It was horrifying to families that had already lived through the tragedy of having a loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. As reported in the media, 9 residents of the Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home tested positive for strong pain medication–opiates–that hadn’t been prescribed to them…one later died.
Now, ENCtoday.com reports that the incident and [...]

In response to continuing reports of deaths, abuse, and substandard care at long-term nursing facilities, the Senate Finance Committee has opened an investigation. The company in the spotlight is Select Medical Corporation, a for-profit long-term care provider with 89 facilities in 26 states, including North Carolina. (They own Select Specialty Hospitals in Durham and Winston-Salem.)
The [...]

Today’s The Daily Tar Heel has a terrific editorial about the heartbreaking saga of abuse at Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home. At HensonFuerst, we would like to commend and echo the conclusion:
“Britthaven itself needs to seriously evaluate its commitment to those it serves. Real and fragile lives are at stake.”
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According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, another Britthaven nursing home facility is in trouble, this time for the death of a resident by abuse and neglect.
A former nursing assistant at Britthaven Nursing Home in Pineville, Kentucky, left a partially paralyzed man unattended and without support. The man fell and later died of complications from the injury. [...]