Category Archives: Pressure Ulcers

Family Awareness Reveals Bed Sores & Nursing Home Neglect

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

The family of a nursing home resident at the Renaissance at 87th Street nursing home in Chicago discovered an open wound on his coccyx, and demanded the attention of nursing home staff and administration. The wound had not been documented … Continue reading →

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Four New York Health Care Professionals On Trial For Nursing Home Neglect

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

Four health care professionals are on trial in Albany, New York, facing nursing home neglect charges for neglecting a 52-year-old patient who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is a central nervous system disease that can cause a host of … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Nursing Home Neglect Case Awarded $1.2 Million

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

A Mississippi jury awarded $1.2 Million to the family of a woman who died after suffering dehydration and other neglect at the Manhattan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hinds County Mississippi. The 84-year-old woman had lived in the nursing home … Continue reading →

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Iowa Nursing Homes Fined For Deaths and Amputations After Neglecting Pressure Sores

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Barry G Doyle

It’s amazing to think what nursing homes would be like if they only had fines to worry about. One nursing home in Iowa, the Good Samaritan Home, was fined $10,000 for negligence that resulted in the loss of a resident’s … Continue reading →

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