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Search results for "bedsores" ...
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Nursing Home Errors Punish the Vulnerable
This in depth analysis examines Kansas City area nursing homes. It found that 11 homes had serious problems that affected patients' health and could even lead to death. Additionally, 60 percent of the nursing homes looked at had at least one citation for endangering patients or putting their safety at risk. The article looks at the types of problems, cites specific examples and then looks to the legislature to see how the issues could be addressed by lawmakers. The article compares the Kansas City homes to others throughout America, describes the qualities of a good nursing home and offers suggestions for improving the inspection process.
Tags: retirement homes; nurses; doctors; bedsores; nurses aides; training; inspections; inspectors
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Nursing Home Horrors
A three-part investigation exposes abuse and neglect in California nursing homes. "We expose a state agency asleep on the job and actionless politicians being bought off."
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Critical Care
KOMU-TV investigation revealed two Jefferson City, Mo, hospitals were in trouble after violating several regulations. St. Mary's Health Center had been cited by the state's bureau of facility regulation for a number of problems ranging from patients developing severe bedsores and losing large amounts of weight during admission, to a nurse who refused to cooperate with superiors during surgery and needed a reminder during a heart operation of how some of the heart valves work. At Capital Region Medical Center, the federal government had uncovered instances of patient-dumping.
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The tarnished years: How the nursing home system fails our seniors
A six-day series by the Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Star documents alarming accounts of mistreatment and unnecessary suffering in Hoosier nursing homes, where neglect, incompetence and exploitation led to broken bones and bedsores, raging infections and dangerous weight loss, theft, embezzlement and even death.
Tags: Elderly Abuse Reform
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After Annie Sullivan, an elderly woman who resided at a nursing home in a rural corner of Rhode Island, died from bedsores, the Providence Journal-Bulletin decided to investigate the quality of care provided by nursing homes in Rhode Island. The investigation found patients left unattended for hours, unanswered cries for help, and patients with bedsores. (Dec. 6, 10, 27, 28 and 29, 1995)
Tags: Tooher Dickerman CAR State to probe nursing home Contest entry Housing 41 pgs.