Below is an excerpt from a great article from Dallas News about family councils in Texas. The relatives of Texas nursing home residents have discovered there’s strength in numbers. Emboldened by a new state law, they’ve begun to organize more “family councils” at their nursing homes to advocate for better care. “My mother was the
There is a great article about the use of the game Wii to help residents with socialization and physical therapyin nursing homes. Wii-hab is the name of the game sweeping nursing homes across the region. Morrell Nursing & Rehab Center in Hartsville and Bethea Baptist in Darlington are among the long-term care facilities taking part
Randy Ellis staff writer for NewsOk.com has a sad story about a neglected resident who did not get questions or compensation because the nursing home had no assets and no liability insurance. Below are excerpts of the story: The story refers to a family who received a telephone call that their mother had been injured at The
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wrote an editorial about the nursing home industry. We have included it below. Recent revelations of shameless self-dealing, massive mismanagement and substandard care at one of the state’s largest nursing home chains, Haven Healthcare, have rightly shocked the public. Haven, which operates 15 nursing homes in the state, received tens
The News & Observer of Raleigh has an interseting article about the “new philosophy” of limiting or preventing nursing home residents from being in a wheelchair as long as the resident wants. The article argues that older people’s health, mobility and self-image can suffer from too much time in wheelchairs. More than 24,000 North Carolina
I realize that this post might be a bit off topic but it shows the arrogance of insurance companies and their contempt and disdain for the rule of law. Nursing home attorneys routinely see this when the insurance companies refuse to provide nursing home records or when they state an elderly resident’s life is not
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