Number of nursing homes in Missouri: 515 Patients living in Missouri nursing homes: 37,886 Occupancy rates of Missouri nursing homes: 72.2% Average number of deficiencies at each Missouri nursing home: 12.0 Percent of Missouri nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 32.6% Most common deficiencies at Missouri nursing homes: Professional Standards, Accident… Continue Reading
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Alzheimer’s Patient Fractures Her Neck As She Attempts To Crawl Out Of Window
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsAuthorities in Missouri are looking for answers regarding how and why an Alzheimer’s patient at Springfield Skilled Care Center fractured her neck. Police were summoned the the Missouri nursing home after the staff at the facility discovered the patients dead body on the ground outside of the facility. A preliminary autopsy demonstrated that the patient… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Bookkeeper Admits To Stealing Money From Facility
Posted in Nursing Home Staff, Whistleblower / Qui Tam ClaimsSadly, at a time when many are feeling severe financial strain, some nursing home operators and employees are turning to another source of potential income– stealing state and federal funds intended for nursing home patients. The most recent case of stealing or Medicare fraud– which is essentially what most of these cases come down to… Continue Reading
It’s Cold Out. Do You Know Where Your Nursing Home Resident Is?
Posted in NeglectAnother completely preventable nursing home death recently made the headlines as reported in STLtoday. Employees at the Northgate Park Nursing Home left 95-year-old Fannie Mae Rooks in her wheelchair in an outdoor smoking area at the facility last week. Rooks reportedly died from exposure to the elements as she sat unattended in the cold weather. Local… Continue Reading