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
I saw this article on another website discussing the recent Cornell University study on physical abuse between residents. Resident on resident abuse is underreported and mismanaged in the nursing home setting and most likely caused Physical abuse in a nursing home may include staff or other residents. According to a Cornell University Study, resident-on-resident violence
Incident/Accident Reports Incident reports are generated in the regular course of business of the nursing home any time there is an unusual occurrence related to a resident. These are required to be created both by DHEC and by OBRA, and any incident report should list any and all witnesses to an incident or occurrence, as