Nursing home resident was permitted to fall on numerous occasions over a five month period, resulting in fractures of her ribs, spine, pelvis, and left hip. The left hip fracture required surgery. The resident was also allowed to develop numerous…

Resident was admitted to a nursing home under the care of its medical director. Within one week of his admission, the resident had fallen six times. On the sixth fall, the resident was found on the floor by the facility’s…

73-year-old nursing home resident developed several stage IV pressure ulcers in the seventh month of her residency at the nursing home. She died approximately three months later of sepsis caused by the pressure ulcers. The nursing home claimed the pressure…

Resident was admitted to the nursing home without any pressure ulcers. Within several months thereafter, she was permitted to develop a stage IV ulcer to her left outer heel with bloody drainage and necrotic tissue, a stage IV ulcer to…

Nursing home resident was to receive Lortab 5/500 every six hours for pain and 10 mg of morphine every four hours for pain not relieved by the Lortab. A nurse at the nursing home unknowingly administered fifteen times the correct…

The resident was identified as a high fall risk on admission to the nursing home. He was, by order, to wear hip pads at all times and was to be placed in a gerichair only if the chair was equipped…