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Nursing Home Medical Malpractice — Not Just A Problem In The U.S.

February 7, 2012

Nursing home medical malpractice is not just a phenomenon in the United States. Other countries have to deal with the consequences of medical malpractice that occur in nursing homes. As an example, a disturbing case of nursing home malpractice in the United Kingdom, resulting in an 83-year-old m[...]

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want To Restrict Nursing Home Malpractice Damages

January 22, 2012

The Pennsylvania House narrowly passed a bill this week that would restrict the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded as a result of nursing home neglect or abuse. Passed by a vote of 103 to 89, the proposed legislation would restrict the amount of punitive damages to no more than 200[...]

Most Hospital Medical Malpractice Events Are Unreported

January 14, 2012

A new report regarding a study of Medicare patients who were injured in hospitals found that only one in seven hospital errors were reported. And when the medical errors and hospital accidents were reported and subsequently investigated, hospitals rarely changed their practi[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Places High Value On Life

December 22, 2011

An 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease died as a result of dehydration and renal failure in a West Virginia nursing home, allegedly due to medical malpractice at the negligent nursing home where she had been a patient for only 20 days. The medical malpractice l[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nursing Home Suffocation Death

December 20, 2011

A nursing home stay after surgery or major medical treatment is sometimes necessary for the patient to receive inpatient rehabilitation services such as physical therapy and/or occupational therapy before the patient is well enough to return home (many nursing homes also provide long-term care fo[...]

Drugging Our Nursing Home Elderly: Is It Medical Malpractice?

December 6, 2011

In testimony before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging on November 30, 2011, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) provided chilling evidence that elderly nursing home patients with dementia are being given antipsychotic drugs for reason[...]

Texas Example Of A Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Claim

November 18, 2011

Nursing homes provide medical care to residents who need such care for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care. When nursing homes negligently fail to provide necessary care, or negligently provide care that they are required to provide to residents, then the nursing homes may be subject to med[...]

Medicare And Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF” = Nursing Homes)

August 15, 2011

Some Basic Concepts In order to participate in Medicare, a skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) must comply with the participation requirements in the federal law known as 42 C.F.R. Sections 483.1-483.75 (C.F.R. stands for Code of Federal Regulations). Compliance with these requirements [...]

MML Rants And Raves No. 010: Nursing Homes: A Loss Of Control, A Loss Of Dignity

June 9, 2011

A gracious, intelligent, elegant, gainfully employed, lively woman in her early 80s who looks and acts much younger has unplanned major surgery, resulting in deconditioning and weakness requiring a transfer to a long-term care facility (i.e., a nursing home) with the promise and expectation of a[...]

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