Fire In Russian Nursing Home Claims The Lives Of 23 Residents
A fire in a Russian nursing homes claimed the lives of 23 of its residents. Nursing homes in the United States are required to install automatic sprinkler systems over the course of the next five years per orders from the Centers For Medicare. Further, nursing homes must have an operable, battery powered smoke alarm in each room. Hopefully, these fire prevention tools will help ensure the safety of nursing home residents. Recent Nursing Home Abuse Blog posts on nursing home fires: Burns In Nursing Homes Ohio Nursing Home Fire Sparks Interest In Resident Safety Resident Who Smoked & Used 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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