The family of Florence Pierpoint, a 79-year old nursing home patient who was killed while in the care of a Tacoma nursing home, filed a lawsuit after a medical examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by a morphine overdose. The complaint includes charges that the facility’s staff failed to administer medications according to the physician’s orders and
It is horrible how the U.S government treats war veterans. This article discuss how a Phoenix, Az nursing home for veterans was cited for negligence because of mismanagement and understaffing. State review blames staffing shortage for nursing home troubles. A state government-run nursing home for veterans suffered from staffing shortages, poor morale and mismanagement. The
When two residents at a nursing home in Santa Cruz got eviction notices last March, they decided to fight them. They called Linda Robinson of Advocacy Inc., a Santa Cruz nonprofit, to help them file appeals with the state Department of Health Services. A little more than a year later, the issue is being resolved
A new report shows that Medicaid programs are failing to deliver adequate medical services to the low-income populations they were designed to serve including nursing home residents. The non-profit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen issued a report ranking Medicaid programs by how they met and surpassed federal mandates in four categories: eligibility, scope of services,
Georgetown police could not find any physical evidence to corroborate one of the recent complaints filed against Georgetown Healthcare and Rehab in Maryville. In March, police were called to the facility after a resident said he was choked by a nurse. The incident happened in December but he waited to report it because he was “in
The nursing home industry and insurance lobbyists have fought (and continue to fight) to limit the duties of nursing homes in conducting background checks on employees. It is ridiculous. Background checks are cheap and quick in the computer age even with the high turnover rate of employees. Look at this story where a nursing home