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Woman with dementia was outside Ohio nursing home 8 hours before dying in cold
January 25th, 2018
A nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering off was outside in temperatures hovering around zero for about eight hours before staff members noticed she was missing and found her dead from hypothermia, a state investigation found.…
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Elopement Can Lead to Serious Injury
December 27th, 2017
What is elopement? The word evokes an image of two people running off and getting married. However, in the context of a nursing home, elopement is when a resident leaves the nursing home unaccompanied. This could lead to very serious consequences. At…
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When nursing homes dump some patients to make more money
November 20th, 2017
As NPR reported, “Nationwide, eviction is the leading complaint about nursing homes. In California last year, more than 1,500 nursing home residents complained that they were discharged involuntarily. That’s an increase of 73 percent since 20…
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Forced Arbitration Prevents Nun from being able to Sue after being Raped.
November 16th, 2017
Back in 2011, when Morissette first came to Chateau Vestavia, she had signed the facility’s standard admissions contract. Buried in pages of terms and conditions was what is known as a pre-dispute binding arbitration agreement. By signing it, the e…
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Forced Arbitration’s Lethal Consequence
September 19th, 2017
Journalists examining the eight nursing home deaths at Florida’s Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills during Hurricane Irma have begun exploring who’s at fault for this entirely preventable tragedy. But actually, we may never understand the f…
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After Florida deaths, Trump administration called out for making it harder to sue nursing homes
September 15th, 2017
This week’s tragedy at a Florida nursing home, where eight people died in the wake of Hurricane Irma, brought to light how the Trump administration is aiming to make it harder for seniors and their families to hold nursing homes accountable.
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Ohio nursing homes among the nation's lowest rated in quality of care: A Critical Choice
August 22nd, 2017
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 repor…
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Jury awards family $1 million in lawsuit against Beachwood nursing home
August 22nd, 2017
BEACHWOOD, Ohio — A jury has awarded the family of a former Beachwood nursing home resident $1 million in a lawsuit filed more than two and a half years ago. The resident, 71-year-old Mary L. Stevens, died in May 2012 at Beachwood Pointe Care C…
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See all 26 lowest-rated, one-star nursing homes in Northeast Ohio
August 22nd, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio — In 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled Nursing Home Compare to help consumers find the best choices in nursing-home care. It uses the star system: One star is the lowest rating, while five is the high…
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Ohio nursing home inspectors fail to meet federal deadlines amid serious understaffing: A Critical Choice
August 22nd, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The agency that provides Ohio’s nursing home inspectors — the officials charged with making sure the state’s most vulnerable receive proper care — is understaffed by at least a dozen employees and, for…
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