The New York Times ran a troubling article “At State-Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity” recently chronicling the abusive care– and lack of accountability– encountered by residents in the more than 2,000 group homes scattered throughout New York. Of the more than 13,000 cases of alleged abuse reported in 2009, less than 5% of the cases… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home Cover-Up: NY Aides Lied About Doing Their Jobs
Posted in Elopement & WanderingAs a nursing home lawyer, I spend a lot of time reviewing patient charts. Particularly when it comes to evaluating cases, a thorough review of medical records is crucial for determining the important questions: Who? What? Why? When? Occasionally, my chart reviews reveal more than I expect when: medication charts reveal that medication was administered… Continue Reading
Welcome To The Mean Streets Of The Nursing Home. Now Gimme Your Jewelry!
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesSure, I like to make light of some of the amazingly horrific news that comes out of nursing homes. Sometimes, its just important to laugh at some of the stupidity that surrounds these facilities because if you don’t, you’ll walk around consistently saddened by the abuse and neglect-filled conditions at many of these facilities. Today’s… Continue Reading
Family Alleges Nursing Home’s Failure To Control Diabetes Resulted In Death Of Patient
Posted in Diabetic KetoacidosisThe family of retired Judge John Philips has filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit against Prospect Park Residence alleging the facilities failure to treat the man’s diabetes resulted in his death. According to the lawsuit, the staff failed to provide him with a specialized diabetic menu and failed to administer his insulin on a regular… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Claims New York Facility Allowed Advanced Bed Sore To Develop In Rehab Patient
Posted in LitigationAs nursing home lawyers, one of the situations we commonly encounter involve relatively healthy people who enter nursing homes for rehabilitation due to an orthopedic or cardiac conditions— only to encounter more problems during their admission to a facility. In some of these situations, nursing home staff wrongfully assume that many of the prevention programs… Continue Reading
Three Employees At Assisted Living Facity Disciplined For Their Failure To Report Missing Nursing Home Resident
Posted in Assisted Living Facilities, Elopement & WanderingAn investigation into the death of a 93-year-old man at a New York assisted living facility revealed that three employees at the facility acted improperly when they failed to document that the man was missing from his room. Turns out– the man had either jumped or fallen to his death from his second floor room. … Continue Reading
New Pay-For-Performance Program Initiated To Help Improve Nursing Home Care
Posted in MedicareNursing homes will now have one more reason to improve patient care–they will be paid for doing so. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will initiate a new pay-for-performance program to inspire nursing to provide improved care to residents. The plan formally known as, Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Project, will begin in July… Continue Reading