Nursing Home Patient With Broken Hip Sits In Pain. Why Federal Law Requires Staff To Administer Pain Medication
I guess when it comes to elder care, many problems encountered by residents in U.S. nursing homes sadly seem to make their way across the border to our friends in Canada. The recent news report of an elderly Canadian nursing home resident who fell and fractured her hip-- yet sat for days without medical attention or adequate pain medication is an unfortunate story unnecessarily repeated on a daily basis at nursing homes across the world. In the U.S., upon learning of a fall or other injury, the nursing home staff must conduct an assessment to ensure no injury was sustained....
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Nursing Home Owner Leave Resident On Bedpan for 24-Hours, Now Faces Jail Time
A case case of horrific nursing home neglect (perhaps more accurately nursing home abuse) has been reported in New Mexico. The owner of an Albuquerque Nursing Home, has been found guilty of in the death of resident who was left sitting on top of a bedpan for more than 24-hours. The incident occurred on Christmas day, 2005, when the owner of the facility placed the bedpan under 76-year-old Richard Gerhardt and disappeared. Gerhardt was bed-bound at the time because he was recovering from a broken hip. By the time the incident had been discovered, the bedpan had become embedded in...
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