An Iowa nursing home now faces a $10,000 fine imposed by the state following an investigation into the death of an elderly patient at the facility. As we recently discussed, Corine Armentrout and another elderly patient were injured in a November 9th auto accident when the nursing home van in which they were passengers stopped… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home Patients Injured After Driver Of Van Fails To Secure Their Wheelchairs
Posted in Disabled Patients, Medical Transportation & Ambulance AccidentsA recent auto accident involving a nursing home van– full of elderly patients– is under investigation by authorities in Iowa after two of the female passengers sustained injuries when the van rear-ended a car stopped at a light. Apparently the women– who were both in wheelchairs– only had their wheelchairs attached to the floor of… Continue Reading
Who Needs To Abide By Regulations? All Troubled Assisted Living Facilities Need To Do Is Re-Organize In Order To Avoid Compliance With Safety Laws
Posted in Assisted Living FacilitiesAs we’ve discussed on several occasions, there has been a noticeable trend by senior care facilities to re-organize themselves into different entities in order to avoid regulations applicable to the particular facility. For example, nursing homes are subject to an extensive list of federal and state regulations regarding the type and method of care provided… Continue Reading
Family Awarded $546,000 In ManorCare Lawsuit
Posted in Dropped Patients, Litigation, ManorCareThe Chicago Tribune recently reported on a jury verdict where the family of a deceased nursing home patient was awarded $546,000 in a lawsuit brought against Friendship Manor Care in Grinnell (Iowa) and Midwest Ambulance Services of Iowa. The lawsuit was brought about by a 2009 incident in which an elderly patient was being… Continue Reading
Director Of Nursing Cleared Of Charges Alleging That She Interfered With Nursing Home Inspection
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesI was frankly disturbed when I came across an article in the Press-Citizen by Clark Kauffman regarding a director of nursing at an Iowa nursing home who obviously bullied her employees into keeping quiet regarding poor care they may have witnessed at the facility. Karen Etter, the former director of nursing at Windmill Manor Nursing… Continue Reading
Fall From Bed Results In Death Of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Patient
Posted in Nursing Home Falls, Subdural Hematoma, Wrongful DeathI’ve noticed a trend amongst many nursing home negligence cases– injuries occur at a disproportionately high rate within the initial admission period. The most reasonable explanation for the heightened rate of nursing home injuries in during the initial admission period is most likely related with both the facilities unfamiliarity with the patient and vice versa. … 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 IssuesDubuque 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
A Recipe For Danger: Nursing Shortage Could Reach 1M By 2020
Posted in Medication Errors, Neglect, Nursing Home StaffAn aging nursing population, the growing need for nursing services and an insufficient number of facilities to train new nurses are coming together to create a ‘nursing crisis’, according to a recent article in The Iowa Independent. The congruence of factors will lead to dramatic shortages of nurses both in Iowa and on a national… Continue Reading