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A California nursing home is using music therapy for residents suffering from dementia. The nursing home is part of a California study of 4,500 nursing home residents throughout the state. Researchers are trying to determine whether music can replace antipsychotic...
On October 3, 2017, an 86 year-old assisted living facility resident was severely beaten by a fellow resident on a secured unit of a Williston, Florida A.L.F. The beating of the resident was captured on video surveillance. The problem: No one was actually monitoring the video surveillance at the time of the attack. The Agency for Health Care Administration also…
On November 20,2017, Kelly Hunnicutt, a 37 year-old with developmental disabilities and cerebral palsy was assaulted by one of her caregivers at The Bert Muller Home, operated by PARC, Inc. Kelly was grabbed by the throat and pushed into a wall by one of the people...
Gloria Single just wants to be with her husband. Gloria, 82, and her husband Bill, 93, have been married for 30 years. They were living in the same nursing home in California, when Gloria was sent to a local hospital for a psychological evaluation without her or her family’s consent. Even though the hospital cleared her for a return to…
James Dempsey, a decorated US Navy World War II Veteran from Woodstock, Georgia, died in a Georgia nursing home after the staff failed to provide him with emergency care. Mr. Dempsey, a resident of Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation Center, had difficulty...
The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has recently closed Eden Gardens, a Miami A.L.F., for deplorable living conditions. In an August 4, 2017 Emergency Suspension Order, the AHCA found widespread and deficient conduct on the part of the A.L.F. and its operators. The AHCA noted that the staff and administrators knowingly put in jeopardy the health of the residents,…
In February of this year, Ottawa, Illinois was hit with a devastating tornado. Caught in the tornado’s path was La Salle County Nursing Home and its 91 residents. During the storm, the employees followed their disaster protocol, and moved residents into the hallways,...
In a recently published report, the Office of Inspector General has determined that nursing home complaints rose 33% from 2011 to 2015. Over this 5-year period, the number of complaints that States received per 1,000 residents increased from 32.7 to 44.9 complaints per year. Of note, States substantiated 31%, on average, of the most serious nursing home complaints pertaining to…
Have you ever visited your loved one at a nursing home or assisted living facility, and wondered why so many of the residents appeared to be incoherent or lethargic? A big problem in long term care facilities is the overuse of drugs to sedate the elderly. While facilities will deny it, it is easier, and cheaper, for nursing home companies…
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has recently issued an “Early Alert” to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and highlighted its findings of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout the United States. The OIG has found that 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse incidents during their nursing home stays. In addition, the OIG determined that 69% of…