When I first saw a recent news report about a Canadian nursing home patient that fell 45 times over a six-month period, I began to question my reading skills as the number seemed to be downright shocking! As it turns out, my eyes are indeed in good order as are the journalistic skills of the… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: dementia
New York Nursing Home Workers Removed After Abusing Disabled Patients
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseIt always surprises me how many people wind up working in jobs that they are completely unsuited for! While many of these people may later gravitate towards jobs that may be a better fit, it usually does come with any harm to people. Not in the case of two women have been removed from… Continue Reading
When Safety Is An Afterthought, Smoking Is One Of The Most Dangerous Nursing Home Activities
Posted in Smoking & Fires In Nursing HomesSmoking remains one of the most ordinary— yet perhaps the most dangerous activities that takes place in nursing homes everyday. Maybe its due to the fact that smoking is such a commonplace activity in nursing homes, many staff simply fail to understand its potentially dangerous impact on both the individual smoker— as well as the… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Abuse: Workers’ Prank In Applying Grease To Dementia Patients In California Results In Criminal Charges
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA demented sense of humor amongst nursing home workers at Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility seems to have backfired– and has landed a group of them jobless and facing criminal charges. The fallout stems from an incident in which four employees at the California nursing home, covered dementia patients at the facility with lubricant from… Continue Reading
State Steps In After Second Episode Involving Patient Elopmement At Same Facility
Posted in Elopement & WanderingI think its downright scary when facilities fail to learn from their mistakes. Of course, — any person, — any facility can make a mistake one time, but when the same errors are repeatedly made I feel there is well deserved cause for concern. An episode of a patient wandering from Brentwood Assisted Living facility,… 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
Nursing Home Operator And CNA’s Named As Defendants In Civil Lawsuit After Sex Abuse Scandal
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse, Sexual Abuse & AssaultAfter the well publicized abuse of elderly patients at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Minnesota, some of the patients who were victimized have filed a civil lawsuit against the nursing home and the individual nurses involved. Prosecutors have already filed criminal charges against two young woman who tormented many of the Alzheimer’s and dementia… Continue Reading
Would you want this man to care for your granny at the nursing home?
Posted in Nursing Home StaffSure looks can be deceiving, but this guy sure looks creepy to me! The guy pictured above is Franklin D. Hughes, a former CNA at Bartlesville Care Center. If his creepy looks weren’t enough, Mr. Hughes stands accused of sexually assaulting two dementia patients he was responsible for caring for at Bartlesville. Making situation… Continue Reading
LaSalle County Nursing Home Cited For Failing To Protect Residents From Sex Abuse
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, Nursing Home AbuseAfter a full investigation into the sexual abuse of ten residents at LaSalle County Nursing Home, the Illinois Department of Health has determined the facility failed to take preventative measures to protect its residents. The acts were initiated by a male resident who targeted non-verbal, dementia patients. IDPH investigators determined the perpetrator started abusing residents… Continue Reading
Did The National Enquirer Exploit Brook Shield’s Mother?
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsAnything for a story. Right? Recent reports have surfaced regarding reporters ‘signing out’ Brooke Sheild’s mother (who suffers from dementia) from an assisted living facility in New Jersey are disturbing– to say the least. The reporters were apparently from The National Enquirer and signed out 75-year-old Teri Shields to get a story for their tabloid…. Continue Reading
Man Falls From Fourth Floor Window To His Death At Alden Nursing Home
Posted in Alden Nursing Homes, Illinois Nursing HomesThe Chicago Sun Times reported on the death of 84-year-old, Benny Saxon. Saxon was a resident at Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Chicago, Illinois when he either jumped or fell to his death from the fourth floor. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office pronounced Saxon dead shortly after the incident. Chicago Police… Continue Reading
New York Nursing Home Investigated Over Sex Abuse Claims
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA dementia patient has been removed from The Shore Winds Nursing Home following a report of alleged sex abuse by a nurse at the facility. The complaint was reported to the New York State Health Department of Health and a preliminary investigation by the agency determined the claim to be serious enough to merit a… Continue Reading
Fall Leaves Veteran With Broken Neck In Illinois Nursing Home
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsCapital Care Center, an Illinois nursing home, has been fined by federal health officials for failing to prevent an dementia resident from tumbling down an unsecured stairway in his wheelchair. Illinois Department of Public Health reports claim Alfred ‘Stan’ Catherwood, a World War II veteran, suffered from dementia and was considered a high risk for wandering… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Aide Sexually & Verbally Abuses Residents
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseMinnesotans have a reputation for being kind, compassionate people. However, several employees in Minnesota nursing homes are doing a fine job trashing the state’s reputation. After, the reports of abusive teenagers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, a new report of nursing home abuse by a nurses aide has emerged from a different Minnesota Nursing Home…. Continue Reading
Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed After Man Wandered From West Virginia Facility
Posted in Elopement & WanderingThe family of a man suffered from dementia and has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home responsible for his care. The man was killed after he was struck by a CSX train. The lawsuit names Heartland of Charleston nursing home and its parent company Health Care and Retirement Corp. of America LLC…. Continue Reading
Girls Gone Wild In Minnesota Nursing Home
Posted in Neglect, Nursing Home StaffI came across this article regarding the abuse of Alzheimer’s patients at a Minnesota Nursing Home –the extent of mistreatment makes me sick. According to a Minnesota Department of Public Health report, 15 residents of the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home fell victim to ongoing physical and psychological abuse of 4 teenage nursing assistants. Since… Continue Reading
Pile On The Medication
Posted in Medication ErrorsOld? Weak? Tired? Have dementia? The answer to these ailments in some nursing homes is to prescribe antipsychotic drugs to subdue any signs of energy and life left in residents suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. A whopping one-third of all nursing home residents are prescribed antipsychotic drugs such as: Risperdal, Seroquel and… Continue Reading