Thursday, September 9th, 2010

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 [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]