Widow sues nursing home over husband’s death

A Texas widow is suing a nursing and rehabilitation center after her husband died of sepsis

Beverly Ann Stewart filed a Nursing Home lawsuit March 13 in the Jefferson County District against Summer Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, alleging negligence.

The lawsuit states Charles Larry Stewart was a patient of Summer Place on Major Drive in Beaumont from Oct. 31, 2012, to Nov. 20, 2012
Widow sues nursing home over husband’s death | Southeast Texas Record

Ashton Grange nurse was allegedly drunk at work

A care home nurse was allegedly so drunk at work that she confused a teddy bear with a baby, a hearing was told today.

Violet Ruto attended the Ashton Grange Nursing Home in Horsham, West Sussex while intoxicated on repeated occasions and was so unsteady on her feet she had to be removed from the building, it was said.

She was also found sleeping in one of the rooms during her shift on New Year’s Eve, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard

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Ashton Grange nurse 'was so drunk at work she thought a teddy was a baby' | Mail Online

Cheshire nursing home fined twice by state Department of Health

Highlands Health Care Nursing Home was fined twice recently by the Department of Public Health in two separate citations in February.

According to a citation issued on Feb. 4, the 120-bed facility at 745 Highland Ave. was fined $1,160 in connection with a Sept. 1, 2013, incident where a resident had fallen in the bathroom and suffered a cut that required 10 staples to close.

The resident, who was prone to falls, had been left unattended in the bathroom according to the report.

A second citation on Feb. 25 resulted in a $1,090 fine for the facility after a resident developed a deep tissue injury to the heel in December.  Cheshire nursing home fined twice by state Department of Health Republican American

Nursing home employee charged with assaulting resident

A 65-year-old nursing home employee faces assault and neglect charges after she allegedly got into a fight with a resident who complained the staff wasn't properly caring for the residents.
On Friday, Bristol Township police charged the aide with neglect of a care-dependent person and simple assault.According to court records, the resident at the Silver Lake Nursing and Rehabilitative Center received scratches, bruises and a bloody nose and lip.
Nursing home employee charged with assaulting resident - Bucks County Courier Times: Bristol Township | Borough | Schools

Rochester Nursing Home nurses accused of neglecting patient

A Rochester man sat in a courtroom recently and watched as ten Nursing Home employees were accused of neglecting his father.

The ten nurses all worked at Blossom North Nursing Home and are charged with varying degrees of neglect. Some are charged with falsifying the patient’s medical records to cover up the neglect. The victim in this case was a double-amputee. Blossom North nurses accused of neglecting patient appear in court | WHEC.com

Patient at Seattle nursing home says she was raped

 "Seattle police are investigating an alleged rape of a patient at a nursing home care and rehabilitation center. The victim is a 34-year-old woman with a rare disease that makes it nearly impossible for her to speak or move.
Her family had just moved her from Harborview Medical Center to the Seattle Medical and Rehabilitation Center four days ago. Late Tuesday morning, the victim's mother received a call from the center, informing her that her daughter had been punched in the face and raped.
The victim's older sister, Rita, who doesn't want to be identified, talks through her tears of the horrific ordeal she says her sister endured at the nursing home facility that was supposed to be caring for her.
"She's covered up in a blanket, crying, looking confused and scared," said Rita.
Patient at Seattle nursing home says she was raped | KING5.com Seattle:
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nursing home owners want judge to reject report in resident freezing death

The owners and former employees of a Brownfield nursing home where a man died of hypothermia in 2012 want an appellate court panel to throw out a report offered by an expert witness looking into the circumstances surrounding his death.

The report by Mark E. Kunik into conditions at Meridian’s residential care facility “was so deficient it constituted no report,” said Robin Green, attorney for Meridian LTC., Tumbleweed Care Center, general partner Theora Management and employees Maria Stella Briones, Kenneth Michael Rice and Scott Steven Spore Brownfield nursing home owners ask judges to reject expert's report in 2012 freezing death | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:

Fellow Patient Charged in NY Nursing Home Rape

 "A 78-year-old woman was beaten and raped in her bed by a fellow patient at a Brooklyn nursing home, the police said yesterday.
The police arrested Samuel Irving, 43, early yesterday and charged with rape and assault in the Friday night attack. Mr. Irving, a double amputee, was homeless before getting a room at the nursing home, Greenpark Care Center at 140 Edwards Street in Fort Greene, and lived down the hall from the victim, an administrator at the home said.
When a nurse doing her rounds passed the victim's room and turned a corner about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, the suspect rolled his wheelchair into the room and closed the door, the administrator, Paul Parawan, said yesterday. When the nurse noticed the door closed three or four minutes later -- it is supposed to be open at all times -- she opened it and saw Mr. Irving on top of the victim, slapping her, Mr. Parawan said."Fellow Patient Charged in Nursing Home Rape - New York Times:

One Third Of Patients Harmed By Their Nursing Homes

A national report on nursing homes was released this week by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a large sampling of Medicare patients discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities in one year, roughly a third of the patients were harmed by their treatment in the nursing homes, the study found. And most of that harm could have been prevented.

