Number of nursing homes in Michigan: 426 Patients living in Michigan nursing homes: 39,743 Occupancy rates of Michigan nursing homes: 85.2% Average number of deficiencies at each Michigan nursing home: 13.0 Percent of Michigan nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 44.1% Most common deficiencies at Michigan nursing homes: Accident Environment, Quality… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home With History Of Problems Now Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit Related To Poor Care of Patient With Tracheostomy Tube
Posted in Ventilator PatientsWe’ve spent a fair amount of time talking about nursing homes on Medicare’s Special Focus Facility (SFF) list, which can be simply referred to as a compilation of the country’s worst nursing homes. As the name implies, nursing homes appointed to the SFF list faced heightened scrutiny with more frequent inspections due to a… Continue Reading
Investigation Into Nursing Home Resident’s Death In Van Accident Begins
Posted in ManorCare, Medical Transportation & Ambulance AccidentsIn some respects, nursing home patients are at a far greater risk for injury when they engage in non-traditional nursing home activities outside of the confines of the facility– compared with the day-to-day care they typically receive in the course of their daily programs. While nursing home employees may receive a good deal of training… Continue Reading
Is It Time For Nursing Homes To Implement More Safety Measures To Protect Patients From Visitors?
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultWould you open your front door and simply welcome in any visitor? I don’t know where you live– but I surely wouldn’t! However, many nursing homes pretty much have an ‘open door’ policy when it comes to granting visitors access to their facility. Sure some facilities have a check-in desk where visitors can sign… Continue Reading
Morphine Intoxication Of Nursing Home Patient Results In Significant Jury Verdict
Posted in Litigation, Medication ErrorsFollowing a three week trial, jurors in Michigan awarded the family of a deceased nursing home patient $4.85 million. The nursing home negligence lawsuit alleged Mercy Memorial Nursing Center was negligent in administering morphine, a commonly prescribed pain medication, to a man who was admitted to the facility for physical therapy following a non-displaced hip… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Worker Admits To Molestation Of Disabled Resident
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultA 26-year-old man has admitted to the molestation of a mentally disabled woman he was responsible for caring for. The nursing home worker identified as, Daniel Griswald, confessed to multiple sexual encounters with a resident at Rest Haven Home, in Rest Haven, Michigan between March and May, 2008. According to Rest Haven Nursing Home administrator,… Continue Reading
Michigan Court Strikes Nursing Home ‘Arbitration Clause’ And Allows Wrongful Death Case To Proceed In Court
Posted in LitigationA Michigan Court has stricken an ‘arbitration clause’ from a pending wrongful death lawsuit against a Michigan nursing home. In the case of High v. Capital Senior Living Properties, a nursing home resident’s son filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility for failing to properly supervise his mother. Among the claims made in the… Continue Reading
More Information About Patient Care In Metron Nurisng Home
Posted in National Nursing Home Issues, NeglectWe recently discussed how the Metron Nursing Home in Allegan was losing its Medicare and Medicaid funding due to multiple violations in patient care. Now, more information has come to light about the the Michigan Attorney General’s investigation and the forced sale of the facility. Two nursing home residents at Metron of Allegan died after… Continue Reading
Michigan Court Dismisses Charges Against Nursing Home Workers Playing With A Corpse
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesCriminal charges were dismissed against three employees at Cherrywood Nursing and Living Center in Sterling, Michigan. The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the misdemeanor patient abuse charges that the employees were originally charged with. The court reasoned that the deceased nursing home resident could not be categorized as a patient because she was dead. In… Continue Reading