The Chicago Tribune has a story about the suspicious deaths possibly caused by morphine overdose at a nursing home. McHenry County prosecutors acknowledge the suspicious deaths at the Woodstock Residence nursing home in Woodstock have been difficult to pursue. Three bodies were exhumed last year, and tissue samples were sent to a Pennsylvania lab for
The L.A. Times has an incredible story that is far too common in today’s nursing home industry. Rita Kittower buried her husband last month. She had bade a tearful goodbye to her mate of 49 years, who had passed away in an exclusive assisted living facility in Calabasas. “He just stopped breathing,” Kittower said she
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 an article about a self described “nursing home survivor” who relays his experience in a nursing home. Below are excerpts of his article. I was an industrial electrician by trade, trained to evaluate current flows and make connections between positives and negatives. Get shocked once and you’ll never grab a live wire again.
A family whose mother passed away two years ago after spending just a month in a nursing home says her death should not have happened then and now they’re asking for help. “She walked, talked, could eat on her own,” said Arnold Trevino, remembering his mother before she checked in,” he said, “when she left
This story really upset me. I can’t imagine the excuses the nursing home will use to explain this neglect away. Florida police began investigating why an 82-year-old man from the University Center West nursing home was so severely neglected, he ended up in the hospital. The man was taken to the hospital suffering chest pains