A nursing home has been cited for the death of a patient after leaving the patient unattended in a lift. The patient was left in her room on a mobile toilet for privacy. However, leaving her unattended violated the manufacturer's guidelines stating no one should ever be left alone on the lift. While the patient was left unattended, the toilet rolled out from under her as the nursing home staff had not locked the wheels.

A 73-year-old male nursing home patient had a high fall risk and the danger of sustaining injury during sliding board transfers, of which the nursing home was aware. On November 7, 2012, the patient fell at the nursing home facility when a single CNA was transferring him using a sliding board. After the November 7, 2012 fall, the nursing home was to ensure that the patient would be assisted during all sliding board transfers by two members of the nursing home’s staff and that a gait belt would b…

On September 17, 2009, an 87-year-old female nursing home patient began having loose stools. Over the next two months, the patient continued to suffer from C.diff diarrhea, which the nursing home failed timely to diagnose. The nursing home improperly administered Imodium to the patient in response to her diarrhea.During the time of care, the patient was also a high fall risk based on her history of falls, unsteady gait, muscle weakness, use of assistive devices, diuretic medications, cardio…

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home for allowing a patient to suffer multiple fractures causing loss of mobility, including inability to walk or use her right arm. This incident follows three wrongful death lawsuits filed against the same nursing home care provider. The cause of the incidents at the facilities are being related to lack of staffing to provide proper care.“[The patient] suffered multiple preventable falls including one which caused a fracture of her left arm, malnouris…

An 81-year-old patient was admitted to a nursing home on March 18, 2009. On admission, he was known by the defendants to be a high fall risk due to an unsteady gait and weakness and poor safety while ambulating, among other medical conditions and limitations.On March 21, 2009, the patient was permitted by the nursing home to fall in his bathroom. The patient was found in the bathroom floor.

A nursing home employee pleaded guilty to assaulting a nursing home patient. The patient was assaulted but could not identify the perpetrator by name, although she knew it was a nursing home employee. A police investigation and forensics led to a nursing assistant on staff as the attacker. The nursing home employee was charged by a grand jury with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and official misconduct.