Santa Cruz Sentinel has an article about the tragedy that is all too common for many nursing home residents. Nursing homes fail to train on what DNR status means, and far too often simple care is not provided that would save a resident’s life. Below are excerpts from the article. The Tragedy: On Sept. 11,
Warren Wolfe of the Star Tribune in St. Paul, Mn. wrote a great article on the overuse of medications in the nursing home population. Thousands of nursing homes nationwide are using powerful antipsychotic drugs to quiet disruptive people with mild dementia — at times a step that’s easier and cheaper than training staff to fix the problem.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed a lawsuit against a Fort Worth assisted living center, claiming its manager threatened residents with a hammer, withheld food and locked some of them out of the building at night. Abbott says the alleged abuse took place at the Oasis Village assisted living facility, located in Fort Worth’s
The Naplenews had a frightening article about a recent lawsuit that chronicles severe neglect of a resident. Sophie Arvigo moved into Lakeside Pavilion Nursing Home in Naples. After several years there, her care and treatment took a dramatic turn for the worse. There was neglect that led to painful and humiliating medical problems, and traumatic
The Chicago Tribune has a story about the suspicious deaths possibly caused by morphine overdose at a nursing home. McHenry County prosecutors acknowledge the suspicious deaths at the Woodstock Residence nursing home in Woodstock have been difficult to pursue. Three bodies were exhumed last year, and tissue samples were sent to a Pennsylvania lab for
The L.A. Times has an incredible story that is far too common in today’s nursing home industry. Rita Kittower buried her husband last month. She had bade a tearful goodbye to her mate of 49 years, who had passed away in an exclusive assisted living facility in Calabasas. “He just stopped breathing,” Kittower said she
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