Nursing Home's Failure To Implement Fall Precautions Results In Death Of Patient
Recognizing the significant threat that ‘falls’ pose to patients in nursing homes, federal regulations impose a duty on facilities to assess each patient at the time they are admitted (and similarly reassess on a regular basis) to determine the likelihood of the patient is at risk falling and then create a plan of care for the facility to implement to minimize the frequency and severity of any ensuing injury. Given the significant risk of serious fall-related injuries--- or even death, fall precautions need to be made a priority at all long term care facilities caring for the elderly. While some...
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Criminal Charges Brought Against Nursing Home Workers Who Allowed Resident To Freeze To Death
Criminal charges have been brought against three nursing home workers on duty the night an Alzheimer's patient wandered from Texas nursing home to his death. The three were employed in various capacities at a facility known as Tumbleweed Nursing Home on the evening of February 3rd of this year. Surveillance video from the nursing home demonstrated that an Alzheimer's patient that the staff was responsible for supervising wandered without any intervention from the safety of the nursing home into the frigid outside temperatures. Hours after the patient left the nursing home, he was found dead outside. An autopsy revealed...
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Caregivers Must Exercise Patience When It Comes To Caring For Alzheimer's Paitents
Nursing aide to be charged with injury: kxan.com Frustration is likely to blame for an episode of elder abuse at a Texas nursing home where a CNA attacked an Alzheimer's patient she was trying to get dressed. Staff members at Wesleyan Nursing Home, notified nursing home administrators when they saw the CNA grab the patient and put him in a 'head lock' after he was slow to follow instructions. Though the patient did not sustain injuries that are permanent in nature, the CNA was fired from her position and will face criminal charges of: injury to the elderly and...
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As More Sex Offenders Make Their Way Into Nursing Homes, Are Facilities Exposing Themselves To Increased Liability?
As if nursing home patients and their families didn't have enough to worry about with respect to receiving proper medical care, many patients may be shocked to learn that they are living amongst registered sex offenders. While the component of sex offenders in nursing homes is nothing new, the fact remains that as a generation of sexual deviants ages--- their need for skilled nursing care is expanding. With few alternatives, many convicted felons--- some of whom have particularly disturbing backgrounds are settling into long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. While their need for medical care...
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Hidden Camera Catches Nursing Home Worker Abusing Paralyzed Stroke Patient
First-degree felony abuse charges have been filed against a nurses aide at Castle Pines Retirement Home in Lufkin, TX. The aide identified as Johnetta Dashaw Phillips, was responsible for caring for a patient who was left paralyzed from a stroke and suffers from dementia. Despite earlier complaints of abuse by the patient's husband to administrators at Castle Pines, the facility claimed it was unable to take any action because the disabled wife was unable to identify her abuser. Consequently, the husband set up a hidden video camera in his wife's room. The camera recorded two incidents of abuse: In...
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Family Claims Nursing Home Failed To Protect Elderly Woman For Brutal Assault At Hands Of Intruder
A nursing home negligence lawsuit has been filed against Brookdale Senior Living Center for failing to protect its patients. Janice Maier's family brought the lawsuit against Brookdale after she was physically abused by an intruder to the Texas nursing home. A police investigation concluded that 25-year-old Daniel Villarreal pushed the back door of the nursing home open and entered Ms. Maier's room and began choking her. Mr. Villarreal remains in police custody and has been charged with Injury to an Elderly Person, a 1st degree felony. Ms. Maier is currently in intensive care at University Hospital. Read more about...
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Alzheimer's Patient Wanders From Texas Nursing Home To Her Death
Authorities are now looking into how 85-year-old, Edna May Sides, managed to wander from Hillside Plaza Nursing Home without the knowledge of nursing home staff. On July 15th, Sides dead body was found a short distance from the facility. Initially, the nursing home told the family that Sides passed from 'natural causes'. However, when the family learned that Sides wandered from the facility, they notified the Cherokee County Sheriff and the Wells Police Department. "The family thought it was a little strange, so they went to the Justice of the Peace in Alto and then called the Sheriff's...
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Nursing Home Manager Accused Of Stealing From Resident
Adelita Rosas, a manager at an Austin nursing home stands accused of stealing more than $2,000 from an elderly resident at Maggie Johnson Nursing Home. Rosas admittedly endorsed and cashed a check made payable to a resident and then gave the funds to the resident's family, yet she claims the situation is an innocent misunderstanding. "Of course, I had to sign the back of the check. Because he (the resident) didn't have his ID, they wouldn't cash it for him," said Rosas. At the very least, Rosas violated the nursing home's policy when she gave the money to the resident's...
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Nursing Home Abuse: Texas Nursing Home Worker Caught Punching Resident
Can someone please let me know what drives a person to physically abuse a defenseless elder? Is it empowering? Is it done out of frustration? Does it just feel good? Out of Texas, Lufkin Police have arrested a certified nurses aide (CNA) in connection with an episode of abuse witnessed by co-workers. The incident took place on March 22, 2009 at Castle Pines Health and Rehabilitation Center. Apparently, the CNA took an 80-year-old CNA into her room, closed the door and began striking resident. Staff at the facility were alerted to a potential problem when the resident activated a call...
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Nursing Homes Not Prepared To Care For Obese Residents
The Brownsville Herald had an article on nursing homes inability to care an increasingly large portion of the nursing home population-- the morbidly obese. Under-staffing is particularly problematic for large nursing home residents. Obese nursing home residents require special equipment and additional staffing in order for their needs to be met. Read more about the special needs of obese nursing home residents here....
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