What Can Nursing Homes Do To Protect Patients From Violence Within Facilities
Nursing homes are supposed to be quaint places for the elderly to relax and recreate with each other. Right? Sure, I guess it depends upon the circumstances, but most people would be shocked to learn that episodes of violence do occur on a regular basis. Just recently, and 89-year-old man at a Tennessee nursing home died after he got into an altercation with a new roommate. According to news reports, the man who suffered from Alzheimer's became upset when a new roommate was brought into his room and a fight ensured. Shortly after the fight was broken up he became...
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Man Who Crashed Car Into St. Louis Nursing Home Had History Of Problems
Dennis Long's relatives confirmed that he was indeed the man who drove his car through the front entrance of St. Sophia Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Louis, MO last Friday. Apparently Long drove his car into the facility out of anger. He was banned from visiting his mother who was an Alzheimer's patient at the facility due to his 'bizarre behavior' weeks earlier. St. Louis Circuit Court records reveal Long had a troubled past. In 2007, Long was similarly barred from visiting his mother while she was a resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In the same year, court records...
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