A nursing home facing difficulties providing sufficient care due to management turnovers and shortages of nursing staff has been cited by the state department of health. “The review of the home showed it was not properly analyzing medication errors, not notifying doctors of errors and not checking patients for bed sores.” The state said the patients were placed in “immediate jeopardy”.
A consultant was hired to help put together a plan of correction to avoid losing federal funding for qualifying patients. The plan was submitted, but more was expected of the facility and another deadline was provided for improvement to better the care of their patients. For more, read the story.
