A German nursing home has developed a new technique to prevent demented patients from wandering away (eloping) from the facility — a fake bus stop.  The facility, a local care association, and the town’s public transportation system together built a fake bus stop…

Severe pressure ulcers (pressure sores, bed sores, decubitus ulcers) develop in nursing homes and assisted living facilities far too frequently.  Pressure ulcers used to be photographed by long term care facilities as a matter of policy when a patient was admitted with an ulcer, when…

Patients in nursing homes attack each other much more frequently than previously believed, according to the results of a recent study from Cornell University.  Verbal and physical confrontations between patients were among the most frequent forms of physical and verbal abuse between residents.  Screaming was…

I read a sad “story” online this morning.  The story concerned an 83-year-old patient of an assisted living facility who was allowed just before lunch this past Tuesday to leave the facility.  He was reported later by the facility and police to be missing.  The story did…

A nurse who worked at the Eden Park Nursing Home was recently convicted of possession of a controlled substance and given a suspended sentence of six to 12 months in jail after she tested positive for oxycodone.  She must serve 15 days on a work crew,…

A bill introduced yesterday in the United States House of Representatives would make it illegal for nursing homes to require that binding arbitration clauses be signed by current and prospective patients before care-related disputes arise.  “This legislation will not prohibit arbitration [after a dispute…