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WHEN IGNORING PATIENT CARE PLANS LEADS TO INJURY AND DEATH
A care plan is a tool that long-term care providers use to coordinate and manage patients’ health care goals, needs and services. When, unfortunately, nursing homes disregard or fail to monitor resident care plans, that is a form of nursing home neglect, which can even lead to nursing home abuse. What kinds of information… Read More »
GOVERNOR ISSUES GUIDANCE ON LIABILITY FOR HEALTHCARE FACILILTIES
In a memo issued earlier this spring, the Indiana State Department of Health has declared that “facilities and individuals providing healthcare services in response to a declared disaster emergency, such as the one declared because of COVID-19, may not be held civilly liable for care provided in response to that emergency event.” There’s a… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: NURSING HOMES WITH COVID-19 CASES HAVE BEEN VIOLATING FEDERAL INFECTION CONTROL RULES FOR YEARS
After more than 40 years helping families deal with the tragic results of nursing home abuse and neglect, at Ramey & Hailey Law, we’re not surprised (appalled would be more like it) by the recent headline in the Washington Post. (Back in February of this year, we commented on the special investigative report published… Read More »
YOU NEED TO KNOW: INDIANA RANKS NEAR BOTTOM FOR NURSING HOME STAFFING
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes a “report card” detailing deficiencies in nursing homes, including staffing levels. On the February 2020 staffing levels report, Indiana got a failing grade. Again. The special investigative report published in the Indianapolis Star just two weeks ago is titled “Careless”. Staffing, the reporters emphasized, is… Read More »
REPORTING NURSING HOME ABUSE IN INDIANA
When, fifteen years ago, then-Governor Mitch Daniels issued an Executive Order requiring our Indiana State Department of Health to implement a medical error reporting system, hospitals and surgery centers were the main focus of the initiative designed to reduce the frequency of medical errors. After more than 40 years of dealing with medical malpractice… Read More »
RELATIVE IN A NURSING HOME? IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. STAT.
Never was the saying “If you see something, say something” more appropriate than in the case of older adults being cared for in nursing home facilities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 500,000 older adults over the age of 60 are reported abused or neglected each year and many, many… Read More »
WITH A LOVED ONE IN A NURSING HOME, VIGILANCE IS IN ORDER
“Before you assume, try asking” is part of the training for life coaches. That mantra should be adopted by anyone with a loved one in a nursing home, we’ve learned at Ramey & Hailey. That’s because the unfortunate truth is that not all nursing home patients are receiving the appropriate standard of care. When… Read More »
LIST OF TROUBLED NURSING HOMES RELEASED
Pennsylvania senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey have released a list of some 400 nursing home facilities nationwide with persistent records of poor care. “We’ve got to make sure any family member or any potential resident of a nursing home can get this information, not only ahead of time but on an ongoing basis,”… Read More »
