Prison Sentence For Caregiver Who Ignored Patients Bed Sores
Whenever I hear about a “remotely-operated” care home, I automatically become a bit suspicious. Patients in any nursing home deserve ‘round-the-clock care, so I wonder sometimes how these “facilities” can get away with such bare-bones staffing. I was reminded of this disturbing reality recently as I read through a horrifying story from Hawaii. According to The Maui News, an 86-year-old patient in an unnamed “community care facility” in Oahu became so neglected that he developed 11 fatal stage-four bed sores. His main caretaker, nurse Ross Rasmussen, says he only checked in on his patient once a month. “If I had...
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