There is some good news today on pressure ulcers. Advancing Excellence is a national campaign to improve the quality of nursing homes. The group just announced, on its 2 year anniversary, that of its members’ residents 11.4% suffered from pressure ulcers. The national average is 12.1%. This means the campaign reduced the rate of pressure [...]
Arbitration clauses are one-sided, non-consensual agreements found in nursing home admission agreements (i.e. contracts) that waive a person’s right to a jury trial. They are a take-it or leave-it proposition in that a family either must sign the agreement or forgo skilled nursing home care for their loved one. Multiple studies have shown these agreements [...]
A local New York paper just reported a certified nursing assistant (CNA) is facing criminal charges for “hitting, grabbing and punching the visually and dementia-impaired woman … leaving her with a broken collarbone and facial bruising.” The other nursing home staff noticed the injuries the next morning and immediately notified the administrator. The [...]
The Associated Press is reporting the family of a 69 year-old nursing home resident filed a lawsuit against a nursing home for failing to protect her from a 21 year-old mentally ill (bi-polar) resident. The lawsuit alleges the 21 year-old displayed aggressive sexual frustration and was a convicted felon. The sexual frustration “diagnosis” appeared in [...]
Tennessee local news reports authorities are investigating the death of a 46 year old woman who was in a nursing home following what we presumably a catastrophic car accident. The medical examiner went so far as to draw the conclusion the dehydration was from “poor treatment.”
David’s comments: According to one of my favorite authors/nurse who [...]
The US News and World Report just compiled its top ten best and worst states for nursing home in the United States. It ranked Georgia nursing homes second worst, behind Louisiana which had the number 1 spot. The magazine created its list by examining the percentage of nursing homes in each state that received the [...]
The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting a nursing home patient died while in the home’s care for rehab post hip surgery. The patient had fallen one time, so he was a known fall risk. The nursing home put a monitor on him which notified the staff whenever he got out of bed. The patient got [...]