Nurse Admits To Over-medicating Nursing Home Patients
With a criminal trial set to begin, a former nurse has pleaded guilty to criminal neglect charges as opposed to letting a jury decide her fate. The nurse identified as Marty Himebaugh and her...
View ArticleNursing Home Patient Dies After Receiving ‘Toxic’ Medication Overdose
Poor communication appears to be to blame for the death of a woman at a Minnesota nursing home who was administered a dose of medication ten times higher than prescribed by her doctor. According to...
View ArticleCommon Medications Used By The Elderly Must Be Properly Monitored To Keep...
I highly suggest taking a look at the New York Time’s recent “Well” column, Four Drugs Cause Most Hospitalizations in Older Adults, as a real wake up call for medical facilities— such as nursing homes—...
View ArticleEpisode Of Medical Errors Demonstrates Incompetance Of Nursing Home Staff In...
A recently reported episode of of nursing home negligence at a Minnesota nursing home clearly demonstrates that some facilities need to re-evaluate the way that they handle the dispensation of...
View ArticleFailure To Provide Blood Thinning Medication Results In Stroke & Subsequent...
Like many nursing home patients, Milton Aucoin was a sick man who was reliant on a nursing home to attend to medical needs. In particular, he needed the nursing home staff to properly administer...
View ArticleMetolazone? Methimazole? What’s the difference? For nursing home patients, a...
The reported settlement of a nursing home negligence case in involving a medication mix-up caught my attention because of my perceived increase in the frequency with which medication errors are...
View ArticleSenators Call for New Rules Concerning Use of Anti-Psychotics in Nursing Homes
Of all the responsibilities we entrust to nursing home staff, medication errors should worry us the least. After all, compared with the daunting logistics of physical care taking, can it really be...
View ArticleNursing Home Patients Continue To Be Victims Of Drug Overdose And Adverse...
Since many, in fact, the majority, of nursing home residents are on some form of prescription drugs, they need to have adequate supervision of the quantity and in what combinations their drugs are...
View ArticleAntipsychotic Drugs Over-Used In Nursing Home Patients Can Cause Serious...
An alarming amount of nursing home patients are medicated with antipsychotic drugs, yet most do not have any type of psychosis. One nursing home in Massachusetts, Farren Care Center, has 71% of their...
View ArticleUsing PT/INR To Manage Coumadin Levels & Prevent Injury In Nursing Home Patients
Coumadin is the brand name of a drug called warfarin, an anticoagulant that is commonly used to prevent blood clots. It is used for various heart conditions and circulatory problems, including heart...
View ArticleFatal Medication Overdose Results In Verdict Against Nursing Home
A mistake administering medication has cost a patient their life and cost an Illinois nursing home $273,607 following a wrongful death jury trial. The nursing home negligence lawsuit was initiated by...
View ArticleNursing Home Cited For Repeated Medication Errors
No new patients will be admitted and existing residents are being transferred to other facilities after a nursing home in Madison, TN received a scathing inspection. The Imperial Gardens Health and...
View ArticleMorphine Overdose Kills Nursing Home Patient
On April 20, a jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and against a north St. Louis County nursing home after a mentally ill patient died when he received a fatal dose of morphine. The 45-year-old...
View ArticleUse of Antipsychotic Medication Still a Way of Life in Many Nursing Homes
The use of antipsychotics In medical terminology, we have often heard about antipsychotics. In fact, this category of drugs is perhaps the only one that is self-explanatory. Antipsychotics have been...
View ArticleWheelchair Accidents In Nursing Homes Are Pervasive & Dangerous
We have all met or been in touch with an elderly relative or a disabled friend who needs a wheelchair to support him through life. Most people who have to resort to a sitting in a wheelchair for...
View ArticleTechnology Promises to Reduce Medication Errors in Nursing Homes
One of the major issues impacting patients is medical malpractice involving medical errors. Every year, millions of patients receive the wrong medications. Patients can face increased risks when they...
View ArticleMetolazone? Methimazole? What’s the difference? For nursing home patients, a...
The reported settlement of a nursing home negligence case in involving a medication mix-up caught my attention because of my perceived increase in the frequency with which medication errors are...
View ArticlePoor Communication Alleged in Nursing Home Patient’s Death
Nursing home care is often adversely affected due to poor communication. Open communication channels between hospitals, nursing assistants, nurses in charge, directors and administrators, and other...
View ArticleMedications Used to Control Pain in Elderly Nursing Home Patients Can Be...
People nowadays are tentative to send their dear ones to a nursing home for treatment and care. A major reason behind this hesitancy is the prevalence of careless attitudes and poor services that exist...
View ArticleThe Cost Of Medication Errors In Nursing Homes
It is startling to think of the number of medication errors in nursing homes that occur repeatedly and go unnoticed. These errors can result in complications such as suppressed appetite, incontinence,...
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