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How Accurate Are Medical Records From Nursing Homes?

Posted in Impacted Bowel, Litigation

Any environmentalist coming into my office would likely cringe at the heaps of medical records that I’ve accumulated from various nursing homes and hospitals on cases that I’m working on.   I’ve really got nothing against beautiful trees, but in order to properly review and prosecute cases, medical records remain an incredibly important piece of… Continue Reading

Did Assisted Living Facilities Neglect Result In Patient’s Impacted Bowel & Death?

Posted in Impacted Bowel, Sepsis

Well, according to a Tennessee jury, the answer to the above question is a resounding ‘yes’!  Evidence was presented to the jury regarding the circumstances that led up to the death of a resident at Celebration Way, a Tennessee assisted living facility in 2004 due to an intestinal obstruction and sepsis. Among the claims presented… Continue Reading

The Cause Of Many Nursing Home Patients’ Injuries May Be Related To An Underlying Medical Issue

Posted in Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff), Impacted Bowel, National Nursing Home Issue & For-Profit Chains, Sepsis, Subdural Hematoma

Most of the time a family contacts my office, it is due to an incident involving abuse or ongoing neglect. Although perhaps less obvious, after we investigate many of the cases, the underlying problem may be a complex medical condition that may ultimately prove important in successfully prosecuting the matter. Here are some of the… Continue Reading

Failure To Monitor Bowel Movements In Nursing Home Patients Can Lead To Impacted Bowels

Posted in Impacted Bowel, Sepsis, Wrongful Death

  In addition to monitoring food and liquid intake of nursing home patients, staff need to pay attention to the elimination of the wastes.   When urine and feces are not produced on a regular basis, nursing home staff must bring these problems to the attention of physicians. One of the more obvious cases of… Continue Reading

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