Abusive Events In Adult Homes Go Unreported & Unprosecuted
A recent article in The Seattle Times presented a sad, but realistic, glimpse into the abusive and neglectful conditions found in many adult homes in Washington. As people look for additional living options instead of traditional nursing homes, adult group homes (characterized as facilities that care for six or few people) theoretically provide an attractive alternative offering more flexibility and a less-expensive alternative to nursing homes. However, as the Times investigation points out, the adult home facilities are riddled with situations involving apparent abuse and neglect-- that are frequently brushed aside. Times reporters determined that more than 357 adult family...
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Nursing Home Patient Sustains Serious Burns After Smoking In His Bed
A nursing home patient, connected to an oxygen line, sustained serious burns to his face and after his cigarette ignited the nasal line and the bed in which he was laying. The incident took place at Summit Park Nursing Home in New York. Nurses were able to extinguish the fire before the man sustained more serious burns to other parts of his body. Read more about this case involving smoking-related burns here. My take on this: Nursing homes need to create and implement smoking policies to cut-down on situations such as this. Most smoking policies forbid patients from smoking...
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Maximum Fine Levied Against Nursing Home For Failing To Supervise Resident While Smoking
Nursing homes have a duty to protect their residents from harm inflicted by not just the staff and other residents at the facility--but also keeping residents from harming themselves. Rivera Healthcare Center, a California nursing home, failed to protect a resident from harming himself and consequently received a $100,000 fine-- the highest fine permissible under California law. The fine comes after a California Department of Health investigation related to the burn-related death of a 64-year-old resident. An investigation into the matter revealed that on December 23rd, a male resident left the facility in his wheelchair to smoke a cigarette. As...
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Resident Who Smoked & Used Oxygen Suspected Of Causing Fire At Assisted Living Facility
A woman was killed in a fire at the Lebanon Manner Village assisted living complex in Indiana when a fire broke out in her apartment. The other buildings in the complex were evacuated. It took firefighters more than an hour to put out the flames according to Lebanon firefighter Wheat. Thirteen apartments were damaged by flames and almost the entire building sustained some kind of damage, Wheat said. Most of the residents at the assisted living facility will remain out of their apartments due to smoke and water damage. Officials did not release a cause of the fire, but friends said the victim smoked and was on oxygen....
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