Journal of Clinical Nursing has an article about a recent study linking the use of sleeping pills containing benzodiazepines to increase falls in nursing homes. Older patients taking benzodiazepines were 2.9 times more likely to fall Obviously, patients who fall suffer severe injuries. Some older patients have impaired cognitive function or limited functional ability and physical
Studies show a significant decline in quality of nursing home care for blacks compared to whites. Elderly black Americans in nursing homes get worse care than that enjoyed by their white counterparts. “If you’re black, you’re much more likely to get your care in a nursing home that’s not so good, relative to nursing homes that
Extending Life, Waiting for Death at Nursing Home in Florida Review by Dave Shiflett Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Growing old isn’t for sissies. Anyone who doubts that should tune into “Andrew Jenks, Room 335,” which airs on Cinemax tomorrow at 7 p.m. New York time. The 90-minute film about life and death at a Florida
Woman admits stealing from Hyde Park nursing home January 14, 2008 A former employee of a nursing home faces prison after admitting in court today she stole more than $8,000 from a resident of the home. Melissa Johnson acknowledged she had stolen the money by using the woman’s debit card between February and August 2006.
Family of man who disappeared sues Gooding nursing home. The family of a man who allegedly wandered away from the Idaho nursing home five years ago has sued thecorporation that operates the facility. In the lawsuit filed on behalf of Magic Valley Manor resident John Henry Davis allege the home and Northwest Bec-Corp didn’t supervise
Indiana Court awarded damages to nursing home whistleblower. A whistleblower who claimed she was fired in retaliation for reporting an employee who was sexually abusing a patient at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Colfax recieved $17,000. Earlier the state fined Heritage for failing to report the suspected abuse to the state public health department. Judge
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