In a bold display of laziness, two nurses at a Minnesota Nursing Home have been terminated from their positions after an investigation at Cook Nursing Home revealed that the nurses were lying about administering blood sugar tests to seven residents at the facility. The imaginary blood sugar levels were then used to arbitrarily administer insulin… Continue Reading
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Failing To Report Nursing Home Violence Results In Sanctions Against Facility
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultViolence in a nursing home setting can take place at any time– at any facility. While there certainly are procedures that facilities can put into place to reduce the number of these incidents, each episode needs to be closely examined to determine the specifics behind the incident and to prevent the eruption of similar problems… Continue Reading
Episode Of Sexual Abuse By Nursing Home Employee With A Questionable Past Highlights The Need For Nationalized Database For Healthcare Workers
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultLike most perspective employees, people seeking a position in a nursing home likely fill out an application, perhaps submit a resume and answer a few questions from the facility administrator or other managerial employee. Pretty simple and matter of fact. In the majority of situations, this tried and true method of seeking employment likely serves… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Injury Laws: Minnesota
Posted in Litigation, National Nursing Home IssuesNumber of nursing homes in Minnesota: 387 Patients living in Minnesota nursing homes: 29,871 Occupancy rates of Minnesota nursing homes: 91.3% Average number of deficiencies at each Minnesota nursing home: 11.6 Percent of Minnesota nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 20.7% Most common deficiencies at Minnesota nursing homes: Unnecessary Drugs, Accident… Continue Reading
Double Standard Applies To Sex Crimes Perpetuated Against Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultI’d imagine that there would be blood in the streets if our society set convicted childhood sex offenders back to their task after serving a short period (42 days) behind bars. Yet when these heinous acts are carried out against equally vulnerable members of our society– the elderly, there seems to be little backlash when… Continue Reading
Death Of Nursing Home Patient Attributed To Fall From Mechanical Lift
Posted in Dropped PatientsThe oversight of a basic safeguard has been attributed to the death of an 84-year-old nursing home patient who fell from a mechanical lift being used by staff to move her. An investigation into the incident by the Minnesota Department of Health concluded that two CNA’s at the facility identified as Devine Providence Health Canter… Continue Reading
Minnesota Nursing Home Blamed for Resident’s Choking Death
Posted in ChokingA recently-released Minnesota State Health Department report revealed new information about a questionable choking death in a Mahnomen nursing home. According to the report, 82-year-old Keith H. Johnson was a resident of the Mahnomen Health Center, when he was served a deadly meal of solid foods on Dec. 13, 2010. The decision to serve solid… Continue Reading
Staff Need To Protect Disabled Nursing Home Patients As They Transport Them In Wheelchairs
Posted in Disabled PatientsNo one seems to give much thought to transporting a nursing home patient in a wheelchair throughout the facility or outside on the facilities grounds. Just push the patient in the chair to where they need to go? Right? Well, like most tasks, there really is quite a bit more to it than is originally… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Patient Dies After Receiving ‘Toxic’ Medication Overdose
Posted in Medication Errors, Pharmacy ErrorPoor communication appears to be to blame for the death of a woman at a Minnesota nursing home who was administered a dose of medication ten times higher than prescribed by her doctor. According to news reports concerning this incident, a transcription error is likely to blame for the patient receiving 80-milliequivalent doses of… Continue Reading
Short-Term Nursing Home Admission Proves Too Much For Elder Advocate
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesTwenty-four hours was enough for Deb Holtz at a Minnesota nursing home. The 55-year-old cut short her admission to Langton Place after what she felt were repeated insults to her privacy by staff at the facility. Like many nursing home patients, Holtz was intending on receiving short-term rehabilitation following a shoulder replacement. What makes… Continue Reading
Medication Errors To Blame For Death Of Nursing Home Patient
Posted in Medication ErrorsSome of the most tragic cases of nursing home negligence involve medication errors. Not just because the error results in a severe injury or death of a patient, but because the errors were indeed so needless. Somewhere along the line from the time the doctors order was written to the time the medication was dispensed—… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Aide Fired After She Forgets To Secure Paralyzed Patient In Wheelchair
Posted in Dropped Patients, Nursing Home InjuryA basic omission by a CNA at a Minnesota nursing home (Benedictine Health Center) is responsible for various injuries and the subsequent death of a physically disabled patient. According to news reports, the CNA failed to secure the patient into a mechanical lift used to transfer the physically disabled patient from her bed to the… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Blamed For Resident Choking To Death On Raw Cukes
