Residents at a nursing home in Idaho are alleging the facility is neglecting its residents and has failed to provide hot water for nine days. A new water pump was ordered Thursday when hot water went out at the home. Hot water was available in the home’s kitchen and laundry room. The hot water was temporarily
Here is another article about a nursing home’s failure to prevent a resident from falling and then failing to intervene or inform the family. The family was never told that their 60-year-old mother had broken both legs in a fall and died of complications. Eventually, the family discovered the horrific details. Their mother, Linda Ober, had
Here’s an interesting little article about the former director of operations for Beverly LIving Centers in one of the midwestern states. “Ken Williston,” as he’s called in the article, says he was the representative of the national office, and assisted nursing home administrators in meeting the company’s clinical and financial goals. Seems he realized that Beverly
Theres an article out of Lafayette, Louisiana about short staffing which points out that short staffing can lead to abuse and neglect in more ways than one. Typically, we think that short staffing leads to poor care because of the high patient to staff ratio, or because of employee stress, but this article points out
Attorney for Amel Trezza asked the jury to compensate for his wrongful death at a nursing home which occurred on May 31, 2001. The total verdict in the case regarding nursing home negligence amounted to $2,522,232.08. The total monetary figure makes the case the largest nursing home negligence case in Connecticut history. Amel Trezza died on May
I read an article today about the death of a resident caused by the improper transfer by the nursing home staff. Falls are always so dificult for the elderly to survive. the injuries cause by falls can lead to immobility, pain, and demntia. Preventing falls should be a high priority but often isn’t. Training and
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