New York Nursing Home Nurses Charged With Criminal Neglect
Four employees of the Medford Multicare Center for Living in Suffolk, NY have been charged with criminal neglect and falsifying business records. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the charges following six weeks of video surveillance at the nursing home in 2007. The nurses are accused of failing to move and turn over a patient for up to seven hours at a time, denying the patient water and left him sitting in his own waste. Felony charges were also filed relating to falsifying medical records claiming they administered heart medication when the nursing home was actually had the medication...
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State Of Ohio To Take Over Nursing Home Inspections Following Dangerous Conditions
Following on the well publicized nursing home violations at the Westside Health Care Center and The Terrace at Westside, the Cincinnati Health Department has been stripped of its ability to license and inspect nursing homes. Cincinnati City Council members determined that that city health inspectors failed to protect some of the community's most frail residents. The city health department's oversight duties will be turned over to the state authorities. In March, a surprise inspection found dangerous conditions in the nursing home including: Nursing Home Facility Problems Fire doors tied shut Mold on walls Cigarette butts in walkways Soiled mattresses Roach infestation Uncleaned...
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McHenry Nursing Home Hit With $360,000 In Fines
The Chicago Tribune reported that the Woodstock Residence received nearly $360,000 in fines related to five suspicious deaths at the facility. The facility has been in the headlines in the past for the for intentionally giving high does of medication to elderly patients. Originally labelled an 'angel of death' for the staff's sympathy towards suffering patients, new information has been released related to the intentional medication over-dosing at the facility in an Illinois Department of Public Health investigative report. The report demonstrates that the staff at the Woodstock Residence intentionally drugged residents to turn them into unresponsive zombies and make the nurses jobs...
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Indiana Hospital Errors Increase 24% In The Past Year
According to the Indiana Department of Health, the number of reported hospital errors rose from 85 in 2006 to 105 in 2007. Indiana hospitals and surgury centers must report any of the 27 avoidable medical errors from a list compiled by National Quality Forum, a non-profit group dedicated to improving health care. Some of the medical errors reported include: Leaving sponges in patients during surgery, up 24% Development of advanced stage pressure sores, 27 separate reports Surgery on wrong body part, 23 separate reports Falls Medication errors Robert Wachter, a professor of medicine at the University of California-San Francisco, said...
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Government Pays $3.2M Annually To 'Crack House' Nursing Home
Despite conditions that would make most fraternity houses seem like the Ritz, Westside Health Care Center and The Terrace at Westside in Ohio continues to receive government payment for providing substandard services in a physically dangerous setting. Authorities have long been aware of problems at Westside, yet the facility continues to operate with government funds. Ohio health inspectors have more than 200 pages of violations at the facilities from 2003 through 2008 and extensive monetary fines slapped on the owners, yet the dangerous conditions remain. A police raid on the facility on March 13th revealed conditions that made the City...
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The Correlation Between Staff Satisfaction And Resident Care
It makes sense. If members of the nursing home staff are satisfied with their job, treated appropriately, receive good job benefits, they will be happier and their happiness will likely be translated to better patient care. On the other hand, look closely into the eyes of any employee at struggling company-- you can sense their stress, their frustration and their anger. In this sense nursing home patients and staff have interests that are very much aligned with each other. In nursing home owner's desire to squeeze every cent of profit out of their facility, nursing home staff and residents are...
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Bar Coding To Reduce Mistakes With Administration Of Medication
A Kansas hospital is using a bar coding system- the same technology that allows grocery clerks to quickly scan bags of groceries-- to help with verification when administering medication at the bedside. Many hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities are quickly seeking new ways to cut down on the number of mistakes involving medication errors. Following the lead of many health insurers, new Medicare rules will deny payment for avoidable errors made by hospitals and nursing homes. Experts estimate that 40 percent of medication errors are made with the physician's written order. But another 40 percent are made at...
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Medication / Pharmaceutical Errors
Medication errors are considered to be any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient. Since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 95,000 reports of medication errors. FDA reviews reports that come to MedWatch, the agency's adverse event reporting program. (Source: FDA website) The FDA relies on a voluntary reporting for incidents involving medication errors. The actual number of incidents involving errors in the misadministration of medication to be much higher. The term 'medication error' may describe situations involving: physician malpractice, inadequate facility policies and procedures, faulty charting, order miscommunication,...
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