Group Homes Plagued By Patterns Of Abuse & Lack Of Employee Accountability
The New York Times ran a troubling article "At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity" recently chronicling the abusive care-- and lack of accountability-- encountered by residents in the more than 2,000 group homes scattered throughout New York. Of the more than 13,000 cases of alleged abuse reported in 2009, less than 5% of the cases were transferred to law enforcement for follow-up. Just a handful of the cases reported to law enforcement resulted in criminal prosecutions or employee discipline. Rather, a strong group home employee union consistently opposed any abuse charges brought against employees-- even when the evidence presented against...
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Nursing Home Cover-Up: NY Aides Lied About Doing Their Jobs
As a nursing home lawyer, I spend a lot of time reviewing patient charts. Particularly when it comes to evaluating cases, a thorough review of medical records is crucial for determining the important questions: Who? What? Why? When? Occasionally, my chart reviews reveal more than I expect when: medication charts reveal that medication was administered for days after my client was transferred to another facility. Or on one occasion, there were nurses’ notes for hours following a client’s death. When I see serious charting errors, I makes me question not just the care surrounding a particular incident, but all care...
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Welcome To The Mean Streets Of The Nursing Home. Now Gimme Your Jewelry!
Sure, I like to make light of some of the amazingly horrific news that comes out of nursing homes. Sometimes, its just important to laugh at some of the stupidity that surrounds these facilities because if you don't, you'll walk around consistently saddened by the abuse and neglect-filled conditions at many of these facilities. Today's version of such a shocking event-- that it makes you question the reality comes out of New York. According to a report in LoHud.com, a CNA at Putnam Ridge Nursing Home has been charged with larceny after she apparently stole jewelry directly from a patient...
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Family Alleges Nursing Home's Failure To Control Diabetes Resulted In Death Of Patient
The family of retired Judge John Philips has filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit against Prospect Park Residence alleging the facilities failure to treat the man's diabetes resulted in his death. According to the lawsuit, the staff failed to provide him with a specialized diabetic menu and failed to administer his insulin on a regular basis. According to Philips long-time friend John O'Hara, "He had diabetes that was supposed to be controlled. They kept screwing up. They killed him." The lawsuit seeks $10 million from this New York nursing home. Read more about this lawsuit here. Diabetic Nursing Home Patients...
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Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Claims New York Facility Allowed Advanced Bed Sore To Develop In Rehab Patient
As nursing home lawyers, one of the situations we commonly encounter involve relatively healthy people who enter nursing homes for rehabilitation due to an orthopedic or cardiac conditions--- only to encounter more problems during their admission to a facility. In some of these situations, nursing home staff wrongfully assume that many of the prevention programs used for more disabled patients are not necessary. What makes these type of cases particularly sad is to hear a family member describe the rapid decline in a loved ones physical and psychological condition within a short period of time. In rehab admissions, no one...
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Three Employees At Assisted Living Facity Disciplined For Their Failure To Report Missing Nursing Home Resident
An investigation into the death of a 93-year-old man at a New York assisted living facility revealed that three employees at the facility acted improperly when they failed to document that the man was missing from his room. Turns out-- the man had either jumped or fallen to his death from his second floor room. The incident occurred on February 17th at Dosberg Manor, part of the the Weinberg Campus. The man's dead body was discovered the following day on the ground outside his room. An investigation into the death by the New York Health Department determined employees at...
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New Pay-For-Performance Program Initiated To Help Improve Nursing Home Care
Nursing homes will now have one more reason to improve patient care--they will be paid for doing so. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will initiate a new pay-for-performance program to inspire nursing to provide improved care to residents. The plan formally known as, Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Project, will begin in July and run for three years. All Medicare-certified nursing homes in Arizona, Mississippi, New York and Wisconsin are eligible to participate. CMS anticipates at least 100 nursing homes in each state will participate in the program. Nursing homes who elect to participate in the program will...
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