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Unsafe, Even in Bed?

A recent New York Times article talks about a nursing home danger most of us don’t even consider–beds with rails. Although rails are commonly used to protect frail patients from accidentally rolling out of bed, their design actually poses a danger of entrapment, when a patient get trapped between the rail and the mattress. According […]

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Investigations into Britthaven of Chapel Hill Abuses

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

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Investigation into Abuse at Chapel Hill Nursing Home

A team of state inspectors are investigating why nine people living in the Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home’s Alzheimer’s unit tested positive for strong pain-control opiate drugs that they weren’t supposed to be receiving. HensonFuerst Law firm, a long-time advocate of people and families suffering nursing home abuse, is also investigating.

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Chapel Hill Nursing Home Staff on Forced Leave after Patient Death

One patient from the Alzheimer’s unit of Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home died…six more have been hospitalized after opiates were found in their system…three others were hospitalized as a precaution. You know what happened to the staff? According to a report in the Raleigh News & Observer, they were put on paid leave. Paid.

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