Posts tagged nursing home negligence

• Inadequate staff levels tied to falls

  Barry Doyle | July 23, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Rhode Island nursing home has been ordered to increase staffing levels in order to prevent residents from falling. A survey of the home resulted in immediate jeopardy findings by public health officials after they found several residents had fallen multiple times because of inadequate supervision due to low staff levels.At least three residents were injured as a result of falling, including...

• Project results on 75% reduction in bed sores

  Barry Doyle | July 25, 2007 8:00 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Researchers in New Jersey recently announced the results of a project which was intended to reduce the development of bed sores in patients in health care institutions. Bed sores are technically known as pressure ulcers and are caused by unrelieved pressure on the skin, usually on bony prominences. The unrelieved pressure results in tissue death, which causes pain for the patient and...

• Morphine overdose kills nursing home resident

  Barry Doyle | May 08, 2007 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Washington woman has filed suit against the nursing home where her mother resided. The suit alleges that the nursing home staff was negligent in administering morphine to her mother.The suit follows a finding by the local coroner that a morphine overdose led to the death of the patient.There are some basic things that have to be verified before a nurse gives medication to a patient, especially...

• Fall from mechanical lift causes patient death

  Barry Doyle | April 23, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Nursing home resident scalded

  Barry Doyle | February 05, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A California nursing home resident suffered significant scalding injuries when she was exposed to 145 degree water while seated in a shower. After she was burned, the CNA did not call 911, but put her to bed instead. Investigators learned that the facility had a policy against permitting non-supervisory staff to call 911.The resident suffered third-degree burns on over 60% of her body as a...

• Nursing home resident strangled in bed rails

  Barry Doyle | January 27, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Kansas City nursing home was fined $10,000 by state regulators after a resident died in her bed at the facility. The facility was using bed rails to allevaite the risk of falling. Unfortunately, the resident became trappedin between her mattress and the bed rails and died.The medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was positional asphyxiation.Bed rails seem like a natural way to...

• "Mercy killings" investigated at McHenry nursing home

  Barry Doyle | January 24, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The McHenry County State's Attorney obtained a court order to exhume at least three bodies of deceased residents of a local nursing home. This is part of an ongoing investigation into allegations that a member of the nursing staff deliberately killed residents of the facility.The residents were allegedly killed with a fatal overdose of morphine.Normally, the law holds employers responsible for...

• Two Local Nursing Homes Appealing Citations for Alleged Neglect

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 7:52 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Two area nursing homes that were cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for alleged acts of neglect are appealing the findings. The state reported, last week, that Sterling Pavilion and Coventry Village were both cited for Type A violations of the Nursing Home Care Act after instances of alleged neglect in recent months. On Friday Rhonda Reed, a spokeswoman for Sterling Pavilion,...

• Arizona assisted living facilities shuttered

  Barry Doyle | June 11, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Four Arizona assisted living facilties were recently closed by state authorities after inpsections revealed filthy conditions and care deficiencies.In one instance, one resident was found to have 22 decubitus ulcers, some of which were bone-deep.Many consumers are unaware of the differences between assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Assisted living facilities are intended to provide...

• Abuse alleged in Wisconsin nursing home

  Barry Doyle | June 09, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A West Allis, Wisconsin nursing home is under investigation after a family made complaints about several unexplained injuries that their grandmother suffered while a resident at the facility. The lack of explanation for the injuries has led the family to believe that she was abused by the staff, even though an internal investigation revealed no wrongdoing.The unexplained injuries include...