Yet another report on a caregiver who got caught stealing patients’ pain medication in Minnesota. In this case, according to a December 2nd Star Tribune report, a nurse employed by Volunteers of America of Minnesota stole about 440 Percocet pills from three patients of an assisted-living facility in northeast Minneapolis….
Yet another report on a caregiver who got caught stealing patients’ pain medication in Minnesota. In this case, according to a December 2nd Star Tribune report, a nurse employed by Volunteers of America of Minnesota stole about 440 Percocet pills from three patients of an assisted-living facility in northeast Minneapolis. As a…
Two nursing assistants failed to properly strap a Minnesota nursing home resident into a mechanical lift, who fell from the suspended lift and suffered fatal head injuries, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health. She was a resident of the Divine Providence Health Center in Ivanhoe. According the MDH…
The Star Tribune reports that a resident of an Owatonna nursing home deprived its resident of crucial anxiety drug (lorazepam) for 10 days. Then the nursing home gave the resident 10 times the prescribed dosage. The resident died the next day. According to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health, the resident’s family members said that…
The Minnesota Department of Health recently investigated allegations of sexual abuse at the Augustana Healthcare Center of Minneapolis. The MDH reported that a male staff member fondled the resident’s penis and stated “you have a big one.” The victim told the MDH investigator that the employee played with the victim’s…
The Minnesota Department of Health has just reported yet another nursing home employee who stole patients’ Fentanyl narcotic pain patches. The multiple residents are patients at the Cook County Northshore Care Center in Grand Marais. According to the report, the nursing home’s administrative staff knew that the Fentanyl pain medication…
Martin Luther Care Center in Bloomington, Minnesota failed to monitor a resident’s surgical site for eight days, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health. The resident was admitted to the nursing home following surgery. The MDH found that during the first eight days the resident was in the facility,…
A resident of the Mahnomen Health Center died because the nursing home failed to follow his doctor’s orders, according to a resport by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The resident required pureed food only because of his risk of choking on solid food. According to the report, the Minnesota Department of…
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Three residents at a central Minnesota nursing home suffered burns between March 13 and April 11, due to the repeatedly neglect by a single nurse. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the affected patients were given an endangering mix of Biofreeze and hot packs, resulting in burns that ranged from…
