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.
The Associate Press had this story today. Fifty-six nursing homes are among the worst in their states and are being called out in an effort to goad them into providing proper patient care. Lawmakers and advocacy groups complain that too many facilities get cited for serious deficiencies but don’t make adequate improvement, or do so only temporarily.
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
I saw this article about a woman who was a resident of a Tennessee nursing home where they found maggots in her ear. How could this happen? Who is checking her? It is disgusting and unacceptable. I’m surprised the facility isn’t claiming it is part of her care and treatment! A Health Department investigation revealed that
Although there is a concern regarding privacy issues, many families use hidden video cameras to document neglect by nursing home employees. These cameras are useful especially when the nursing home denies neglect or fails to supervise employees apporpriately. I ran across an article that illustates my point perfectly. An ex-employee of a Rochester nursing home