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Grim Statistics For Nursing Home Residents Who Suffer Hip Fractures

June 27, 2014

In an article appearing in this week’s online edition (June 23, 2014) of JAMA Internal Medicine, it was reported that among the Medicare population studied who suffered a hip fracture, 13% died within three months, 24% died within twelve months, and only 50% of those who survived at least six [...]

Nursing Home Rape

May 10, 2014

On May 7, 2014, a 24-year-old certified nursing assistant (“CNA”) employed at a Massachusetts nursing home was arraigned on four felony counts – two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of battery – with regard to the alleged rape of a 69-year-old fema[...]

17 New York Nursing Home Employees Criminally Charged With Neglect

April 29, 2014

The New York Attorney General announced last week that 17 employees of a Buffalo, New York nursing home (eight nurses and nine certified nursing assistants) have been charged with falsifying business records in the first degree (a class E felony), endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physi[...]

NY Nursing Home Hidden Camera Results In Criminal Charges Against 10

March 27, 2014

A loving son who was concerned that his father was being harmed in a New York nursing home took the bold step of placing a concealed camera in his father’s nursing home room to monitor and document the care (or lack of care) his father was receiving. The recordings from the hidden camera [...]

Two Nursing Home Aides Charged With Striking 96-Year-old Resident

March 19, 2014

Two 18-year-old certified nursing assistants at a nursing home located in Illinois have been charged with battery for an alleged incident that occurred on March 11, 2014, at which time it is charged that the two aides struck a 96-year-old resident who suffered from dementia, laughing as they recor[...]

Statistics Regarding Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

March 5, 2014

Nursing homes are increasingly incorporating arbitration agreements into admission documents signed by incoming residents that require claims arising out of the care (or the lack of care) at the nursing home to be arbitrated instead of being filed in court and tried before a jury. By agreeing ah[...]

Risk Of Nursing Home Fall Injuries Increases With SSRI Use

October 21, 2012

A British study regarding the use of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) for nursing home residents has shown an association between the use of SSRIs and an increased risk of falls causing injuries in nursing homes, with the risk increasing as the dose is increased. The study also s[...]

Connecticut Nursing Home Workers On Strike

August 22, 2012

Approximately 600 workers at five nursing homes in Connecticut that are owned by HealthBridge Management have been on strike since July 3, 2012. The unionized workers walked off their jobs after the nursing homes’ owner implemented major changes that the workers considered to be very detrimen[...]

One In Five New Nursing Home Residents Fall In First Thirty Days

June 30, 2012

A recently published study that reviewed data from Medicare and Medicaid involving more than 230,000 new nursing home residents in almost 10,000 nursing homes throughout the United States during 2006 found that 21% of them fell at least one time during their first 30 days in the nursing home. Falls[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infected Bedsores Leading To Death

May 4, 2012

A Colorado medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $3.2 million in favor of the family of an 88-year-old-man in a nursing home who died from infected bedsores, one of which was the size of a baseball, that were allegedly not properly treated. The nursing home that is responsib[...]

Inappropriate Use Of Anti-Psychotic Medications In Nursing Homes

May 3, 2012

Federal data recently reviewed by a major newspaper pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request reveals that the inappropriate use of anti-psychotic medications for nursing home residents is rampant. Anti-psychotic medications are typically used in the treatment of severe mental disorders suc[...]

Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse: What A Hidden Camera Revealed

April 20, 2012

In a disgusting and very disturbing case of nursing home abuse caught on camera, two Oklahoma nursing home caregivers responsible for the care of a 96-year-old resident were allegedly caught on video abusing the woman: one was seen hitting the woman in the face with rubber gloves and placing the gl[...]

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