Ohio nursing homes among the nation's lowest rated in quality of care: A Critical Choice

CLEVELAND, Ohio - For nearly 12 hours, nurses at Normandy Manor of Rocky River accidentally poisoned Susanne Lawrence.

The nurses had given her 20 times the prescribed dosage of oxycodone, or 500 milligrams, according to state and federal reports. They failed to read the label on the drug and did not dilute it, investigators said, adding that Lawrence died hours after her last dosage on July 7, 2015. She was 83... Read More

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