A Boston Globe investigation recently showed that roughly 185,000 nursing home residents in the United States were given anti-psychotics in 2010 against federal nursing home regulators’ recommendations. These types of drugs are intended to treat severe mental illness like schizophrenia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a medical alert about the fatal side effects of when dementia patients take …
Big Spring Nursing Home Investigation
The Texas Department of Disability and Aging Services is investigating the Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez nursing home. The State received a complaint about the nursing home that serves veterans, and after investigating the complaint the nursing home was put on immediate jeopardy status. This means there may be a situation that could harm the health or safety of one or more residents at …
Nursing Home Abuse Caught on Camera
Quail Creek Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma City fired two employees accused of abusing a 96-year-old dementia patient. The two employees were arrested for the charge of neglect by caretaker. The victim’s family put a camera in the room because they thought someone was stealing from the patient. But instead, the film caught the nursing assistant slapping the …
Texas Nursing Home Employees Fired After Reporting Abuse
Two nurse assistants at Bandera Road’s Princeton Place nursing home in San Antonio were fired after reporting abuse of elderly patients. The nurses reported that some patients had unusual and excessive bruising in the shape of finger imprints, and also had torn skin on their faces. There are 134 patients at the nursing home, and the employees wondered if there …
Alleged Abuse in Texas Nursing Home
An elderly Alzheimer patient was allegedly physically and verbally abused at a Fort Bend nursing home. His daughter is suing the nursing home and claims that he needed surgery after the attack. The lawsuit was filed by the daughter on behalf of her father against the nursing home and the nurse who allegedly abused him. The daughter stated in the …
Nursing Home Homicide Result of Negligent Care
Last month, an elderly man was fatally beaten at a nursing home in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health investigated and discovered the beating was a result of negligent care at a nursing home. Click Here to Call Our Law Office The study showed that the staff at the nursing home failed to “ensure the supervision and safety” of …
