Report Concludes Nursing Home Negligence Caused Resident's Death
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report very critical of the nursing care provided to an Alzheimer's patient who recently died from injuries she sustained from a fall. The report follows an extensive investigation of the nursing practices at Five Oaks Manor Nursing Home. The resident at issue is 87-year-old Annie Bell Scarboro who died from head injuries related to a fall from a loading dock off the kitchen. The state's report indicates that on December 18th, Scarboro managed to wheel herself in her 'merry walker' through three sets of unlocked doors to the outside area without the...
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Fall Leaves Veteran With Broken Neck In Illinois Nursing Home
Capital Care Center, an Illinois nursing home, has been fined by federal health officials for failing to prevent an dementia resident from tumbling down an unsecured stairway in his wheelchair. Illinois Department of Public Health reports claim Alfred 'Stan' Catherwood, a World War II veteran, suffered from dementia and was considered a high risk for wandering from the nursing home. Despite being a 'high risk' for wandering, the nursing home allowed Mr. Catherwood to sit strapped into his wheelchair near a second floor stairway. The stairway was unequipped with a key-code lock or automated alarm. Without knowledge of the nursing home...
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Nurse Charged With Abuse & Neglect After Abandoning Residents At Assisted Living Facility
Episania Fitzgerald was charged with abuse and neglect of an elderly person when she decided to leave her post as night nurse at an assisted living facility. Fitzgerald told the sheriff's office investigating the matter that she left the assisted living facility with another resident in charge to provide home health care services elsewhere. Fitzgerald was gone for more than two hours, leaving the 21 elderly residents completely unattended. During, nurse Fitzgerald's leave an 88-year-old resident fell on the bathroom floor requiring paramedic assistance. It is unknown what, if any action the facility will take as discipline for this nurses...
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Barbaric Treatment Lands Nursing Home Employees In Criminal Court
<META name="y_key" content="c00b2f7a0c782aaf" > The criminal case against two Portland nursing home employees gave me chills. This case goes beyond nursing home neglect and enters the realm of nursing home cruelty. According to reports, a nursing director is being charged with two charges of criminal mistreatment and a certified nursing assistant (CNA) is being charged with reckless endangerment for their inaction following the fall-related injury to a resident at the Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center. The nursing home employees allegedly waited five days before sending a 59-year-old resident to the hospital for medical treatment for her broken legs sustained in...
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Colorado Jury Sides With Family Of Nursing Home Resident In Fall Lawsuit
A Colorado jury has awarded $375,000 the the family of a deceased nursing home resident. The family of Doris Wolf brought a lawsuit against Spring Healthcare Center and Sava Senior Care, the parent company for injuries she sustained in a fall while a resident at the facility. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health, Ms. Wolf was admitted to Spring Healthcare Center for rehabilitation following surgery on her back. The day Ms. Wolf was to go home, she fell in the bathroom. Apparently, Ms. Wolf used her call button to ask the nursing home staff for assistance in using...
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Woman Dies From Brain Bleed Following Unsupervised Fall
Everyday nursing home residents fall. Much like a toddler learning to walk, some falls are unpreventable. Nursing home residents remain the highest risk for falling and getting injured compared with any other demographic. The most fall prone must be identified identified by the nursing home staff. Identification of individuals who are at 'high risk' for falling is only part of the solution. After reading this newspaper article of a Montana woman who fell four times during a 35 day stay at a nursing home, I was reminded of how important is is for nursing homes to have adequate fall protection...
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