The Star & Tribune has had two stories in the last weeks regarding medication errors in nursing homes. The most recent article involved Faribault Commons, a facility that has had past dealing with the Minnesota Department of Health. The story written by Warren Wolfe of the Star and Tribune explains that state investigators say a [...]

Additional Information about Robbinsdale Rehabilation
There was a story in the Star and Tribune newspaper dated December 11, 2009 which reported that state regulators have cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding for all new patients at Robbinsdale Rehab and Care Center. The facilility must fix the problems by January 7, 2010 or regulators will extend the [...]

There was another article this weekend on nursing home abuse and neglect in the Star and Tribune newspaper. The article focused on a nursing home resident from Crest View Lutheran Home in Columbia Heights who was in the facility for short term rehabilitation therapy. The gentleman who was unnamed in the story, had stopped breathing [...]

THREE STORIES ABOUT NURSING HOME FALLS IN MINNEAPOLIS PAPER
As an attorney who practices in the area of elder abuse and neglect primarily in nursing homes and other types of elder care facilities, I have handled numerous cases where falls have lead to serious permanent injury or frequently in the death of the resident. Unlike many [...]