A 77-year-old female was admitted to a nursing home on August 7, 2012.  At all times relevant, the nursing home staff knew the patient was a high fall risk based on a medical history that included Alzheimer’s dementia, confusion, agitation, impaired fine and gross motion coordination, impaired safety awareness, wandering, exit-seeking behavior, cognitive deficits, the use of narcotic pain medications, and decreases in strength, functional mobility, transfers, range of motion, functiona…

A former nursing home manager has been indicted for theft with six felony counts of exploitation of a vulnerable person and one of embezzlement. The nursing home manager stole $250 from six different residents’ trust accounts. She also stole between $5,000 and $25,000 from the nursing home’s trust account. If convicted, she will face up to 70 years in prison and $35,000 in fines.

Georgia State University has received a $1.6 million grant to help improve quality of life for nursing home residents. The money will be used to research best practices for individual residents, rather than merely schedules that are best for the institution as a whole. The money will also fund training of nursing home staff. “Whether we have dementia, whether we are frail – we still are a person,” said the director of Georgia State University’s Gerontology Institute….

A 91-year-old female patient was admitted to a nursing home on October 8, 2010.  At all times relevant to her care there, the patient was known by the nursing home to be a high fall risk.  Following a fall in the shower during a transfer at the nursing home on February 1, 2011, a fall from a wheelchair at the nursing home on February 14, 2011, and an incident at the nursing home on February 15, 2011 in which staff improperly lifted the patient under her arms, she required a m…

The health commissioner in one state has halted all admissions for two facilities. The facilities had violations of quality of care for their workers. Violations between the two facilities included problems with administration, performance improvement, records and reports, resident rights, admissions, discharges and transfers, performance improvement and social work services. The violations must be corrected prior to the health commissioner removing the ban on admissions.

A nursing home has been fined $20,000 due to four different violations of care for residents in the facility. Each violation instigated a citation and a $5,000 fine. The ongoing consequences also involve suspension of admissions of other residents while the nursing home corrects the poor quality care.”The Commissioner of Health may suspend admissions to a nursing home when conditions are determined to be, or are likely to be, detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the residents,&qu…