(Data are for U.S. for year indicated) Number of nursing homes: 18,000 Number of beds: 1.9 million Number of current residents: 1.6 million Average length of stay (current resident): 892 days Number of discharged residents: 2.5 million Average length of stay (discharged resident): 272 days Occupancy rate: 87 percent Source: The National Nursing Home Survey:
Wrong Insulin Dose, Other Neglect Results In $1.05 Million Nursing Home Verdict By Gregory Froom The estate of a diabetic woman whose blood sugar plummeted after she was injected with another patient’s insulin has won a $1.05 million verdict against the Upstate nursing home where she resided. The estate claimed that the 85-year-old patient suffered
Estate Settles Nursing Home Neglect Claim Over Dehydration Plaintiffs Claimed Facility Failed To Address Fluid Intake, Urinary Infection $300,000 Mediated Settlement Principal injuries (in order of severity): Dehydration, malnutrition and UTI causing death. County where tried or settled: York Case Name and Number: Barley et al. v. White Oak Manor – York, Inc. et al.,
Weighing The ‘Family Factor’ In Nursing Home Neglect Cases By Michael Dayton Before heading to trial with a nursing home neglect action, Spartanburg attorney Gary W. Poliakoff offers this advice: think about the family. “The family factor is more unique to nursing homes than other kinds of cases,” Poliakoff told Lawyers Weekly. “A loving family