A South Carolina jury has awarded $1.4 million in damages in a nursing malpractice case against Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands involving negligence that caused fatal complications from a baby girl’s premature birth. Apparently the evidence was overwhelming because the jury deliberated for just 35 minutes after a week-long trial that focused on whether the hospital’s
The tragic death of Lucy Garcia, a resident of the Arbors at Oregon nursing home, highlights another severe example of neglect in the nursing home industry. The nursing home allowed Garcia to develop a fatal pressure injury. She died from a Stage 4 pressure ulcer that was not prevented or treated. The facility imposed unreasonable
By Raga Justin, Capitol Bureau Oct 15, 2024 Many nursing home operators have long been accused of prioritizing profits over patient care. A new study released this week uses millions of patient records to document a link between fraudulent activity and worsened patient safety, and revealed how widespread the practice is. Millions of residents who have
This article discusses how in nursing homes across the U.S., vulnerable dementia patients are being prescribed antipsychotic medications at concerningly high rates, often for reasons that go beyond their intended use. These facilities use these drugs as “chemical restraints” to manage behaviors in dementia patients that become too difficult to manage. The analysis by the Long Term Care
New voters hearing the Access Hollywood tape in which Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women have been hearing it on TikTok lately as younger users record their reactions to it and call out their older male relatives for voting for anyone who would talk as Trump did. “I moved on her, and I failed,” Trump
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