Missouri Nursing Home Tube-Fed Resident Died From Overfeeding
October 7, 2017
The Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted from a survey of a Missouri nursing home that was conducted on August 14, 2017 stated that a resident died from overfeeding through t[...]
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$375K Ohio Nursing Home Negligence Settlement
October 4, 2017
A nursing home in Ohio has agreed to pay $375,000 to the family of an 83-year-old resident who died after she received 20 times more oxycodone than was ordered by her doctor, to settle the nursing home negligence claims. The woman died on July 7, 2015 after she received 500 mg of oxycodone over the [...]
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Minnesota Nursing Home Faulted For Resident’s Scalding Death
May 14, 2017
The Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Health Facility Complaints has issued an Investigative Report finding a local Minnesota nursing home guilty of nursing home neglect because it failed to provide a safe environment and adequate supervision for a resident who wandered into the facilityR[...]
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Dangers Of Coumadin For Nursing Homes Residents
August 12, 2015
On July 17, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a memo to state health departments warning of the danger of misuse of the common blood-thinner Coumadin for nursing home residents, requesting that state health inspectors pay increased attention to errors by nursing homes in m[...]
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