A nursing home facility has tested positive for legionella bacteria which causes Legionnaire's disease. The water system was tainted with bacteria that can cause the disease similar to pneumonia. The city there affied that its water system did not have the bacteria present.The nursing home is working to remove the bacteria from its water system.
Nursing home patients at a nursing home facility are concerned about the necessity of relocation. The nursing home received multiple citations over a period of months. The violations of standards of care in a nursing home resulted in fines as well as the loss of Medicare funding.As a result, nursing home patients using Medicare to pay for their nursing home stay will no longer be able to reside at the facility.
The family of a former nursing home patient is questioning the care of their loved one after his sudden death. The patient was admitted to the nursing home after suffering a stroke. He was then allowed to fall and admitted to the hospital for a reported hip injury. Hiwever, the hospital test results revealed a brain bleed.
Nursing homes residents will soon be forced to transfer to a new facility. The nursing home received numerous citations from the state department of health. As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have dropped their funding of the facility. The families of the residents are upset for their loved ones.
Nursing ome patients in a nursing th homies facility will receive checks in the amount of $640 on average per patient. The checks are coming from a class action lawsuit paid out to 450 residents. The residents received poor quality care while the facility was understaffed. The checks will be based on the patient’s length of stay.
Two Nursing home employees have pleaded guilty to a felony charge of falsifying records. The employees logged bed checks for a patient during the time she was not present in the facility. The patient suffering from dementia wandered away in the night.
