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Long-Standing Inadequacies Lead to Further Issues Within Nursing Homes
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It is important to recognize the hard work of nurses in the fight against COVID-19, but in nursing homes, problems continue to be discovered. Unfortunately, we saw a spike of more than 1,500 deaths of nursing home patients from early to mid- April according to recent reports. As is being… Continue reading
Critical Care: Helping Your Loved Ones Navigate Care Facility Risks
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When a loved one goes into an assisted care facility, it’s the hope that they’ll receive the compassionate and attentive care they were promised. No one wants to think about the opposite happening: neglect, abuse, injury, or death. This scenario recently made headline news when a great-grandmother in Puyallup, Washington… Continue reading
Staff Shortages Threaten Residents at Nursing Homes
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When we think about workplace safety issues, it’s easy to default to a mental image of construction workers or firefighters. Those jobs have very visible risks thanks to big machinery and precarious working conditions. However, caretakers at nursing homes face serious workplace risks as well. This is due largely to employers’… Continue reading
Nursing Home Ownership Gets Thorough Examination
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Nursing homes and corporate raiders don’t seem like they’d have much in common at first blush, but nursing home management is coming under the microscope after Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-VT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) directed a pointed letter to the CEOs of The Carlyle Group, a… Continue reading
Railroaded: Forced Arbitration Clause Should Alarm Nursing Home Residents
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When a family member moves into an assisted care facility, their new home is evaluated from many angles. What is the living space like? What are the staff qualifications? Have there been concerns raised in the past? Most likely, you aren’t considering the potential need for litigation. Yet among the… Continue reading
Bill to Provide Continued Funding to Critical Elder Support Services Passes House
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The House has passed H.R. 4334, the Dignity in Aging Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Older Americans Act. The bill maintains funding for the important work of the long-term care ombudsman program and continued authority for the National Center on Elder Abuse and National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center… Continue reading
Nursing Home ‘Fight Club’ Shows Need for Training, Background Checks
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Three women working at a nursing home have been arrested and charged with assault after engaging in elder abuse, pushing a patient, and encouraging a physical altercation between two residents. The incident was recorded, showing none of the employees stepped in to stop the fight. The patients, who had dementia,… Continue reading
Preventable Falls in Nursing Homes
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Falls of patients in nursing homes are often preventable, yet they are still the leading cause of injuries in seniors who are residents there. Research shows elderly adults are four times more likely to die of fall related injuries if they live in a nursing home as compared to those… Continue reading
Nursing Home Abuse Being Investigated; Facility Claims It Was a “Fall”
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The New Jersey State Health Department and Westfield, New Jersey police are currently investigating a claim of physical abuse of an elderly woman at a nursing home facility, who sustained severe injuries to her face. The woman’s son claims his mother was physically abused, posting pictures on Facebook of his… Continue reading
Nursing Homes Contribute to Spread Life-Threatening and Drug-Resistant Germs
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The rise and spread of drug-resistant germs, including infections and funguses, has been tied to nursing facilities and long-term care facilities. Due to lack of staff training on infection procedures, understaffing, and not being equipped to deal with serious infections, patients wind up being cycled through the hospital and back… Continue reading
