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LIFE INSIDE A ONE STAR NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

LIFE INSIDE A ONE STAR NURSING HOME

Most of the readers of this blog are well aware of Medicare’s new Five Star Rating system for nursing homes. Do you want to know what life is like for residents of facilities who receive the lowest rating (one star)? The lobby smelled of urine. In one room, investigators found a 97-year-old woman, lying in…

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ARE YOU SURE THAT IS YOUR MEDICATION? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ARE YOU SURE THAT IS YOUR MEDICATION?

Friends – this happens more than you think. Nursing home residents get the WRONG medication, or a roommate’s medication, or the wrong amount. Please be diligent about discussing medication with the NH staff. If your loved one says they are giving them new pills, you as responsibility party, should have been made aware of this.…

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ANOTHER ELDERLY RESIDENT LEAVES FACILTY – ANOTHER DEATH 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ANOTHER ELDERLY RESIDENT LEAVES FACILTY – ANOTHER DEATH

How many times do we have to read about a nursing home (or assisted living facility) resident who, due to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, walks out of a facility and is later found dead? The most recent report of this preventable tragedy comes from Cincinnati, Ohio. Dorotha Gifford, an 87-year-old woman, left a secured nursing…

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WHO IS TO BLAME? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHO IS TO BLAME?

This week I posted a blog about the Salmonella peanut butter issues. I asked the question “Who is to blame?” The Health dept? Cleaning crew? Workers? Apparently – the insurance company who supposedly insures the Peanut Company who made the product, is asking a local federal court to say whether they have to pay for…

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WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF COVINGTON, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF COVINGTON, VIRGINIA?

The answer is provided by a new “5 Star Rating System” provided by Medicare. When using the Medicare site…select “Find and Compare Nursing Homes”.…then select “Find Nursing Homes within certain distance” of a zip code or identified city. The nursing homes receiving the highest ratings include: The Woodlands – Clifton Forge, Virginia Pocahantas Center –…

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NURSE MIDWIVES: PART TWO 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

NURSE MIDWIVES: PART TWO

My post on February 2 about Nurse Midwives sure stirred up a hornets’ nest! I cannot respond to all of your comments but do want to add the following to our “discussion:” 1. I spend a great deal of my professional time representing pregnant mothers and other consumers of medical care in medical malpractice cases.…

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WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA?

The answer is provided by a new “5 Star Rating System” provided by Medicare. When using the Medicare site…select “Find and Compare Nursing Homes”….then select “Find Nursing Homes within certain distance” of a zip code or identified city. The nursing homes receiving the highest ratings include: Benjamin Borden Health Center – Lexington, Virginia The Woodlands…

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DEATH IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME MAY BE LINKED TO SALMONELLA 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DEATH IN VIRGINIA NURSING HOME MAY BE LINKED TO SALMONELLA

We have been reading for weeks about the peanut butter from Georgia tainted with salmonella bacteria….well now it appears a resident in a Virginia nursing home may have died from consuming the peanut butter. Hester C. Fields, 78, of Kingsport, died at the Brian Health & Rehab Center in Weber City after suffering a high…

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OBAMA AND THE FDA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

OBAMA AND THE FDA

FDA – The Federal Drug Administration, has a great deal of responsibility. Products, medicine, imports, exports – and now with a new President in the White House, we may see a review of how this huge governmental agency works. Making the peanut butter issue personal, the President told press this week his daughter eats peanut…

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WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF ABINGDON VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHAT ARE THE BEST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF ABINGDON VIRGINIA?

The answer is provided by a new “5 Star Rating System” provided by Medicare. When using the Medicare site…select “Find and Compare Nursing Homes”….then select “Find Nursing Homes within certain distance” of a zip code or identified city. The nursing homes receiving the highest ratings include: Clinch Valley Medical Center – Richlands, Virginia Heritage Hall…

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MIDWIVES: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MIDWIVES: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

America (and particularly my home state of Virginia) is seeing an explosion in the number of midwives….and this is a bad trend! I see many complicated deliveries where a fetus becomes entangled in the umbilical cord or caught in the birth canal due to the large size of the fetus or the smallness of the…

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LAWSUIT OVER TAINTED PEANUT BUTTER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

LAWSUIT OVER TAINTED PEANUT BUTTER

So I am sure you have read by now, family of deceased Minnesota woman has filed a suit against the manufacturer of the peanutbutter that had salmonella. Now – as Americans, we probably think this lawsuit is justified. Company had a duty to make a safe product – roaches, mold and salmonella found in Georgia…

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