It’s really no surprise that many nursing home patients have a bitter disdain for their facilities. After-all, the ‘nursing home’ that they may find themselves in may bear no resemblance to the place they called ‘home’ prior to their admission. Physical characteristics aside, many nursing homes operate with an institutional mentality where individual desires are… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: nursing home injuries
Wheelchair Patient Falls To Death Down Un-secured Staircase In Nursing Home
Posted in Nursing Home Falls, Nursing Home InjuryWithout a doubt, one of the most frustrating aspects of litigating cases involving nursing home injuries is that many of them derive from the failure of staff to implement the most common sense safeguards. Unlike situations where a facility may be negligent providing poor medical care for a patient (which is plenty disturbing), the emergence… Continue Reading
More Improvements At Medicare’s ‘Nursing Home Compare’ Website
Posted in MedicareWe spend a lot of time talking about the problems with modern-day nursing homes, but I find the most important improvement in U.S. nursing homes is the development of Medicare’s nursing home compare website. The site provides a one-stop-shop for families seeking information on a particular facility or when researching facilities within a particular area…. Continue Reading
Improper Transfer Leads To Broken Arm
Posted in Nursing Home StaffA lawsuit has been filed against the Edwardsville Nursing & Rehab Center in Illinois by the family of a nursing home resident who was dropped in the process of being transferred from her bed to a wheelchair. The incident resulted in the fracture of the resident’s arm. The lawsuit was filed in Madison County… Continue Reading
Wandering
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's Patients, Elopement & Wandering"Wandering’ refers to a cognitively impaired person moving about a nursing home or long-term care facility aimlessly and without appreciation for what he or she is doing. A nursing home resident’s propensity to wander should be identified in an initial care plan. Residents who are most likely to be wanderers are those who suffer from… Continue Reading
Elopement
Posted in Elopement & Wandering‘Elopement’ is when a nursing home resident leaves the nursing home itself without staff knowledge and gets into harms way. Elopement in nursing homes is most common amongst residents who suffer from dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and who are on medications (psychotropic drugs) that cause confusion. In order to prevent situations where a resident may elope,… Continue Reading
Burns In Nursing Homes
Posted in BurnsThe National Fire Center, reports an annual average of 2 million fires in the United States. Those fires resulted in an annual average in excess of 27,000 civilian injuries, more than 4,000 deaths. Nursing home residents may sustain burns while at a nursing home facility. Common situations involving residents sustaining burns include: Baths- Staff failing… Continue Reading
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Posted in Common TermsDefinition: A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow to the head that results in a disruption of the normal brain functioning. TBI’s may range from a brief change in cognitive functioning to an extended period of unconsciousness. (Source: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) TBI’s are some of the more common injuries sustained… Continue Reading