when a resident alleges he was choked by a nurse. He said the incident happened back in December, but he had waited until now to report it due to fear that the nurse would...

• Medical Malpractice Cases

  John Inserra | April 19, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  As reported in Reuter's Health Information, Medical Malpractice cases are usually won by the defendant. When there is any doubt after hearing all the evidence and expert opinions, juries usually return a verdict in favor of the physician, study author Philip G. Peters, from the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Law, said in a statement.Peters reached this conclusion after conducting an...

• Nursing Home Aide Accused of Abuse

  Christina Cole | April 18, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Police are investigating an alleged case of nursing home abuse. Officers were called to a Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab where they met with the home direct and a representative from the Department of Social Services. The report alleges a 55-year-old patient was choked by a nurse's aide.In the report, the man said the attacked occurred in December but he had not reported it due to fear of...

• Another Shut down Due to Nursing Home Abuse

  Rick Patterson | April 17, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Another nursing home in Michigan is being shut down. This comes on the heels of the most recent accusations from the state that patient care is substandard and at times, patients have been put in outright danger. Just since their last inspection alone, they have been sited an additional 29 times. Accordingly, the state feels it is necessary to take these measures to ensure an immediate shut...

• Nursing home fined for falls

  Barry Doyle | April 14, 2007 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Iowa nursing home was recently fined by the state after two residents were injured in falls. Both residents had a history of falling with repeat episodes of falls in the facility. These falls at first did not result in significant injury, but later fall required hospitalization. One resident suffered a head injury, while the other suffered a fractured hip.Falls involving geriatric patients...

• The Truth About The Malpractice "Crisis"

  Brent Adams | April 13, 2007 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Medical malpractice insurance companies have for years mounted a publicitycampaign in an effort to falsely convince the public that there is a "crisis" with respect to medical malpractice claims. The insurance companies would have you believe that doctors are leaving North Carolina or closing their practices because large settlements are being obtained through these lawsuits.Medical malpractice...