Posted in ChokingOn May 29, 2010, a resident of Bethesda Heritage Center ,a nursing home in Minnesota, died after choking on raw cucumbers that the facility never have should even served to her. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) cited the facility for neglect. The elderly female choking victim had been admitted to the facility two… Continue Reading
Stupidity Plain & Simple To Blame For Series Of Portable Heater Burns To Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home InjuryPerhaps one of the more frustrating aspects of my job as a nursing home lawyer is the fact that so many nursing home employees forget to bring their common sense to work. Though there seems to be a never ending array of federal and and state nursing home regulations, the regulations really mean nothing if… Continue Reading
‘Significant Medication Errors’ Discovered In Nursing Home Following Investigation Related To Patient Injury & Death
Posted in Medication ErrorsFollowing a medication-error related death and other medication-related problems that resulted in patient injuries, Minnesota Department of Heath investigators concluded that Fair Oaks Lodge in Wadena, MN was guilty of neglect and other federally mandated nursing home standards. The ‘major medication errors’ occurred within 16 days of one another. According to the State’s investigative report:… Continue Reading
Even The Most Mundane Parts Of A Nursing Home Can Turn Deadly Without Proper Staff Supervision
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsDespite the glimpse of warmer temperatures that are (hopefully) around the corner, many nursing homes and long-term care facilities have their heating systems working at full force. Unfortunately, many of these facilities were constructed at a time when radiant heating systems were state of the art. The danger radiators and portable heating units pose to… Continue Reading
‘Poor Judgment’ To Blame For CNA’s Failure To Implement Fall Precautions In Minnesota Nusing Home Death
Posted in Nursing Home Falls“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.” – Chinese Proverb At employee at St. Anthony Health Care Center in St. Paul, MN failed to follow these words of wisdom when she failed to follow the fall precautions set for in… 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
Investigations May Not Always Hold The Answers To How A Nursing Home Injury Or Death Occurred
Posted in National Nursing Home Issues, Nursing Home FallsLike many families, Kenneth Gall sought a sense of closure with respect the circumstances surrounding his mother’s death after she sustained an injury during her admission to Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills. Unfortunately, more than a year after his mother’s death, questions still remain as to the facilities role in the matter– and how a… Continue Reading
Poor Training & Under-Staffing Blamed For The Death Of A Nursing Home Patient Who Died From Injuries Sustained After She Was Dropped By A CNA In A Minnesota Facility
Posted in Nursing Home Falls, Nursing Home Staff, Wrongful DeathA report issued by the Minnesota Department of Heath has cited White Community Hospital and Nursing Home (Minnesota) for errors made by a nursing assistant during the transfer of a patient out of her bed. The incident occurred when the CNA attempted to transfer a disabled patient from their bed to a wheelchair using… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Waits 19 Hours To Provide Medical Treatment To Resident Who Fractured Her Hip During Sabina Lift Transfer
Posted in Dropped PatientsA recently disclosed Minnesota Department of Public Health report concluded the Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea was guilty of ‘neglect’ due to its delay in providing medical treatment to a resident who fell during a transfer from her bed to her wheelchair. The episode took place on November 21st when a worker at… Continue Reading
Wrestling Legend Takes Moves To Minnesota Nurisng Home
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsWrestling legend Verne Gagne, a former professional wrestler, still has some of his moves that made for a successful career in college wrestling, professional wrestling and professional football. Unfortunately, the wrestling moves have no place in an Alzheimer’s unit at Friendship Village Nursing Home. Recently, Gagne threw down his roommate, Helmut Gutman, resulting in a… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Cited For Mistreatment Of Resident Following Investigation Of Resident’s Fractured Neck
Posted in Nursing Home FallsThe Minnesota Department of Health released an investigative report concluding a resident of Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills Nursing Home sustained a broken neck due to a fall or other trauma at the facility. The investigation follows the death of 91-year-old Gladys Gall, a resident at the facility. Despite the fact no federal or state… Continue Reading
Dehydration Leads To Lawsuit Against Minnesota Nursing Home
Posted in Dehydration, Golden LivingJust 20 days after entering the Golden Living Center, 71-year-old Dean Cole lost 20 pounds due to malnutrition and dehydration. According to Mark Wandersee of the Eldercare Rights Alliance, the nursing home staff is to blame for his rapid deterioration. "He wasn’t getting the care he needed for food and water," said Wandersee. A wrongful… Continue Reading