A 92-year-old female patient was admitted to an assisted living facility on or about June 28, 2011. At all times relevant, the patient was a high fall risk, about which the assisted living staff were aware. The patient had chronic instability and a history of multiple falls at the assisted living facility.

A nursing home has been cited for allowing a patient to suffer an injury while being transported in the facility's van. The patient fell out of the van from a wheelchair suffering a head injury, facial cuts, and two fractures. The facility was fined $25,000 for the violation of care. The facility was the only facility to receive a type A level citation.

Two family members of an elderly woman have been sentenced to prison for neglect. The elderly woman suffered neglect for at least three years at the hands of her family. She was discharged from her home to the hospital where she died after suffering from bedsores.

The CMS has released additional quality measures related to reimbursement rates for nursing home patients. If they do not report on them or report poor outcomes of the measures, they can suffer a reduced reimbursement rate from Medicare. Nursing homes must now report on the following quality measures in order to receive full reimbursement from Medicare:Percentage of SNF patients who develop new or worsened pressure ulcersPercentage of patients whose activities of daily living and thinking skills…

A 78-year-old female patient was admitted to an assisted living facility on Christmas Eve in 2015, with a history of having eloped from home on multiple occasions. While at the hospital, she was noted to be increasingly confused and, per therapy records there, required supervision for bed mobility and transfers. She remained a high fall risk patient for reasons that included poor safety awareness.The patient was permitted to fall at the assisted living facility on 1/8/16, during which a LPN left…

A nursing home employee has been arrested after being caught on video abusing a patient. The employee was observed slapping a dementia patient multiple times. She then drug the patient into the bathroom.Along woth another employee she sprayed the patient in the face with the shower head.