Happy 4th of July! As with all holidays, it’s important to remember friends and relatives who may be unable to join in the fun due to illness or immobility. Take a few moments out of your day and visit— or at least call– your family in a nursing home or assisted living facility.
Tag Archives: assisted living
New Government Report Demonstrates Alarming Number Of Criminals Caring For Elderly In Nursing Homes
Posted in Nursing Home StaffI had to do a double-take when I saw some nursing home staffing statistics referenced in a report released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). An alarming 92% of nursing homes across the country have at least one criminal– in one form or another– working at the facility. In calculating this disturbing statistic,… Continue Reading
$821,000 Awarded To Family Of Deceased Assisted Living Patient Who Wandered From Facility
Posted in Elopement & WanderingThe family of a 75-year-old dementia patient has recovered $821,000 in a recent wrongful death trial against the assisted living facility where she was a resident as well as the facilities parent companies. The lawsuit alleged that the facility was negligent in looking after the resident who had a history of wandering episodes. In this… Continue Reading
Call Alarm At An Independent Living Facility Goes Ignored & Alleged To Contribute To Death Of Patient
Posted in LitigationMany facilities offer multiple levels of care depending on the needs of the patient: skilled nursing care, assisted living and independent living options. The variety of services can be great for patients who may desire to remain at a facility for an extended period of time. If, and when, the patient requires more assistance they… Continue Reading
As Assisted Living Facilities Add Skilled Nursing To Their Repertoire, Is This Really A Move To Improve Patient Care Or Simply An Attempt To Cover More Of The Market?
Posted in Assisted Living FacilitiesOne of the emerging trends I’ve noticed in the senior care industry is how many assisted living facilities have added skilled nursing care to the services offered by the facility. Many facilities promote the additional skilled nursing care as an ‘aging in place’ alternative to an undesirable re-locating to a different facility when the need… Continue Reading
Did Assisted Living Facilities Neglect Result In Patient’s Impacted Bowel & Death?
Posted in Impacted Bowel, SepsisWell, 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
Insight On Nursing Homes From The Director Of An On-Line Community For Senior Care Professionals
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseToday’s nursing home interview comes from Tom Ratcliff, co-founder of National Senior Living Providers Network which provides an on-line, interactive career-based community for senior care professionals. Many thanks Tom! Who are you and what type of work do you do? NSLPN.com is an online community for professional senior care professionals: Independent Living, Assisted-Living, Skilled Nursing Homes,… Continue Reading
CNA Charged With The Rape Of An Elderly Woman In An Assisted Living Facility
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultDouglas McGregor, a CNA at an assisted living facility for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, stands accused of raping a 71-year-old woman with whom he was to assist in dressing. According McGregor, the elderly woman was ‘tugging’ on his waist line and the button on his pants broke, thereby exposing his genitals because he wasn’t wearing… Continue Reading
Golden Living Partners With Microsoft To Help Manage Patient Medical Records
Posted in Assisted Living Facilities, Golden Living, National Nursing Home Issue & For-Profit ChainsHave you ever tried to read a nursing home patient’s chart? Were you able to read everything? If so, please shoot me an email, because I surely have a difficult time sorting through many entries in charts. A new collaboration between Golden Living and Microsoft may help to improve not just the legibility of medical… Continue Reading
Yes, Good Nursing Homes Do Exist!
Posted in National Nursing Home Issue & For-Profit ChainsGood nursing homes do exist. In fact, there are many dedicated facilities throughout the country dedicated to the compassionate care of the elderly. In an era where we are bombarded with horrific descriptions of nursing home abuse and neglect, it was a pleasure to come across Jane Brody’s personal accounting of the Miami Jewish Health… Continue Reading
Another Iowa Assisted Living Facility Chooses To Abandon Its License
Posted in Assisted Living FacilitiesRight on the heels of Dubuque Retirement Community, formerly Iowa’s largest assisted living center, Jefferson Point Assisted Living Center has announced it will no longer operate as an ‘assisted living facility’. Operators of Jefferson Point will now operate the facility as an apartment complex. Residents who require medical assistance may elect to remain in the… Continue Reading
Pesky Government Regulations No Problem For Assisted Living Facility In Iowa
Posted in National Nursing Home Issue & For-Profit ChainsDubuque Retirement Community was the largest assisted living center in Iowa. It was run by Assisted Living Concepts, a Wisconsin for-profit-corporation that operates 216 care facilities in twenty states. Now, Assisted Living Concepts has given up its assisted-living license on the troubled 116-resident facility. In its short two-year history as an assisted living center, Dubuque… Continue Reading
Settlement Reached With Hospital & Assisted-Living Facility In Case Involving Amputation Of Woman’s Legs
Posted in LitigationFollowing a trial and appeal, the family of Alice Limbrick has reached a settlement with the assisted-living facility where she was a resident. In the lawsuit (Roy Limbrick et al v. Mariner Health Care, Inc.), the deceased woman’s family claimed both the assisted living facility where she was a resident and a hospital where she… Continue Reading
Who Should Manage Administration Of Medication?
Posted in Medication ErrorsThe discussion on administration of medication at assisted living facilities at Inside Assisted Living, caught my attention. Inside Assisted Living is an extremely useful blog dedicated to helping residents and their families transition into assisted living facilities. A reader of the blog asked: ‘Ryan, my parents are now in an Assisted Living Community. I’ve been… Continue Reading
Assisted Living Fall Leads To Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted in Abuse In Chicago Nursing Homes & Other Communities Within Illinois, Assisted Living Facilities, Nursing Home FallsThe family of an assisted living resident has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. 83-year-old, Luveda Fern Kessler, fell and cut her leg as she got out of bed at her Laguna Hills assisted living apartment. Ms Kessler did as she had been told to do: Press a personal emergency response call button, according… Continue Reading
Study Shows Errors In Timing Of Administration Of Medication In Assisted Living Facilties
Posted in Medication ErrorsAccording to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the likelihood of a medication error is low. The authors of the study looked at 12 long-term care facilities in 3 states. The results of the study are surprising considering that many long-term care facilities use aides who no formal training… Continue Reading