Texas updates in category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

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...

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Congressional investigators reports that nursing homes are repeatedly cited for mistreatment of patients and the federal health officials only impose minimal penalties. Nursing homes cycle in and out of compliance and pose a continued threat to the health and safety of patients."Some of these homes repeatedly harmed residents over a six-year period and yet remain in the Medicare and Medicaid...

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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...

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Nursing homes often do not provide adequate protection for their venerable residents. Recently, a jury found against the nursing home for not having adequately protected one of their residents who was raped. The jury awarded $750,000 to the family. A repeat sex offender was admitted to the facility and committed the rape.If your loved one has suffered abuse or neglect in a nursing facility...

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Many nursing homes are understaffed in Texas. One problem which results from understaffing is elderly patients develop bedsores or decubitus ulcers. Many bed bound patients require being turned frequently. The staff at the nursing homes is often overworked or simply not very conscientious, so turning the patient is often overlooked. Bedsores can become very large and painful and can be...

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Mayfield Care Center was investigated by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability (DADS) and was found not up to par. The state of Texas has placed a trustee in charge. "While investigating a complaint about the facility, DADS surveyors found the facility was providing extremely poor quality of care, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of residents." The release also...

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More than 50 preventable deaths have ocurred in North Carolina adult-care and nursing homes over the past five years, a story in the Charlotte Observer reported Sundday. Each person who died passed as a result of something the facility in which they were living did or failed to do.According to the story, the 53 deaths count only those reported to the state. Supporters of higher standards for...

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