Nursing Home Abuse: Facility Allows Patient To Cry In Pain At Fractured Leg Goes Ignored--- For 24 Days!
I'm not sure if it derives out of shame, fear or just plain laziness--- but I regularly see situations where a patients complaints of pain following an obvious injury, go ignored by the facility. A recent horrific example of ignored patient complaints came from our peaceful neighbors to the North. Thestar.com reported on the case of a woman at a Canadian nursing home, that went 24 days without so much as an x-ray of her leg after she fell from her wheelchair and screamed in pain. Finally, after 24 days of pleas from the patient's daughter and...
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Some Nursing Homes Seem To Have A 'Wait And See' Approach When It Comes To Getting Medical Treatment For Their Injured Patients
A news story regarding a 12-hour delay in obtaining medical treatment for an injured patient caught my attention-- not necessarily due to the horrible injuries the patient sustained-- but due to the staffs' sluggish response to the injured patient with two broken legs and a fractured shoulder. The 76-year-old patient fell and sustained her injuries while workers at Ridgeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center were changing her bed at approximately 5 a.m. A call for emergency assistance was not placed until 4:42 p.m.-- 12 hours later. In situations like this, it obviously represents a complete failure in the system intended to...
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Study Reveals Nursing Home Patients Chronic Pain Is Not Adequately Controlled
The results from a five-year study addressing the ability of care-givers and family to perceive pain in nursing home patients has revealed both parties fail to accurately assess chronic pain levels. In reaching this conclusion, researchers in the Netherlands studied 174 nursing home patients with and without cognitive impairments. The study also concluded that family members were better at accurately assessing pain levels in their loved ones compared with nursing home staff. Perhaps most disturbing, the study concluded most nursing home patients suffer from pain-- even while resting. When researchers questioned resting patients, most scored their pain as four out...
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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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Jury Awards Woman $1.3M After Fall At Elder-Care Facility
A California jury awarded $1.3 million in damages to a resident who fell at Leisure Palms, an elder-care facility. In October, 2006 Elaine Stinson was admitted to Leisure Palms by her husband so the facility could provide care to Elaine-- who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was recovering from hip surgery. On December 31, 2006, Elaine fell at Leisure Palms and sustained a closed-head injury, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. Despite the injuries, staff at the facility placed her in bed--but never notified her physician or husband. On January 1st, Elaine's family found her non-responsive and took her to...
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