Federal Regulations Require that Nursing Home Residents Receive Adequate Supervision and Assistive Devices to Prevent Accidents Including Falls

According to an article from: Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal, dated September 10, 2008; Falls are common among older adults. One third of adults over 64 years old, living outside of institutions, fall each year, and the likelihood of falling continues to rise with older age. Among the elderly, falls cause significant morbidity and mortality, and often contribute to functional decline, depression,... [Read more]

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Resident Falls Down Stairwell to her Death in Minnesota Nursing Home

In a story in the Star Tribune on Tuesday it was noted that Minnesota Department of Health Investigators concluded that Providence Place failed to change a resident’s care plan after she had twice previously tried to open a door to a stairway. The woman eventually opened the door and rolled down a stairwell in her wheelchair and died last May. The State’s report stated that according to... [Read more]

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State Finds Nurse From Texas Terrace Care Center Neglectful by Failing to Intervene on Behalf of Resident

There was a story in the Star & Tribune last week concerning a finding of neglect when a nursing home nurse fail to properly intervene on behalf of a resident who was having difficulty breathing at the Texas Terrace Center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. For the rest of the story: State: Nurse’s neglect led to nursing home death. Federal Law mandates that resident in a nursing home: 42 CFR Section... [Read more]

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Woodbury Minnesota Nursing Home Aide Halted CPR in Error According to State Investigators

Woodbury Health Care Center In a story dated April 13, 2010, by Paul Walsh from the Minneapolis Star & Tribune newspaper detailed a RN from a Woodbury Nursing Home who was faulted by the State of Minnesota for Improper Conduct. The complaint deals with a wrongly ordered halt to CPR on a dying resident in the nursing home. For more information concerning Woodbury Health Care Center and this incident... [Read more]

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Aide Quites Resident Suffering from Dementia with Sock in Mouth

According to a story from the Star & Tribune titled: Nursing home aide stuffed sock in dementia patient’s mouth The story states: “An aide at a northwestern Minnesota nursing home crammed a sock in the mouth of a screaming resident because the woman, elderly and in the late stages of dementia, wouldn’t be quiet, according to a state Health Department report released Tuesday. The report... [Read more]

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At Least 20 Aides from Brainerd Nursing Home Found by State to be Abusive

According to a story by Warren Wolfe from the Star & Tribune titled: Brainerd nursing home is cited for abuse At least 20 aides were involved in belittling and abusive behavior, state investigators say. State investigators found: A “pattern of resident abuse” by at least 20 nursing assistants that included belittling elderly patients, telling a man to urinate in his incontinence briefs... [Read more]

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Nurse Fails to Follow Nursing Home’s Polcies and Procedures after a Resident had a Change in Condition

According to a story in The Journal, an International Falls Newpaper, titled: LMC nurse found negligent A nurse employed by the Littlefork Medical Center has been found by the Minnesota Department of Health to have acted with neglect when failing to follow the facility’s policies and procedures when a resident began to have significant changes in breathing. The report did place blame on the facility... [Read more]

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Resident at Redeemer Health and Rehab Suffers Serious Burns from Radiator

There was a story this week in the Star & Tribune titled: Minneapolis nursing home blamed in resident’s death. Redeemer Health and Rehab on Lake Street in Minneapolis was found to be negligent for allowing a resident with dementia to sustain burns on his legs and feet from a radiator next to his bed. The resident apparently suffered second to third degree burns and was taken to the emergency... [Read more]

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Residents of Wadena Nursing Home Subjected to High Medication Error Rates

There was a story today in this week in the Star & Tribune titled: Drug errors led to patient’s death in Wadena nursing home. A central Minnesota nursing home committed serious medication mistakes three times within 16 days last year causing the death of one of them according to state investigators. Apparently the “significant medication errors”at Fair Oaks Lodge in Wadena indicated a systems... [Read more]

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Charges Dismissed Against Minnnesota Woman Charged with Finanical Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult

There was a story today in the Austin News that charges were dismissed against a woman who was accused of financially exploiting a vulnerable adult. See the story: Mower prosecutors dismiss woman’s felony charges. Although there was not a criminal case in this instance the story does call attention to the growing problem of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, at home by friends, family... [Read more]

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