Resident Who Smoked & Used Oxygen Suspected Of Causing Fire At Assisted Living Facility
A woman was killed in a fire at the Lebanon Manner Village assisted living complex in Indiana when a fire broke out in her apartment. The other buildings in the complex were evacuated. It took firefighters more than an hour to put out the flames according to Lebanon firefighter Wheat. Thirteen apartments were damaged by flames and almost the entire building sustained some kind of damage, Wheat said. Most of the residents at the assisted living facility will remain out of their apartments due to smoke and water damage. Officials did not release a cause of the fire, but friends said the victim smoked and was on oxygen....
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Ohio Nursing Home Fire Sparks Interest In Resident Safety
The report of a fire at Jaycee Village Retirement Community, an Ohio Nursing Home, demonstrates the importance of fire safety in all nursing homes. Although, no residents were injured, the episode demonstrates how a fire in a nursing home could severely harm residents who are unable to move quickly because they are bed-bound or in wheelchairs. In June, 2008 CMS, the governmental agency regulating Medicare and Medicaid funded nursing homes, gave all nursing homes receiving federal funding five years to phase in the installation of sprinkler systems at their facilities. According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, fire...
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Emergency Preparedness Plan
In the case of a fire, hurricane, tornado or terrorist attack what will happen to your loved one? Will they be protected? Does the facility have an emergency plan in place? Federal law requires that all nursing homes have comprehensive emergency plans in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. The emergency plan must suit the location of the facility and type of resident is serves. Most importantly, both nursing home staff and residents should be aware of the plan and should know what to do in the case of an emergency. If no 'emergency plan' has been discussed,...
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