A nursing home administrator has been arrested on charges of having knowledge of sexual abuse and failing to report it. The arrest came after an employee was accused of rape. He was also arrested and charged with rape, sexual abuse, and sodomy. The sexual abuse is under ongoing investigation by the police department.
One state lawmaker is proposing a bill that may increase quality patient care in nursing homes. Currently, there are no federal regulations for establishing how many caregivers must be employed at a nursing home facility. Some patient advocates and regulators believe the low employment and under-staffing translates to poor care for patients.
There are new criminal charges for former employees of a nursing home accused of abusing and neglecting two elderly residents. The indictments for these former employees were presented in 2014, but the prosecuting attorney amended the charges just recently following new information.There were several staff who witnessed or knew about the alleged abuse yet failed to report or obstruct the acts, according to state inspection records. Some witnesses reported the incidents were permitted to continue…
Four hospitals in one state have recently been penalized for “too many preventable readmissions” according to guidelines set by Medicare and Medicaid programs. In exchange for keeping health and safety standards high, many hospitals nationwide receive large reimbursements from the government programs. This reimbursement permits the compensation of medical costs which are not paid for by patients with private insurance.When certain adverse health conditions from patients are present, …
There will be a Senate hearing held in March regarding the events and prevention of nursing home abuse and neglect. The chairman of the committee stated he remains concerned about the quality of care for “our most vulnerable citizens.” The chairman also expressed his horror from recent reports of a mentally incapacitated nursing home patient who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a worker.A member of the Department of Justice and a member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …
According to the family of a man who died from an infected decubitus ulcer, the nursing home staff is to blame for his preventable death. The patient was a resident of the nursing home for two years and was just 57 years old. The pending lawsuit states that the massive infection resulted in septic shock, which ultimately killed him.In addition to the lawsuit, the state’s Attorney General indicted several facility staff with involuntary manslaughter charges.
