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David Barton Smith of Temple University in Philadelphia recently published the results of his study of U.S. government data on 1.5 million patients in 14,374 nursing homes in 2000, covering close to 90 percent of all nursing homes and residents. His conclusion is that elderly and ill blacks in the United States are more likely…

Bedsores, pressure ulcers, decubitus ulcers…whatever name you use describes a horrible condition which can be very painful, become an entry point for infection and can lead to death! The St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois pipes in Olympics-style theme music over the audio system every two hours. The music is a signal to the…

Experience counts. The only problem is that, as a consumer of medical care, it is almost impossible to find out if your doctor has a good success record with the surgery he or she is proposing for you. That problem may be getting closer to an answer. Last week, a federal judge in Washington, D.C.,…

The Georgia Department of Human Resources has determined that the Forum Healthcare Group nursing home in Brunswick, Georgia is no longer suitable for residents and is closing the facility. The decision by the state to shut down the facility came almost one month after the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services put the facility on…

Seven nursing home employees who tested positive for tuberculosis are suing Pinecrest Hospital located in Beckley, WV. The lawsuit claims the state-run nursing home in Beckley allowed bacteria from the highly contagious disease to escape an isolation ward when it installed wall air conditioning units in 2001. The suit alleges that this condition exposed the…

Nebraska TV Station reports:O’Neill, NE Nursing Home Fined For Leaving Resident UnattendedA northeast Nebraska care center has been fined for leaving an elderly resident unattended.A report, done by the state department of Health and Human Services, says representatives of the Golden Living Center, in O’Neill, Nebraska, discharged a resident because the individual’s family couldn’t pay…

Well – some of them do at least…. and I think thats great. They should make more, but EVERYONE should – the CNA’s / Med Techs – especially the care givers. Article here: August 22 2007Nursing home operators value good nursing leaders, the latest results from the nation’s most in-depth nursing-home survey indicate. The national…

Many elderly experience cognitive decline as they age and sometimes the cognitive decline progresses to dementia. Dementia is defined as a significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Nursing home residents suffering from dementia require a proper treatment plan which reduces the risks of…

Folks, my law firm represent nursing home residents and their families in cases of abuse and neglect against the nursing home industry. We have written many articles in Legal Medicine about the horrendous care provided to some residents. We have also written here, and on our firm’s web site about the dangers of signing admission…