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Caregivers Ridicule Dying Patient On Snapchat
A nursing home patient has died from a stroke. The lpatient's family believed the nursing home aides cared about the patient until their Snapchat video came to light. The patient was dying and the aides laughed and joked standing around her on video. “I don't know how someone can do what they did, and then minutes later…hug me.
Nursing Home Allows Patient To Be Beaten By Roommate
A nursing home patient was beaten right before his 84th birthday. His family was planning to spend the day celebrating with him. Instead, his roommate beat him leaving him injured and bruised.The patient’s family was devastated saying, “It was very sad.
Nursing Home Patient Dies After Failure To Perform CPR
Four nurses have been cited for failing to provide a patient with CPR after assuming the patient would not want it. The nurses found that the patient was not responding and decided she was first too upset and later too hard, stiff and had been dead awhile. The state health department cited the facility as having put 45 other patients lives in danger. The nursing staff had to bed reeducated on when to perform CPR.
Nursing Home Under Investigation For Patient Deaths
A nursing home is under investigation following two patient deaths. Staff are protesting the facility and it's current administration stating that the deaths are the results of new ownership. Staff say the new owners provide less training and support. The patient deaths involved a patient jumping out of a window and another patient beaten to death by a fellow patient.
Facility For Elderly Allows Extreme Heat Conditions To Cause Harm To Residents
Nine elderly patients were rescued from a group care home after temperatures rose to more than 100 degrees with a broken air conditioning unit. The facility did not evacuate the residents before harm was caused. Five residents had to be taken to the hospital due to the extreme heat conditions.
Dementia Facility Receives Neighborhood Design And Feel For Patient Therapy
Dementia patients in one state at an assisted living facility are receiving “reminiscent therapy”. The facility has been designed to have the look and feel of a Norman Rockwell painting, offering nostalgic decor and street designs. The facility has small outdoor front porch units under an indoor painted sky that is lit in the day and dark at night. The design allows patients to perceive they are strolling down the street as they go from room to room.