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Iowa Nursing Homes Cited In Five Deaths
Five deaths in Iowa nursing homes resulted in fines for the facilities, but there’s little evidence to think change is on the way for the state’s long-term care residents. In two of the cases, according to the Des Moines Register, … Continue reading
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New York Times Reports on Nursing Home Oral Hygiene Epidemic
In September of 2011, I wrote about the epidemic of poor oral hygiene in nursing homes. Two years later little has changed according to a New York Times report. Brushing someone else’s teeth takes care and time, two ingredients in short supply in most … Continue reading
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Nursing Home Administrator Charged With Cover Up After Losing Resident
A stunning lack of human decency and compassion was evident in Queens, New York, after a nursing home administrator allegedly lied to investigators regarding one of the residents of the Bishop Charles Waldo Maclean Episcopal Nursing Home. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer’s Disease, Chicago, Illinois, Neglect, Nursing Home, Queens, Symptom, Wrongful death claim
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Examining The High Cost of Nursing Home Care
A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch does a good job of putting some of the high costs of nursing home care into perspective, but it also avoids some major issues as well. As a nursing home lawyer, I’m always on the lookout for news … Continue reading
The Most Dangerous Items In A Nursing Home
If you ask most people what the most dangerous items in a nursing home are, you’ll probably get a variety of answers. Mechanical lifts are extremely dangerous devices when untrained or inadequate staff attempt to use them. Nursing facilities are … Continue reading
Neglect Leads To Malnutrition At Midwest Rehab and Respiratory
Nursing home neglect at the Midwest Rehab and Respiratory nursing home in Belleville, Illinois caused one resident to experience a dangerous weight loss due to dehydration and malnutrition. The resident admitted to the facility was totally dependent upon the staff for all … Continue reading
Study: Exercise Can Help Alzheimer’s Patients Physical Symptoms
It’s not a study about preventing Alzheimer’s most well-known and famous symptoms: memory loss, personality regression, and other mental deficiencies. A WebMD article titled “Exercise May Help People With Alzheimer’s Avoid Nursing Homes” examines the results of a study published in … Continue reading
$62,000 Doesn’t Go As Far As It Used To
For the past 10 years, Genworth Financial has been compiling an annual cost-of-care survey that analyzes the changes in the cost of long term care. This year, like most, shows the cost of care increasing significantly across the United States, … Continue reading
Hoyer Lift Fall Results In Multiple Fractures And Hematoma
Section 200.2420 of the Illinois Administrative Code that regulates nursing homes in the State of Illinois states, in part: There shall be a sufficient quantity of resident care equipment of satisfactory design and in good condition to carry out established … Continue reading
Report From Alzheimer’s Association A Wake Up Call, But Is Anyone Listening?
The biggest takeaway from the report released by the Alzheimer’s Association has made a few headlines, but the full picture painted by the report’s findings is much more grim. 1 in 3 seniors dies with dementia. That’s the story that has made headlines over the past week … Continue reading
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