Is The Push To Privatize A Chicagoland Nursing Home A Good Thing?
It's no secret that privately operated, "for-profit" nursing homes tend to provide inferior care and have higher rates of deficiencies that their "non-profit" peers, yet a Chicagoland community is set to possibilily turn over the operation of a long-time nursing home to a private company. Citing the financial burden of providing quality patient care within the standardized medicare reimbursement rates, Lake County has summoned a panel of experts to an advisory board to help determine if the county should shift operation of the long-standing Winchester House in Libertyville, IL to a private nursing home operator. Advisory board chairman, Ric Olson...
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Mutiple Nursing Errors Results In $2 Million Settlement From County Nursing Home
A really horrific case of nursing home neglect was recently reported regarding a County-run nursing home in California. The case involved the death of 50-year-old, Alton Stovall who died from a bleed he sustained after falling from his bed at Edgemoor Hospital in March of last year. According to an investigation completed by California authorities, Mr. Stovall went without any medical attention for more than 40 minutes with obvious injuries. Despite calls for help from other patients at the nursing home, the nurses never responded to his care. The ombudsman report pretty much says it all about this sad incident,...
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Under-staffing At Nursing Home Blamed For Pressure Ulcer, Infection & Subsequent Death
The son of a deceased nursing home patient blames 'under-staffing' as the primary reason why his mother fell and subsequently developed pressure ulcers. Gary Brown filed a lawsuit against a county operated nursing home in Nebraska on behalf of his deceased mother's estate. In addition to under-staffing, the lawsuit alleges the facility allowed his mother to develop pressure ulcers (also referred to as pressure sores, decubitus ulcers or bed sores) during her recovery from a fall at the facility. Despite the fact that the pressure ulcers progressed and became infected, the facility also allegedly failed to notify the woman's personal...
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