http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/news/chapel-hill-nursing-home-staff-on-forced-leave-after-patient-death/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Investigation into Abuse at Chapel Hill Nursing Home | LawMed.com | North Carolina Nursing Home Blog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:27:10 +0000 http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/?p=577#comment-394 [...] for strong pain-control opiate drugs that they weren’t supposed to be receiving. As we posted earlier this week, one patient [...] [...] for strong pain-control opiate drugs that they weren’t supposed to be receiving. As we posted earlier this week, one patient [...]

]]> http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/uncategorized/rating-nursing-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Chapel Hill Nursing Home Staff on Forced Leave after Patient Death | LawMed.com | North Carolina Nursing Home Blog Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:27:25 +0000 http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/?p=557#comment-393 [...] Managers from Britthaven’s corporate offices were brought in to investigate. We truly hope that some drastic action will be taken, but we’re not holding our collective breath. This nursing home is one of the facilities that failed to show significant improvement after being tagged by Medicare as a “Special Focus Facility,” which is a gentle way of saying that they provide substandard care, and that serious problems persisted for a long time. (See our earlier blog about this rating.) [...] [...] Managers from Britthaven’s corporate offices were brought in to investigate. We truly hope that some drastic action will be taken, but we’re not holding our collective breath. This nursing home is one of the facilities that failed to show significant improvement after being tagged by Medicare as a “Special Focus Facility,” which is a gentle way of saying that they provide substandard care, and that serious problems persisted for a long time. (See our earlier blog about this rating.) [...]

]]> http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/uncategorized/the-sorry-and-frightening-state-of-long-term-care-facilities/comment-page-1/#comment-392 The Sorry (and Frightening) State of Long-Term Care Facilities … | Health News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:10:25 +0000 http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/?p=565#comment-392 [...] here: The Sorry (and Frightening) State of Long-Term Care Facilities … Share and [...] [...] here: The Sorry (and Frightening) State of Long-Term Care Facilities … Share and [...]

]]> http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/news/breaking-news-75000-fine-for-nursing-home-choking-death-factual-misrepresentation/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Breaking News: $75000 Fine for Nursing Home Choking Death … | Elderly Golden Years Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:06:41 +0000 http://www.lawmed.com/nursinghome/?p=197#comment-389 [...] A nice web master added an interesting post today on Breaking News: $75000 Fine for Nursing Home Choking Death …Here’s a small readingBreaking News: The State of California has fined a nursing center $75000 in the case of an elderly man whose death was reported for months as a heart attack, although he really choked on a tuna sandwich. In 2003, the state accused the same facility … Viewers to the HensonFuerst Nursing Home blog are reminded to exercise extreme vigilance when family and friends in elder care are on restricted diets. Click to read the entire article from the Orange County (CA) Register. … [...] [...] A nice web master added an interesting post today on Breaking News: $75000 Fine for Nursing Home Choking Death …Here’s a small readingBreaking News: The State of California has fined a nursing center $75000 in the case of an elderly man whose death was reported for months as a heart attack, although he really choked on a tuna sandwich. In 2003, the state accused the same facility … Viewers to the HensonFuerst Nursing Home blog are reminded to exercise extreme vigilance when family and friends in elder care are on restricted diets. Click to read the entire article from the Orange County (CA) Register. … [...]

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