Nursing Homes Malpractice Abuse and Neglect: 02/03/2013

Saturday, February 09, 2013

Administrator fired over nursing home assault - YNN, Your News Now

Following a case of alleged sexual assault at the Loudonville Nursing Home, an administrator with the home has been fired. According to a spokesman for the facility, Melissa Brown was discharged from her position on Saturday.

Police say Richard Ragone, 64, a convicted rapist, worked at the home as a maintenance worker. They say he sexually abused a 91-year-old woman in her room. Ragone faces charges of sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person. Administrator fired over nursing home assault - YNN, Your News Now

by Bernard Hamill

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Friday, February 08, 2013

Waconia nursing home resident dies as 'tired' staffer fails to give CPR

A Waconia nursing home employee failed to take necessary emergency actions to save the life of a resident who became unresponsive and soon died, then blamed the neglect on being "tired and not thinking clearly," according to a state investigation.
The staff member at the Good Samaritan Society's nursing home should have performed resuscitation efforts and called 911 when the resident fell ill, the state Department of Heath said in a report released Wednesday.
The resident had instructed in an "advance directive" that such immediate actions be taken in critical situations, the report added.
The report concluded that the employee's neglect was responsible for the resident's death. The staff member quickly resigned when being questioned by the facility's administrative nurse, the report added.
As is its practice, the Health Department did not reveal the identities of those involved, nor did it say when the neglect occurred.
However, the resident's family identified her as Luvern Z. Kraft, 85, of Mound. One of her sons, Steve Kraft, said his mother died April 21, 2012. There was no autopsy he said, leaving him to suspect she died "I suppose of heart failure."
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/190247801.html

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Police Seek Additional Victims Of Nursing Home Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman

Officials are seeking the public’s help in identifying additional victims of an Orange County nursing home employee charged with sexually assaulting a 69-year-old disabled woman.

David Moreno, 28, has been charged with one felony count each of sexual battery on an institutionalized victim and sexual penetration by foreign object of an incompetent victim, the Brea Police Department said.

Moreno, who was a maintenance worker at Emeritus Senior Living in Yorba Linda, allegedly entered the victim’s room between June 1 and July 24 and sexually assaulted her leaving behind physical evidence, according to officials. Police Seek Additional Victims Of OC Nursing Home Employee Charged With Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman, 69 « CBS Los Angeles

by Bernard Hamill

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Woman injured in jump from Massachusetts nursing home window

From the Southcoast today news on Feb 5th, 2013:

"A 72-year-old nursing home resident suffering from dementia was badly injured when she jumped from a second-story window at the nursing home where she was recently admitted, police said.

The woman suffered a broken leg and a fractured hip. Police said this woman "has a history of trying to sneak away from her own home." She was in the Savoy Nursing Home at 670 County St. for two weeks prior to the incident. A nurse's aide making a routine room check discovered the woman was missing."

The Hamill Law Firm has handled several of these matters in the past.

It should be noted that Federal regulations require that residents be protected from "elopement" because of the danger of injury to them. In fact Medicare has a list of SRE or "Significant Reportable Events" that were formerly referred to as "never events" (because they should never happen!). Some of these "never events" include rape of a resident, suicide in a nursing home and falling out of a window. It is important to remember that these people are placed there by loved ones for their safety and protection because they cannot live independantly safely.

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