A patient who was blind and an amputee was being transported by the defendant hospital’s medical transport vehicle. During the transport, the transport driver without warning slammed on the brakes and came to an abrupt stop. The patient, who was not properly secured in the back of the transport vehicle, was thrown to the floor of the transport from her wheelchair.

An elderly female nursing home patient was, on admission to the nursing home, a high fall risk. After admission of the nursing home, the patient had been permitted to fall on no less than ten separate occasions. As a result of the tenth fall, the patient sustained a right hip fracture, for which surgery was required.

Federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit accusing a nursing home of providing “services that were worthless” and that resulted in the death of five residents.The prosecutors seek reimbursement of Medicare and Medicaid funding from the 140-bed facility. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by submitting bills for reimbursement for poor resident care. The nursing home could face stiff fines if convicted.

According to a recent study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife (an affiliate of Harvard Medical School), nursing home residents taking certain antidepressant medications are at an increased risk of falling in the days following the start of a new prescription or a dose increase of their current drug.  The study found that nursing home residents are five times more likely to fall within two days of a new prescription for or an increased dose of a some antidepressants. T…

Autopsy results have revealed that an 86-year-old nursing home resident’s death was caused by brain injuries due to an assault, according to officials.  The elderly woman who died Thursday in the hospital was said to have fallen at the nursing home, but an autopsy revealed her injuries were likely due to an assault not a fall, according to the medical examiner’s office. The facility administrator commented that they had not yet been contacted by Police regarding the resident’s death.  …

A woman who was found unresponsive outside her nursing home Tuesday evening likely died from the heat, the county coroner said. The 57-year-old woman was found on the grounds of the nursing home. It is believed that she got out of the facility and had been outside around an hour.