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“Attempted” Neglect?

An Ohio news station, NBC 4, reported that a local nursing supervisor have been found guilty of attempted neglect at a Woodsfield nursing home.  What the heck is “attempted” neglect? Kathy Schwaben was employed at Monroe County Care Center when she neglected to assist an injured resident.  The resident was injured when she was a

Investigation finds neglect and cover up

Four women were in a Louisville courtroom Tuesday morning answering to charges from manslaughter to tampering with evidence and perjury. This after a resident died from falling from her wheelchair.  The hearing was nothing more than a formality. It lasted less than five minutes and four not guilty pleas were entered. But it is a case of life

Rape trial of 98 year old resident

This article is very disturbing.  I cannot believe that the nursing home did not recognize this obvious sociopath. A Victorian nursing home employee accused of pinning down a 98-year-old dementia patient “like an animal” and raping her was just doing his job, according to his defense lawyer.   Henry Alexander, 35, of Mount Martha, is accused

HIPAA law being misused by health care providers

The NY Times has an interesting article about how health care providers misuse HIPAA to conceal medical mistakes or neglect from family members. An emergency room nurse told Gerard Nussbaum he could not stay with his father-in-law while the elderly man was being treated after a stroke. Another nurse threatened Mr. Nussbaum with arrest for

Allegations of cover up

Article published Mar 22, 2006 Ex-nursing chief sues White Oak Manor RACHEL E. LEONARD, Staff Writer A former nursing director at a Spartanburg long-term care facility is seeking court relief on claims she was fired for refusing to help cover up a medication error that sent a resident into a brain-damaging insulin shock. Management at

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