A study published online on March 16, 2017 in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery analyzed the incidence of facial injuries (facial trauma) in nursing home residents in the United States. The study found that there were 109,795… Read More
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Medicare Statistics Regarding Nursing Home Adverse Events And Associated Costs
In its February 2014 report entitled, “Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) reported on its medical records review of 362 Medicare beneficiaries conducted… Read More
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Nursing Home Claims Characteristics
The results of a study reported in 2011 regarding nursing home claims made against nursing homes operated by the five largest nursing home chains in the United States (for the period from 2000 through 2006 for one of the nursing home chains,… Read More
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Report Finds California Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse Are Rampant
In a report issued on July 17, 2012 involving a review of fourteen California nursing homes investigated by California’s Operation Guardians, it was reported that there were wide-spread problems involving residents having bed sores (pressure ulcers) that were under-reported and under-treated, as well as… Read More
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$90.5 Million West Virginia Nursing Home Verdict Challenged
On June 28, 2012, the lawyers for the parties in a nursing home negligence case that resulted in a jury verdict in the amount of $90.5 million ($10 million for the alleged wrongful death of a nursing home resident and $80… Read More
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Las Vegas $4.5 Million Arbitration Award For Nursing Home Claim
A medical malpractice case filed against a Las Vegas, Nevada nursing home that alleged that medical malpractice and abuse at the nursing home led to the death of a resident has resulted in an arbitration award in the amount of $4.5… Read More
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Two Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against California Nursing Home
A California nursing home in Northern California recently had two medical malpractice wrongful death cases filed against it for the deaths of two of its residents that occurred during 2011. Case No. 1 In the first case, a man was admitted into the… Read More
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Sexual Abuse Of Nursing Home Resident Alleged In Minnesota
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… Read More
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Nursing Home Wandering And Elopement
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…. Read More
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We’re Celebrating One Full Year Of Daily Blog Postings!
Well, we have reached a significant milestone — one complete year of our daily blog postings (we started daily posting in our Blog on March 5, 2011 and have posted every day since). When we first started to blog, we thought that it might… Read More
