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A 55-year-old patient with chronic renal insufficiency was administered Indocin (Indomethacin) in error by a Central Virginia nursing home three times daily for approximately six weeks, prompting acute renal failure that hospitalized her for several weeks.  The nursing home also, during this period, did not monitor…

A resident at an assisted living facility sustained a fall while being helped into the shower by the facility’s staff. The patient’s family claimed the facility’s staff failed to exercise proper fall prevention, which caused the fall. The patient complained of pain…

Within two days of a patient’s admission to the nursing home, she attempted to elope from the facility. The nursing home acknowledged the patient was at high risk for wandering and promised to make frequent visual checks on her to make sure she was…

A nursing home patient was allowed by the facility’s aide to fall during a transfer from bed to chair.  At the time of the fall, the patient was known by the nursing home to be a high fall risk based on her…

Patient was admitted to a Richmond hospital for joint replacement surgery and rehabilitation. The patient developed severe pressure ulcers over both heels during rehabilitation because the hospital did not properly relieve pressure from the patient’s heels while in bed. Once…

Nursing home resident was an 87-year-old diabetic who was receiving twice-daily medication for persistent hyperglycemia. One evening at the nursing home, he became suddenly and severely hypoglycemic. A nurse at the facility attempted to stabilize improperly the decedent’s blood sugar…

Resident was admitted to a nursing home from a local hospital following repair of a right leg fracture. On admission to the nursing home, the resident’s physician instructed that she should only be moved from her bed to a wheelchair…

Nursing home resident was permitted to fall on numerous occasions over a five month period, resulting in fractures of her ribs, spine, pelvis, and left hip. The left hip fracture required surgery. The resident was also allowed to develop numerous…

Resident was admitted to a nursing home under the care of its medical director. Within one week of his admission, the resident had fallen six times. On the sixth fall, the resident was found on the floor by the facility’s…

73-year-old nursing home resident developed several stage IV pressure ulcers in the seventh month of her residency at the nursing home. She died approximately three months later of sepsis caused by the pressure ulcers. The nursing home claimed the pressure…