Teenage Nursing Home Visitor Suspected Of Raping Patient
Protecting nursing home patients seems like an obvious responsibility of nursing homes, yet too often facilities are lax when it comes to regulating the visitors who come-and-go freely at many facilities. Of course its nice to simply see new faces at the facility-- but there needs to be some method of accounting for who enters and leaves the facility. On the topic of nursing home visitors, I was sickened by a news report of and 18-year-old man who allegedly raped an elderly female patient at Woods Nursing Home in Tennessee. Apparently, the man was at the facility to visit another...
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Nursing Home Operators May Be Responsible For Injuries Due To The Negligent Removal Of Snow & Ice
As winter weather sets in, the city is often covered in a blanket of snow and ice. While the slippery weather conditions present a danger to all of us, snow and ice are particularly dangerous for older adults who are already more likely to suffer from a fall and also more likely to suffer bone breaks and injuries. Nursing home residents rely on the nursing home property owners (nursing home operators and manager) to provide a facility free of dangers that might cause dangerous falls or accidents. This responsibility includes the removal of snow and ice, which creates a...
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What Are The Rights Of A Nursing Home Visitor Who Sustains An Injury During A Visit?
"What are the rights of nursing home visitor who sustains an injury during a visit?" -Asks, Marie a 58-year-old Cicero, Illinois resident who fell on broken stairs when entered a Chicago nursing home during visit to see her mother-in-law and broke her leg Visitors to a nursing home may pursue a 'premises liability' claim against the nursing home for injuries sustained due to improperly or negligently maintained premises. Claim for negligence may be pursued against the nursing home and other parties who maintain or control the area where the injury occurred. In Marie's case she may pursue a claim directly...
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'Senior Sitter' Charged With Sexual Assault Of Nursing Home Residents
In a new twist on the widely reported under-staffing in many nursing homes, some families of nursing home residents have chosen to provide supplemental care for their family members by hiring private sitters. Similar to baby sitters, the senior sitters are intended to provide additional supervision and assistance for individual nursing home residents. Because these senior sitters are not employees of the nursing homes, they are not regulated or subject to background checks. The story of a senior sitter, who sexually assaulted several nursing home residents made headlines, recently. The incident will hopefully increase public awareness about all visitors to...
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Murderer Assigned To Do Community Service In Nursing Home
Many states, such as Illinois, have passed laws to prevent convicted criminals from working in nursing homes. Their violent backgrounds, put the most susceptible elderly at risk. In a new twist, this news story uncovers the facts that a convicted murderer was assigned to work at a nursing home as part of her 'work release' program. This story further demonstrates the importance of monitoring all people who enter nursing homes. Protection of nursing home residents can only be assured when all people entering a facility are carefully monitored. What is your facilities policy with respect to volunteers and visitors?...
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