A nursing home is under investigation after an incident was reported to the police and state health department. A nurse at the facility walked in to a patient crying in her room. The patient told the nurse she had been sexually assaulted.
An audit of nursing homes in one state reveal that incidents causing injuries and risk of death are on the rise. Over the past few years, the number of incidents has risen significantly. Some of the issues also point to lack of accountability through surveys and citations from the state health department. “Together, these oversight failures increase the risk that nursing facilities may not provide adequate care to some of the state's most vulnerable residents,” wrote the state…
The wife of a nursing home patient has filed a Complaint for poor quality care of her husband. She alleges he did not receive proper care and stated that the facility was mistreating him. Her final straw came when he was unclothed in the dining area with women around.
A nursing home has been cited for failure to report a case of sexual abuse. The incident occurred between two patients when a female patient unable to speak or move beyond her wheelchair went missing. She was found with another patient naked pressing himself into her while she was still fully clothed.
A nursing home has been fined nearly $46,000 after three patient deaths as determined by surveys held over 4 months time. The facility revealed deficiencies that involved employing incompetent caregivers, neglecting residents with life-threatening conditions and denying residents their pain medication. In addition to patient deaths, the facility's residents have been left sitting in urine for more than an hour and without answers to call lights for 33 minutes. The facility has a history…
Autopsy reports revealed a 93-year-old nursing home patient suffering from dementia died of a scabies infestation. She was inhabited by hundreds of millions of mites that literally ate her alive. She had blackened skin that was flaking off at the time of her death. The patient died of septicemia caused by the scabies.
