Wisconsin Medical Malpractice In Nursing Homes
May 27, 2012
A recent article concerning medical malpractice in Wisconsin nursing homes and the fines that were imposed on some of the nursing homes due to medical malpractice incidents sheds some light on the kinds of medical malpractice that may occur in nursing homes. In the past, it has been difficult to o[...]
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Iowa Nursing Home Fall Results In $15,000 State Fine
May 20, 2012
State nursing home regulators in Iowa have announced that a nursing home in Washington, Iowa has been fined $15,000 as a result of an investigation into a resident’s fall at the nursing home. According to the report of the investigation, the employees of the nursing home were enjoying a Christ[...]
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$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes
May 14, 2012
A company that provides drugs to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities recently settled federal civil claims against it that alleged that the company dispensed drugs to nursing homes without proper prescriptions for the medications. The $50 million settlement involves allegations that th[...]
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New Jersey Nursing Home Abuse Caught On Video
May 5, 2012
In one of the most disturbing and frightful examples of nursing home violence against a nursing home resident that was caught on video, an 87-year-old paralyzed woman was shown being struck violently and cursed at by the very aides who were supposed to be providing her with necessary care. Th[...]
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Sexual Abuse Of Nursing Home Resident Alleged In Minnesota
March 26, 2012
A disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a nursing home resident in Minnesota is even more egregious because the former nursing home staff member had been investigated for prior alleged incidences of sexual abuse in other nursing homes. Minnesota officials investigated the sexual abuse allegatio[...]
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Nursing Home Wandering And Elopement
March 23, 2012
Some residents of nursing homes have cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease that make them more prone to wandering or elopement, both of which can result in life-threatening injuries or even death. Wandering may be defined as straying into unsafe territories. Wandering may be eithe[...]
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California Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal
March 19, 2012
A 77-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, who had been married to her 81-year-old husband for 60 years, was admitted into a California nursing home for care so that she could recover from pneumonia. At the time of her admission to the nursing home, it was known that the woman was prone to chronic[...]
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Michigan Medical Malpractice Leads To Broken Neck
February 11, 2012
A 90-year-old World War II vet who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor balance was supposed to never be left unattended where he could possibly fall. Unfortunately, a privately contracted nursing aide negligently left the man sitting on the edge of his bed when she left his room to obtain a piec[...]
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U.S. Government Alleges Kentucky Nursing Home Committed Fraud
January 17, 2012
In a complaint filed by the U.S. government against a Kentucky nursing home chain and its owners, it is alleged that the Kentucky nursing home fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid $16 million for worthless services and care that was so grossly deficient and abusive that it caused “egregio[...]
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