The report can be found here: Nursing Home Report.

A Third Of Nursing Home Patients Harmed By Their Treatment : Shots - Health News : NPR

101-Year-Old Blind Alzheimer’s Patient Raped Inside Nursing Home

"A 64-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a 101-year-old blind and nearly deaf Alzheimer’s patient inside a nursing home Monday.
Albert Thompson was also a resident at Poplar Point Health and Rehabilitation in Midtown.
A certified nursing assistant told police she saw Thompson assaulting the woman, who is bed-ridden.
Thompson lived across the hall from the victim.
Poplar Point isn’t commenting about what happened, but a woman with a loved one there had plenty to say.
The woman says she was shocked it happened at a nursing home and has asked the staff to keep a close eye on her mother, who suffers from dementia.
“A 101-year-old? That was like, wow, unbelievable! It should have..I wouldn’t say been caught right then, but they should have been watching her a little more carefully,” said the woman.
She also says the nursing home has been trying to keep it quiet."Police: 101-Year-Old Blind Alzheimer’s Patient Raped Inside Nursing Home | WREG.com:

Holmwood House nursing home failures uncovered

There have been eight substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at Holmwood House, Westbury-On-Trym, in the last two years.
Admissions to Holmwood have been temporarily suspended twice since June 2012 and, under a voluntary arrangement, no-one with nursing needs is currently being admitted.
The home's owner Ghassan Al-Jibouri said he had "nothing to hide" and his first concern was the health and welfare of residents.
The safeguarding incidents were uncovered by the BBC through a Freedom of Information request.
They include a woman being dropped from a hoist, mistakes with medication, neglect through short-staffing, and poor manual handling.There have been eight substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at Holmwood House, Westbury-On-Trym, in the last two years.
Admissions to Holmwood have been temporarily suspended twice since June 2012 and, under a voluntary arrangement, no-one with nursing needs is currently being admitted.BBC News - Holmwood House nursing home failures uncovered:

Nursing Home Assistant accused of Raping elderly patient

A Pittsfield man faces charges for allegedly trying to rape a female Nursing Home resident last weekend at the nursing home where he worked at in Lee Massachusetts.

Paul Shartrand, 46, an employee at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation, was arrested in response to a complaint from another employee that a disabled elderly woman had been sexually assaulted in her room.

I just obtained a Nursing Home Rape Jury Verdict in Middlesex County, Massachusetts for a victim of a Rape. Another Rape was recently reported in a Brockton MA. Nursing Home.

Nurse's assistant accused of raping patient at Laurel Lake - Berkshire Eagle Online

Nursing home fire in Stoughton MA. under investigation

The Stoughton Fire Department is investigating what sparked the small fire recently at The Copley at Stoughton Nursing Care Center located on Sumner Street. No one was hurt and none of the 116 residents were evacuated.
According to Stoughton Fire Captain Jim Bertram they responded to a report of a brush fire a half mile from the nursing home. “You could see a live wire on the telephone poll that arced with other wires,” Bertram said. “That energized the other wires and back-fed into the wire connected to the call box at the nursing home,” he said. A jolt of electricity from that wire caused the fire, he said.
"Nursing home fire in Stoughton under investigation - News - The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA - Quincy, MA:

Nursing Home employee fired for forging check of Elder Resident

An employee of Talahi Nursing & Rehab Center was fired for forging a check of a resident at the St. Cloud facility on University Drive Southeast.

The Nursing Home staffer used a blank check and the resident's rubber signature stamp to endorse the check for $300, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Nursing home employee fired for check forgery

Florida: proposed nursing home bill bad for Seniors

The  nursing home proposal now before the Florida Legislature 'may soon become the state's most epic failure for elderly nursing home residents."

"Here are five facts about the sweetheart deal that's designed to rob residents of their rights" according to an article today by Brian Lee. Guest column: 5 reasons to defeat nursing home bill