Number of nursing homes in Massachusetts: 431 Patients living in Massachusetts nursing homes: 43,201 Occupancy rates of Massachusetts nursing homes: 89.1% Average number of deficiencies at each Massachusetts nursing home: 6.0 Percent of Massachusetts nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 24.6% Most common deficiencies at Massachusetts nursing homes: Clinical Records, Accident… Continue Reading
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Centenarian Murdered At Nursing Home With Troubled Past
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseAuthorities are investigating the strangulation death of a 100 year-old patient at Brandon Woods Long Term Care. According to early reports, Elizabeth Barrow was strangled by her roommate possibly in retaliation for her receiving ‘too many visitors’. While we learn more about the specifics of this tragedy, it now appears that this Massachusetts Nursing Home… Continue Reading
Despite Admission Of Nurse He Assaulted Nursing Home Resident; Civil Case Against Nursing Home Remains Up For Grabs
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseAlthough Steven Laroche, a certified nursing assistant at a Massachusetts nursing home, admitted to committing an indecent assault on a 93-year-old resident at the facility where he works, the outcome of the civil lawsuit against the nursing home remains uncertain. The daughter of the unidentified nursing home resident, filed a civil lawsuit against St. Joseph’s… Continue Reading