A state attorney general is holding nursing homes accountable in one state for higher levels of quality care with regards to their patients. Multiple nursing homes are violated standards of care. Patients and their families are suffering the consequences of abuse, neglect, injury, and even death.
One patient was allowed to suffer bed sores and died after experiencing multiple incidents of neglect. “She would tell us that they would not give her her medications on time, that they took the walker away, and she requested the walker back to go use the restroom and they would ignore her,” said the patient’s son. For more, read the story.
