DL Online reports that the Bethesda Heritage Center Nursing Home has been cited by the state of Minnesota for neglect following the death of one of its residents. The resident, who had chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, was not to be…
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Keeping a Loved One in a Nursing Home Safe From Coronavirus
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the family of a recently deceased 90 year old resident of the Franciscan Villa nursing home is suing the home over the resident’s rape. The lawsuit asserts that when another resident had tried to…
CNN reports that a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services has revealed that 1 in 7 hospitalized Medicare patients is harmed by a treatment mistake. Three common sources of error, the study shows, are excessive bleeding…
Ultimate Spring reports that a Spring, Texas man is suing the Villa Toscana at Cypress Woods nursing home over the death of his father. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home failed to provide appropriate catheter care, administer his medications,…
The Star Tribune reports that the city of St. Paul, Minnesota has instituted a new department within its police force entirely devoted to the investigation of elder abuse. Currently the department consists of only one full-time officer, but the city…
WUSA9.com reports that a lawsuit has been brought against the Potomac Center Nursing Home of Arlington, Virginia in which eleven employees have been indicted for the abuse of a resident. The lawsuit has been brought by the resident’s wife, who…
The Star Tribune reports that a second former nurse’s aid from the Good Samaritan Society Albert Lea has plead guilty to three gross misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges. The case, which is being handled by the Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, was…
The Star Tribune reports that the Lake Winona Manor nursing home of Winona, Minnesota has been cited by the state for forcing care upon a resident who didn’t want it. A nurse mistakenly believed that the resident had not had…
The Globe and Mail reports that the administrator of the Muskoka Heights Retirement Home has been fined $65,000 over a fire last January that killed two residents and critically injured several others. The early morning fire quickly grew out of…