Toothless Patient Chokes To Death After Nursing Home Staff Ignores Doctor's Order
One of the cruelest examples of nursing home negligence is when staff fail to adhere to physician's orders that pertain to patients' diets. Similar to dispensing medication, when it comes to disabled patients, doctors are typically responsible for determining what types of food-- and just how much food-- patients should be eating. Particularly, when its a situation involving a patient eating solid vs. soft foods, it is crucial that a doctor or professional with experience relating to patients swallowing and digestive abilities, carefully evaluate each patients individual needs. Further, it is crucial that staff at the nursing home strictly adhere...
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Nursing Home Blamed For Resident Choking To Death On Raw Cukes
On May 29, 2010, a resident of Bethesda Heritage Center ,a nursing home in Minnesota, died after choking on raw cucumbers that the facility never have should even served to her. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) cited the facility for neglect. The elderly female choking victim had been admitted to the facility two years earlier with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), swallowing difficulties, and anxiety. Her diet banned raw vegetables and any other food that was not well cooked because of swallowing problems. Despite this seemingly clear restriction, staff members fed her raw cucumbers in cream...
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Autopsies May Help Families Determine If Their Loved One Was A Victim Of Nursing Home Neglect Or Abuse
Deciding whether to have an autopsy performed on a loved one is indeed a very personal decision for a family to make following a death. An autopsy can help a family get answers to not only the cause of death, and in the case of potential nursing home negligence, what-- if any, errors may have been made by a medical facility that may have caused the death. After reading this news article about how a disabled nursing home patient may have 'choked to death' on his lunch I was reminded by how valuable autopsies can be where a death...
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The Truth Revealed: Nursing Home Tries To Cover-up Fact That Resident Choked To Death On Tuna Sandwich
Perhaps the biggest risk posed to nursing home residents with dementia or other cognitive deficits is something rarely discussed and almost never considered harmful---food. Food products and the packaging food is presented in, present significant hazards to residents who have swallowing or chewing difficulties and those who are cognitively impaired. The OC Register recently reported about an incident involving an elderly man with dementia at the Anaheim Crest Nursing Center who choked to death on a tuna sandwich. The incident reportedly took place on September 9, 2008 following two other choking episodes on the same day. The first episode...
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Warnings Do Little To Prevent Bed Rail Entrapment
Despite long standing warnings from the FDA, bed rail entrapment continues to be a real threat to the safety of people in nursing homes, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. After FDA warnings were issued on rail safety, many manufacturers began production of safer designs. Although the warnings have been issued, the FDA has not imposed any bed rail recalls on beds known to commonly be the source of injury and death. The lack of formal action by the FDA will likely result in future incidents involving: injury, fractured bones, strangulation, asphyxiation and death. The safer rail designs have yet to...
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