The Charlotte News & Observer had a great article on how the culture of nursing homes are changing. Hopefully, for the better. This culture change is long over due and is desperately needed in most nursing homes. Instead of a hospital-style nurses’ station, staff members talk with residents in an area that looks like a
Newstranscript.com had a recent article about an application filed by the Village for Health Care and Rehabilitation of Workman’s Circle for a new and different type of long term care facility. Plans call for the construction of a twostory skilled care nursing facility containing 152 beds for long-term care and sub-acute care (short-term rehabilitation) on
The Dallas News had an article about the new “Green” nursing homes that have been built. The article explains how these new homes have changed the resident’s attitudes about being placed in a nursing home. Residents and family members report other “miracles” at Holly House and its sister nursing home, Hawthorne House, which Dallas-based Buckner
Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Granger in Dallas County, was fined $7,500. Recently, investigators with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals looked into allegations that employees at the home were attempting to get rid of an unnamed elderly resident’s cat. The woman told inspectors someone had taken her cat and put it
A recent Cornell University study reports aggression is commonplace in nursing homes–between residents themselves and between residents and employees of the nursing home. Verbal and physical abuse is more common than the industry acknowledges. In an online report with McKnight’s Long Term Care News, the study documents many observations made at a city-based nursing home
A new article, ‘Torts Provide Best Relief for Nursing Home Residents,’ is now available free from Clifford Law Offices web site at http://www.cliffordlaw.com. The Chicago law office is posting legal articles on their website in an effort to educate the public about legal matters. Torts Provide Best Relief for Nursing Home Residents A man in