Three New York Nurses Surrender Licenses After Being Charged with Nursing Home Abuse
Graphic details have recently emerged about three New York nurses who subjected their nursing home patients to sustained verbal and physical abuse. According to an article in Mid-HudsonNews.com, Myrna Siegel, an RN at the Sullivan County Adult Care Facility in Liberty, forcibly held down a patient and called her an “evil witch.” In another incident, Siegel told a resident who was resisting his medication that “he had a death wish and was going to die if he didn’t take his medicine.”Behavior like this is simply unacceptable. Luckily, Siegel was caught by the Attorney General’s Office, and her license has since...
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Should Communication Classes Become Mandatory For Nursing Home Workers?
I tend to harp on specific instances of misconduct where a nurse or nursing home employee makes and error that results in harm to a patient. While many of these occurrences are the result of poor judgement and inadequate training, I'm beginning to think that a deeper issue may be behind many instances of injuries in nursing homes-- a lack of basic communication skills. After all, each patient's care is provided by a team of professionals whom very much rely on the effective oral and written communication of on another for the effective ongoing care of patients. Theoretically, think about...
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) In The Elderly: A Real Cause For Concern Or More 'Funny Medicine'?
Several years ago my office represented an elderly woman who suffered a broken arm related to a fall at an assisted living facility. The severity of the fracture required the application of a cast to align the bones. A round of physical therapy also ensued after removal of the cast. Despite the efforts of the doctors and physical therapists, pain originally thought to originate from the fracture continued on long after the bones had healed. As it turned out, our client was suffered from a relatively little known medical condition known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), also referred to as...
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Bone Fractures In The Elderly Require Special Attention To Improve Recovery & Prevent Complications
Many elderly people suffer broken bones during admissions to nursing homes due to; falls, being dropped, or perhaps improper care from staff. Regardless how the fracture occurred, a fractured bone in the elderly must be timely identified and treated. What is a fracture? A fracture is a broken bone that requires medical attention. Fifty percent of women over age fifty and twenty-five percent of men over age fifty will suffer from an age-related bone fracture sometime in their lifetime. Elderly people are particularly susceptible to broken bones because as bones age, they lose the ability to resist the formation and growth...
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Poor Training & Under-Staffing Blamed For The Death Of A Nursing Home Patient Who Died From Injuries Sustained After She Was Dropped By A CNA In A Minnesota Facility
A report issued by the Minnesota Department of Heath has cited White Community Hospital and Nursing Home (Minnesota) for errors made by a nursing assistant during the transfer of a patient out of her bed. The incident occurred when the CNA attempted to transfer a disabled patient from their bed to a wheelchair using a sling. During the transfer, the patient was dropped. The patient suffered a broken arm and leg which contributed to their death two days later. Specifically, the department of Minnesota health report and the facilities own investigators determined that the CNA's errors caused the patient's...
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Coincidence? Two Lawsuits Recently Filed Against Same Nursing Home
Bad nursing homes generally have a pattern of poor care. There will always be isolated incidents at even the most well staffed facilities. However, when repeated incidents occur within a brief period of time there are usually deeper problem with the facility. Case in point, two recent lawsuits were filed against the Devon Gables Health Care Center. The first lawsuit involves, Elfriedel Sitzman, a female resident who was not give adequate care following a stroke. The lawsuit claims that Sitzman fell and broke her arm in a fall during her stay at the facility from November through December, 2007. The...
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Improper Transfer Leads To Broken Arm
A lawsuit has been filed against the Edwardsville Nursing & Rehab Center in Illinois by the family of a nursing home resident who was dropped in the process of being transferred from her bed to a wheelchair. The incident resulted in the fracture of the resident's arm. The lawsuit was filed in Madison County Circuit Court alleges the nursing home failed to: Properly notify and consult with the resident's physician Notify family of her fall Hire sufficient staff to provide adequate care for the resident Timely notify Illinois Department of Public Health of the injury The real problem with...
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