Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing home resident suffocates

  Barry Doyle | March 29, 2007 9:38 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A North Carolina nursing home has been fined by the state after a resdient in the facility died when she was suffocated in between her mattress and the raised bed rails of her bed. The state found that the facility was improperly using the bed rails as a means of restraint. Six other residents were found to have bed rails in place which were not ordered by a physician.There are two major risks...

• What Is A Bed Sore?

  M. Brandon Smith | March 28, 2007 10:47 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  A bed sore is an area of skin and tissue that has been damaged due to prolonged pressure on a specific area of the body. A bed sore is an area of skin and tissue that has been damaged due to prolonged pressure on a specific area of the body. Typically bed sores, or pressure sores as they are sometimes called, result in situations where a person is in a seated or still position for an extended...

• Officials Investigating Alleged Nursing Home Abuse

  Christina Cole | March 28, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  Police are currently investigating a case of reported nursing home patient abuse. Friday, officers were called to Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab where they met with the director of the home and a representative from the S.C. Department of Social Services. According to the report, a 55-year old patient was allegedly chocked by a nurse's aide.The man said in the report, the attack occurred in...

• Nursing Home Malpractice Causes Patient to Die - State Fines Home Maximum Allowable

  Mike Ferrara | March 27, 2007 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  As more and more baby-boomers begin to retire, finding decent nursing homes is a major concern. The quality of nursing homes varies from state to state, but one place you never want to send your loved ones is the Lagunda Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in California. They were hit with California's most severe fine after an investigating a resident's death. The state found that...

• Death of Nursing Home Resident Leads to Huge Fine

  David Lowe | March 27, 2007 7:57 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A San Francisco skilled nursing facility has been cited and fined $100,000, the largest ever imposed in California, after the California Department of Health Services determined that the poor care of an 82-year-old resident with dementia led to her death. The nursing home resident who had a history of falling and wandering, was found unresponsive on the ground outside the nursing home facility....

• Lawsuit claims two nursing homes are deliberately understaffed

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 12:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two North San Diego County nursing homes are accused of providing substandard care to residents by keeping staff levels low to maximize profits, according to an article published in Saturday's San Diego Union Tribune.The allegations are in a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court against Life Care Centers of America, the corporate parent of Life Care Center of Escondido and Life Care...

• New technology in bed sore detection

  Barry Doyle | March 25, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A recent report is touting the use of ultrasound to detect bed sores, or pressure ulcers. Bed sores are created by unrelieved pressure on bony prominences of the body such as the heels, elbows, and sacrum. Unrelieved pressure results in tissue death which in turn leads to the skin opening which permits the entry of infecting bacteria.Bed sores are enormously painful and can ultimately lead to...

• Janitor Charged with Striking a Nursing Home Resident

  Christina Cole | March 24, 2007 1:26 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  A man has been charged with striking a disabled resident of a nursing home where he was once employed.The worker was arrested, Friday, after an investigation led by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Units Patient Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (PANE team). The investigation claims the worker, 56, was employed as a janitor at the Edward J. Healy Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in...

• Selecting The Right Nursing Home-It Can Make A Big Difference

  M. Brandon Smith | March 18, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Deciding whether to place a family member or a loved one in a nursing home or long term care facility can be a very stressful time if you do not know where to find all the information you need to make the best possible decision. Many people simply rely on what other people say and think about specific nursing homes when making their decision to place a loved one there. While this may be a good...

• Sex offender in Peoria nursing home

  Barry Doyle | March 18, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Peoria nursing home which housed 6 convicted sex offenders was fined by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to prevent and properly monitor the actions of one of them for inappropriate behaviors towards his fellow residents. The sex offender, 56 years old, had been admitted to the nursing home for treatment of conditions relating to a stroke and mental illness.The actions...