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Caretaker at New Mexico Nursing Home Faces Criminal Charge for Dragging a Dementia Patient
A caretaker at The Montecito Santa Fe was captured on video yanking an 89-year-old patient from where she was seated and dragging her through the facility’s lounge area. Other staff members who witnessed the caretaker’s violent behavior reported it to her daughter and showed her the video clip. The victim’s…
Read MoreStaff Arrested for Running a Dementia Fight Club in Assisted Living Facility
Earlier this month, three female employees of the Danby House, an assisted living facility in North Carolina, were arrested and accused of starting their own fight club using the facility’s dementia patients. The patients were forced to punch each other while staff members recorded it on their cellphones. According to…
Read MoreHow Can Families Protect Loved Ones When Nursing Home Neglect Injuries Are Underreported?
Approximately 6,600 cases of nursing home neglect or abuse were not reported in 2016, according to a watchdog report prepared by auditors with the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s Office. This represents about 18 percent of the 37,600 instances when a Medicare beneficiary was taken to the hospital. Federal…
Read MoreWhy Understaffing is a Major Problem in Nursing Homes
The statistics related to understaffing in nursing homes are startling. According to Nursing Home Abuse Guide, forty-six percent of nurses have excessive workloads in nursing homes. More than 90 percent of all nursing homes in the country are understaffed. And over 20 percent of nursing homes fail to provide proper…
Read MoreRisk Factors for Dehydration and Malnutrition in Nursing Homes
Malnutrition and dehydration are serious threats in nursing home facilities that can result in infections, muscle weakness and confusion. Below, we discuss the dangerous side effects of dehydration and malnutrition and what signs to look out for. If you suspect that your loved one is suffering from dehydration and malnutrition…
Read MoreFactors of Emotional Abuse in Nursing Homes
Not all abuse is physical. Emotional or psychological abuse can be just as damaging to a person’s health. If your elderly loved one has suffered emotional abuse in his or her nursing home facility, you may have grounds to pursue a lawsuit. PKSD explains more about emotional abuse of nursing…
Read MoreAre Nurse Staffing Ratios in Long-Term Care Facilities Safe?
If you have a loved one living in either a long-term care home (LTC) or skilled nursing facility (SNF), you want to know they are happy, well-cared for and safe. However, that confidence could be tested when you discover that today’s nurse staffing ratio requirements for LTC and SNF were…
Read MoreMan Jailed on Assault Charges at Sheboygan Nursing Home
A 66-year-old man from Green Bay has been charged with four felonies relating to two incidents on July 7 in which he assaulted an elderly resident in a Sheboygan nursing home where he worked. A coworker assigned to a floor for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s says she saw the…
Read MoreStudy Finds 75 Percent of Nursing Homes Fall Short of Federal RN Staffing Expectations
A new study done by researchers from Harvard and Vanderbilt reveals that three-fourths (75 percent) of U.S. nursing homes are rarely ever in compliance with federal expectations for staffing of registered nurses (RNs). There are often no RNs in these facilities on weekends. RN coverage expectations are set by the…
Read MoreCommunity Struggles to Get Answers About Nursing Home Closure
Sunshine Haven, a small nursing home in southern New Mexico (Lordsburg) is scheduled to close by August 3, 2019. The only nursing home in the community houses 37 residents, according to the Healthcare Compare website, who will need to find new housing and care before the facility shuts down. However,…
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