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Low Levels of Vitamin D Place Nursing Home Residents at Risk
Posted in General on April 13, 2012A recent study showed that the majority of nursing home residents suffer from Vitamin D deficiency. Lead author Dr. Stefan Pilz of the Medical University of Graz in Austria looked at 961 female residents from 95 nursing homes and found that 92.8% of them suffered from low levels of Vitamin D. The … Read the Rest
Alarm Fatigue Far Too Prevalent in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Posted in Featured Articles on April 11, 2012In January 2010, an elderly patient at Massachusetts General Hospital suffered a heart attack. Although the patient had been attached to a heart monitor, the monitor was turned off and nurses failed to respond to numerous lower-level alarms that warned of a lowered heart rate. In fact, 10 nurses on … Read the Rest
Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Agreements Examined By Pennsylvania Newspaper
Posted in Featured Articles on April 5, 2012A column from the Pocono Record is a good reminder that families should be aware that many nursing homes have arbitration clauses in their admission agreements. Here’s the lead paragraph from that post: If you read the fine print on admission agreements to some skilled nursing facilities, … Read the Rest
Can You Be Involuntarily Discharged from Your Nursing Home?
Posted in Nursing Home Violations on April 3, 2012In November 2009, the staff from a nursing home in Florida took a stroke patient from the nursing home to a homeless shelter. However, the shelter coordinator realized the woman needed medical care that the shelter was unable to provide and refused to accept her. Instead, the shelter sent her … Read the Rest
Unexplained Bruises Are Often a Result of Nursing Home Abuse
Posted in Reported Accidents & Injuries on March 31, 2012The abuse or neglect of the elderly in nursing homes is far too common. In Kentucky, for example, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services released a report last year that showed social workers investigated 2,048 cases of suspected abuse and neglect in nursing homes or other long term facilities … Read the Rest
Kentucky House Committee Approves Bill that Would Improve Nursing Home Residents’ Oral Health
Posted in Featured Articles on March 29, 2012Last week, the Kentucky House Health and Welfare Committee unanimously passed a bill that would take steps to ensure all nursing home residents in the state had improved daily access to oral health. The bill requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to collaborate with the schools of … Read the Rest
Meth Lab Fire in Ohio Nursing Home Kills One
Posted in Nursing Home Violations on March 27, 2012A fire broke out March 4 in Park Haven Home, a nursing home in Ashtabula, Ohio, killing one person and injuring at least six others. Four people were hospitalized while two were treated at the scene. Police investigators discovered that the fire was the result of a meth lab explosion and expect … Read the Rest
C Diff Infections Problem in Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Featured Articles on March 23, 2012Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed medicines used to treat nursing home patients for infections. But the same medicine can become dangerous, and sometimes deadly. In fact, elderly patients with illnesses or conditions requiring prolonged use of antibiotics are at a high risk of … Read the Rest
Nursing Assistant Convicted After Posting Resident Photos on Facebook
Posted in Nursing Home Violations on March 14, 2012Nai Mai Chao, age 26, a former certified nursing assistant at Regency Pacific Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gresham, OR, was convicted of invasion of personal privacy last week after posting disturbing photos of residents at the nursing home on Facebook, according to news reports. The … Read the Rest
Bowling Green Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers Blast Bid to Route Lawsuits through Review Panels
Posted in Featured Articles on March 8, 2012Bowling Green, KY, March 01, 2012 – Bowling Green nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers J. Marshall Hughes and Lee Coleman today blasted a bill that would require malpractice lawsuits against nursing homes to be reviewed by a panel before a court. The bill, H.B. 361, would require all … Read the Rest
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