North Carolina’s MyFox8 reported that Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation in Thomasville paid a reduced fine for unsafe staffing. 100 patients only had three caregivers in January of 2022. An investigation found that patients were neglected. Many hospitalized. Two dead. The fine was reduced to a measly $126,000. The for profit parent company of Pine Ridge Health
CBS News reported another reckless and fatal poisoning at a nursing home. An Atria nursing home in Walnut Creek failed to keep residents’ safe. The facility rushed Albert Canoun to the emergency room after allowing him to ingest a cleaning solution. Employees at first blamed his change of condition and negative reaction to eating “spicy
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said two employees at the Whitten Center assisted living facility abused residents. SLED arrested Lila Denise Kerson and Lasheba Tijuandra Turner for an incident on Christmas day in 2022. According to the arrest warrants, Kerson abused the vulnerable adult. She pushed the victim’s head on the ground, stomped and kicked
McKnight’s reported that workforce housing is a new way to attract or retain caregivers at nursing homes. Nursing homes can provide housing in nearby affordable apartments. Many nursing homes in expensive areas need to do this to attract low-wage earners. The latest to create this employee benefit is Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Navigator Homes of Martha’s
AARP reminded us that the abuse of psychotropic medications on vulnerable residents in nursing homes are dangerous. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General issued a damning report. Eight in 10 elderly nursing home residents on Medicare were prescribed psychiatric drugs. Almost a million residents per year placed at risk of unnecessary
The Denver Post reported another tragic and preventable death of a nursing home resident. Mary Staub froze to death on the sidewalk outside the nursing home. The temperature was around 15 degrees when the caregivers at Balfour at Lavendar Farms senior living facility in Louisville allowed Staub to leave unsupervised and unattended wearing a nightgown,
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