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Six weeks after losing her left leg, Deborah Zwaschka-Blansfield, a nursing home resident in California, was told by the nursing home that her insurance had run out. She was given a choice: Pay for a week in a motel, or move into a homeless shelter. Instead, she engaged the services of an ombudsman, who petitioned on Ms. Zwaschka-Blansfield’s behalf, and…
Nursing homes have been under fire for discharging residents for financial reasons, and without affording them at least 30 days notice, as is required by law. Check out this recent article from my original home town of San Jose, California: http://abc7news.com/exclusive-… To make matters worse, predators have seized on this reality, and have convinced elderly residents to live in “assisted living…
Douglas Timmons, an Air Force veteran, died on February 8, 2018. Mr. Timmons was a resident of a South Carolina nursing home when he passed away. To honor Mr. Timmons’ service to his country, the nursing home held a procession through its hallways, with Mr. Timmons’ casket draped with an American flag. The home played “Amazing Grace” and “Taps” out…
Check out what some excellent volunteers, and staff, did for residents of a nursing home in upstate New York: http://www.thedailystar.com/ne…
Human Rights Watch has recently released a paper entitled “’They Want Docile’: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia.” This paper details an investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch across the United States pertaining to the overuse and abuse of anti-psychotic drugs on the elderly in nursing homes. Human Rights Watch spoke to staff, residents, and…
For far too long, nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Florida have been permitted to operate without adequate liability insurance. A new Bill was introduced in the Florida House of Representatives on January 8, 2018 which is designed to address this issue. House Bill 1369 would require nursing homes and A.L.F.’s to maintain professional liability coverage in the amount…
The Nursing Home Compare system, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is used by consumers over 1.4 million times per year. Consumers depend heavily on this website in choosing a nursing home for a loved one. However, a recent study demonstrates that nursing homes are guilty of inflating their ratings in order to obtain a higher…
A Livingston County, Illinois jury awarded $5.2 Million to a nurse who was fired from a nursing home for refusing to over-medicate residents and refusing to delete problematic resident records. Kartina Wesemann, a Licensed Practical Nurse, was told by her Director of...
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…