Fifteen nursing home patients had to be transported to a hospital after a fire broke out on the respiratory wing where a patient on oxygen was smoking in bed. The fire was fueled by the oxygen. Nursing home staff was…

In the past six weeks, two patients from the same nursing home were struck and killed by cars after they were permitted to wander away (elope) from the facility.  A 66-year-old patient was struck and killed at 8 pm earlier this week.  On Christmas Eve, a 73-year-old patient died…

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier today released a list  of nursing homes in Virginia and across the country that have been targeted for improvement in the areas of pressure ulcers (bed sores, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers) and physical restraints.  The list was released as part of…

A Richmond nursing home patient was allowed to develop stage IV pressure ulcers (bed sores, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers) on his sacrum (low back) andheel.  He also experienced an unplanned loss of 41 pounds of weight in 65 days during his two and one-half month stay at the…

In a brand new study entitled “Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Through a Focused Prevention Program”, researchers were able to reduce the prevalence rate for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (bed sores, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers) by a whopping 81%.  The prevalence rate for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers for heels…

A jury recently awarded an assisted living patient $1.5 million for first-degree and second-degree burn injuries he sustained when he was placed in a tub of hot water.  The patient was deaf, blind, mute, suffered from cerebral palsy, and had “the mental…