There was a story this week in the Star & Tribune titled: Drug errors led to patient’s death in Wadena nursing home.
A central Minnesota nursing home committed serious medication mistakes three times within 16 days last year causing the death of one of them according to state investigators. Apparently the “significant medication errors”at Fair [...]

The Star & Tribune has had two stories in the last weeks regarding medication errors in nursing homes. The most recent article involved Faribault Commons, a facility that has had past dealing with the Minnesota Department of Health. The story written by Warren Wolfe of the Star and Tribune explains that state investigators say a [...]

Registered Nurses should be doing assessments NOT LPNs.
As an attorney that handles abuse and neglect cases in nursing homes and other types of elder care housing with services, the type of staff member monitoring a resident is crucial. I have seen many examples of where a unskilled lower level nurse (such as an LPN) [...]

As an attorney who handles nursing home abuse and neglect cases in Minnesota, I have seen many unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths from urinary tract infections and other problems related to the use of indwelling catheters
In my research I came across this interesting video from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISBAya_5cIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACtesAiLlU

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury or [...]

I saw an excellent video today on preventing medication errors in nursing homes. 
 
I know from my own experience as an attorney that handles nursing home abuse and neglect cases, that many types of abuse and neglect, including falls can be greatly reduced by regular assessments and notice to a physician and family [...]