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No, I am not talking about Shakespeare… I am talking about the names of various medical diagnosis – Dementia / Alzheimer’s Disease / Depression. What to these names mean, and do we use them inappropriately? Dan and I put on a seminar this Monday with a local Geriactric physician, Dr. Gary Oberlender. Dr. Oberlender shared…

I have been trying to read a Virginia Blog every week – docwatch – today, the author reports about a south west Virginia nurse who recently lost her license (in June) when she forced liquids into a nursing home resident, while restraining the resident – the result, the resident started vomiting and had to be…

Northfield Place, a nursing home in the Whitmore Lake area, was one of four Michigan nursing homes under investigation for allegations of health care fraud and poor patient care, state and federal authorities said this week. Ciena Healthcare Management, the company that owns the four nursing homes and 26 others in Michigan, entered into a…

A former nursing home employee in Rochester, New York, became the 12th person to admit neglecting an elderly patient with dementia. Certified nurse’s assistant (CNA) Marguerite Carrington, 49, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors of second-degree falsifying business records and willful violation of health laws in connection with neglect of a patient at the former Jennifer…

It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this! A Tennessee Health Department investigation has revealed that a 91-year-old patient at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City had maggots in her ear because of a hygiene problem at the facility. Records show the unnamed woman suffered from dementia and needed assistance with dressing, eating and…

Roanoke, VA – Seminar, Open to the public, August 27, 2007 at 2:00pm at the Higher Education Center, downtown Roanoke. Topics to include: Resident’s Rights – What rights you loved one has in a Nursing Home; The Seven Deadly Sins of Nursing Homes (Common patient errors and what you can do to prevent them); and…

On August 20, the Wall Street Journal published letters to the editor addressing a previously published opinion piece by Ronald Trowbridge, an adjunct scholar with the Abigail Alliance, and Steven Walker, co-founder of the Alliance, about a decision earlier this month by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court…

A Pennsylvania nursing home resident who died days after a fall has been identified as a 64-year-old woman. Judith Bliger, of Blair County, fell out of a mechanical lift at Laurel Crest Nursing Home earlier this month. She was treated and released from the hospital immediately following the incident. She died three days later. Sadly,…

This was reported in the New York Times yesterday:“WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — In a significant policy change, Bush administration officials say that Medicare will no longer pay the extra costs of treating preventable errors, injuries and infections that occur in hospitals, a move they say could save lives and millions of dollars.Private insurers are considering…

USA Today reports that owners of the St. Rita nursing home in St. Bernard Parish, a New Orleans-area nursing home, ignored televised and government warnings of the growing strength of Hurricane Katrina and failed to evacuate 59 frail, elderly residents which resulted in the deaths of 35, a prosecutor told a jury last week.The residents,…

These are certainly the “Dog Days of Summer!” Temperatures in the 90s and 100s have been common throughout much of the nation the last few weeks. It is important to keep in mind the elderly during these particularly hot days as they are more susceptible than most people to dehydration and other heat-related complications. Heatstroke…