Dan Frith

The Tennessee Department of Health has suspended new admissions to the Rivermont Care and Rehabilitation Center in Marion County until it gets its act together! The facility must also must pay a $1,500 state fine and a federal penalty of $4,200 a day until violations are corrected.New admissions may be…

This is encouraging news! An article in USA Today reports the percentage of elderly living in nursing homes has declined. The downturn reflects the improved health of seniors and more choices of care for the elderly.Approximately 7.4% of Americans aged 75 and older lived in nursing homes in 2006, compared…

Got your attention didn’t I? Sexual relationships between a medical professional and his/her patient is a “no – no.” Patients can be extremely vulnerable to becoming entrapped into a sexual relationship with their physician. The patient sees the physician as a caring individual with superior knowledge and someone who can…

The families of 23 nursing home patients who died in a bus explosion as they fled Hurricane Rita have settled their lawsuits against the nursing home that evacuated them. Lawyers for the families and for Sunrise Senior Living Services Inc., of McLean, Va., said terms of the settlement were confidential.…

This case comes to us from Illinois and involves an “elopement.” An elopement is simply the act of a nursing home resident leaving the facility without the permission and knowledge of the nursing home staff. In Taylor v. Manorcare Health Services a 75 year old resident suffered from dementia and…

Every time I turn around another friend has decided to have LASIK (laser in situ keratomileusis) surgery to help their vision. LASIK surgery could probably help my vision but the damn procedure just scares me! I would never have both eyes operated on at the same time. Further, it concerns…

A lawsuit filed against Greenbrier Manor, a Greenbrier County, West Virginia nursing home, claims the facility’s “abusive” care caused malnutrition and dehydration of an elderly, incapacitated patient who also suffered numerous falls. The resident, Eloise Gates, 84 years old, lost 20 pounds or 12 % of her body weight in…

A few days ago we wrote a short article on a Johnson City, Tennessee nursing home owner who was being tried for Medicaid fraud. Billie Anderson, the owner/operator of Anderson Health Care in Gray, TN was charged with operating the facility without a Medical Director. Medical Directors are doctors and…