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SECOND ROCHESTER NURSE PLEADS GUILITY IN NURSING HOME CASE 150 150 Dan Frith
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SECOND ROCHESTER NURSE PLEADS GUILITY IN NURSING HOME CASE

We wrote a short blog yesterday about a nursing aide pleading guilty to criminal neglect in a Rochester, New York nursing home, the Jennifer Matthew Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Well… it looks like another former nursing home employee has now pleaded guilty to neglecting a 70-year-old patient with dementia. Sounds like a bad situation to…

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DIAGNOSING BIAS IN DOCTORS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DIAGNOSING BIAS IN DOCTORS

Washington Post Staff writer, Shankar Vedantam wrote in yesterday’s Washington Post “Long before word recently broke that white referees in the National Basketball Association were calling fouls at a higher rate on black athletes than on white athletes, and long before studies found racial disparities in how black and white applicants get called for job…

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NURSING HOME WORKER ADMITS NEGLECT 150 150 Dan Frith
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NURSING HOME WORKER ADMITS NEGLECT

The use of video cameras or “granny cams” to record poor care in nursing homes is a good thing! An ex-employee of a Rochester, New York nursing home has admitted she neglected a patient in a case that included the use of a hidden camera. Tammy Devos, 43, who worked as a certified nurse’s aide…

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EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT 150 150 Dan Frith
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EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT

Most conservatives would say that state, not federal law, should address issues such as tort reform, medical malpractice, legal procedure etc. I agree these issues should not be decided in Washington, but a close examination of state laws reveals how very different we are. In Virginia, you can file a Medical Malpractice lawsuit without having…

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NEW ORLEANS: CRIMINAL TRAIL AGAINST NURSING HOME OWNERS SET TO BEGIN 150 150 Dan Frith
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NEW ORLEANS: CRIMINAL TRAIL AGAINST NURSING HOME OWNERS SET TO BEGIN

This one is going to be interesting! The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died amid flash flooding during Hurricane Katrina are set to stand trial today on negligent homicide charges. The owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home, Salvador and Mabel Mangano, are the only individuals charged with the responsibility of deaths from…

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RESIDENT’S DEATH BRING SANCTIONS FOR MARYLAND NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
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RESIDENT’S DEATH BRING SANCTIONS FOR MARYLAND NURSING HOME

Here is another sad report of a nursing home elopement. Milford Manor Nursing Home, located in Pikesville, Maryland, has been fined $65,000 and barred from training nurse’s aides for two years following the disappearance and death of an 82-year-old Alzheimer’s patient. The resident, Semen Binder, walked away unnoticed on the evening of July 7. Searchers…

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A NEW NURSING HOME FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 150 150 Dan Frith
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A NEW NURSING HOME FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA

The Danville Register and Bee is reporting that a new nursing home has been approved for Chatham, Virginia. The nursing home would house 60 certified beds and would initially bring 55 full-time jobs to the area. Its price tag is approximately $5.8 million. Read the article here. Pittsylvania County is very under-served in terms of…

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW IN TEXAS: IS IT COMING TO YOUR STATE? 150 150 Dan Frith
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW IN TEXAS: IS IT COMING TO YOUR STATE?

Doctors and hospitals have been pushing and pushing for tort reform – claiming that “frivolous” lawsuits are putting them out of business! They have been most successful in Texas with dramatic changes in the law. What has been the result? The Houston Chronicle ran an article this week which might open some eyes. The article,…

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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A GOOD NURSING HOME? 150 150 Dan Frith
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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A GOOD NURSING HOME?

We have previously written about what to look for when searching for a good nursing home. The type of home which has enough nurses and aides to provide prompt and timely care to the residents. The type of home which provides proper nutrition and hydration to its residents. The type of home which provides needed…

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LET’S DO THE NUMBERS – 1 CEO or 2000 NURSES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

LET’S DO THE NUMBERS – 1 CEO or 2000 NURSES

There is a great NPR show, Market Place, where the host always says “Let’s do the numbers.” Well, someone has done the numbers for us in the big business corporate nursing home industry. What if you took the money a CEO would make (or shareholder dividends) and put it toward staffing and resident care. Read…

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YOU QUIT YOUR OLD JOB AND THE FIRST DAY ON YOUR NEW JOB YOU ARE ASKED TO SIGN A NON-COMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
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YOU QUIT YOUR OLD JOB AND THE FIRST DAY ON YOUR NEW JOB YOU ARE ASKED TO SIGN A NON-COMPETE

Those slimy dirtballs! What do you do? What can you do? There are no guarantees but many courts find this type of conduct to constitute “unclean hands” on the part of the employer and refuse to enforce the non-compete. The following case decisions reflect how the courts see this issue: o An Arizona court refused…

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ALLIANCE REVEALED 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ALLIANCE REVEALED

Dan blogged this week about the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. He spoke about the group, and its financial goals. Below is a link to an editorial from the Palm Beach Post about the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. They have been very vocal about Medicare payments to nursing homes. “In newspaper and…

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