Dan Frith

Of 15,000-plus nursing homes ranked by U.S. News in July’s update of “America’s Best Nursing Homes,” only 3 from the state of Virginia made the list. None of the three which made the list are located in Roanoke. All three achieved a perfect five-star rating in each of the federal…

We have seen many occasions where a nursing home resident, minding their own business and bothering no one, is physicall attacked and seriously injured or killed by another resident. In every one of those situations, we discover that the attacker has a long history of aggressive and threatening conduct…and often…

Families work through the difficult decision to place a loved one in a nursing home…a decision not undertaken lightly and not without some reservations. But, there comes a point in time when family members can no longer provide the type of skilled around-the-clock care which is sometimes needed. These facts…

This is great news! The percentage of nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. The report comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report. The report, released last week, provides both a state-by-state and nationwide analysis of quality-of-care…