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Impossible! Outrageous! Unreasonable! Those are the types of responses I would expect to hear from administrators of our local hospital (Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital) if asked the above question. Well, it appears that at least one hospital is willing to give it a try. Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania has overhauled its approach to surgery.…

It takes a lot for a nursing home to lose certification from Medicare and Medicaid but it looks like a nursing home in Fredericksburg, Virginia has done just that. On May 1, 2007 a resident of Carriage Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Fredericksburg strangled to death on a nurse call bell cord which had…

The front page of today’s Roanoke Times (5-8-07) contains an excellent article about a serious problem right here in Roanoke. For starters, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital lost most of their radiologists several months ago. That group of doctors, Radiology Associates, moved most of their practice to another hospital, Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem, Virginia. The reasons…

A surgical group in Penn. has received a great deal of press this week – a 90 day post surgery warranty. Yup. Any “repair ” work you need post surgery, “corrections” or fixing required, its covered! No additional charges or bills to the insurance company. A guarantee, like your kitchen aid, whirlpool washer or hairdryer.…

A black or blue mark on the skin – what is that called? A bruise? An abrasion? A scratch? A pressure ulcer? What does it mean for your loved one in an acute care, hospital or nursing home setting, that he has abrasions, bruises, scratches or pressure ulcers? Each term means something very different –…

A Cleveland, Tenn., nursing home company has settled a lawsuit that accused it of neglecting its patients and allowing an elderly woman to lie in her own feces for hours at a time after back surgery. The woman, Betty Mae Hanzel of Hastings, developed an infection in her wound during her stay at the Life…

Senior citizens who do not have children to help care for them are less likely to have to go into a nursing home if they live in a state that spends more on home- and community- based services, researchers have found. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report the finding in the May…

I hear it all the time, “we cannot hire more nurses to take care of residents because we just don’t make enough money!” More than one nursing home administrator has testified in depositions that there is “not enough money in the budget to hire more help because 60 – 70 % of the residents are…

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