Failure To Keep Bed Elevated To Blame For Nursing Home Patient's Death From Aspiration Pneumonia
The failure to follow basic doctor's orders is to blame in a recently filed wrogful death lawsuit filed by the family of a patient in a Florida Nursing Home. William Foster's family claims that Miracle Hill at Miracle Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was negligent when they ignored orders to keep the head of Mr. Foster's bed elevated. The failure to elevate the bed resulted in Mr. Forster's feeding tube becoming backed up and filling his lungs with fluid. Ten days later, Mr. Foster died from aspiration pneumonia. Read more about this pending wrongful death lawsuit here. Aspiration...
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Lawsuit Aginst Nursing Home Alleges Maggot Infestation Contrbiuted To Patient's Death
If the facts alleged in a recent wrongful death lawsuit against an Oklahoma nursing home prove to be true, perhaps they will serve as a new definition of nursing home neglect. The recently filed wrongful death lawsuit alleges that The Vian Nursing Home's neglect resulted in a patient developing an infestation of maggots in his nose and mouth during his admission to the facility. It is further alleged that the maggot infestation caused the patient's death because they contributed to a medical condition known as aspiration pneumonia. The lawsuit filed in Sequoyah County District Court seeks damages for: pain and...
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Barry Community Care Center
Barry Community Care Center is a 75-bed nursing home located in Barry, IL. On January 22, 2010, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) fined Barry Community Care Center $35,000 for violations in the area of policy and procedure. Even with this significant fine, Medicare rated the facility as a three-star or average nursing home facility, with only one health deficiency between February 2009 and April 2010. This episode demonstrates that even well-regarded skilled nursing facilities can have very serious problems for patients. Barry Community Care Center’s single deficiency involved its failure to provide each resident the care and services required...
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Feeding Tube Mishap Results In Patient Death & Large Nursing Home Fine
An improperly inserted nasal feeding tube was the cause of an 84-year-old's death in a California Nursing Home according to an investigation completed by the California Department of Health. Investigators from the department determined that the nursing home patient died from aspiration pneumonia after insertion of a feeding tube because the nasal feeding tube was incorrectly inserting into his lungs rather than his stomach. As a result of this nursing error, a $100,000 fine was imposed against Hancock Park Rehabilitation primarily due to the staff's failure to check to follow protocols related to assuring proper feeding tube placement. "By...
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Elderly Patients Are At Higher Risk For Developing Aspiration Pneumonia When Facilities Fail To Account For Patient Needs
I'm not sure if it's matter of inadequate staff training or simply a manifestation of inadequate staffing levels to meet patients needs, but the number if cases involving aspiration pneumonia is on the rise. Aspiration pneumonia occurs when you aspirate foreign matter (usually food or vomit) into your lungs. Elderly adults are particularly susceptible to aspiration pneumonia because they are more likely to suffer from predisposing factors (including illness or disease that compromises the ability to swallow) or they might be too weak to cough, which can let foreign material enter the windpipe, allowing bacteria to enter the lungs. This can result...
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Failure To Follow Doctor's Orders Results In The Choking Death Of Hospital Patient
I think most people would be amazed if they became aware of how many injuries and deaths were cased by an employee's failure to follow basic orders. This time, a hospital employee's failure to follow basic instructions related to a patient's dietary needs has cost another patient their life. Ignoring doctors orders, an employee at Mayers Memorial Hospital gave a meat and cheese sandwhich to an Alzheimer's patient who was unable to eat solid food. Left unattended with the sandwhich, the patient literally 'inhaled' the sandwhich. Five days later, the patient died from pneumonia caused by inhaling food. According to...
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