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Help Selecting a Minnesota Nursing Home

As an attorney who handles nursing home abuse and neglect cases in Minnesota I thought this information from the Minnesota Department of Health was helpful.
Nursing Home Selection
Choosing a nursing home for yourself or a loved one can be challenging. This Nursing Home Report Card gives information to help you make your choice. You should also [...]

State Department of Health Determined a Woodbury Nursing Home Wrongly Halted CPR

Woodbury Health Care Center
In a story dated April 13, 2010, by Paul Walsh from the Minneapolis Star & Tribune newspaper detailed a RN from a Woodbury Nursing Home who was faulted by the State of Minnesota for Improper Conduct. The complaint deals with a wrongly ordered halt to CPR on a dying resident in [...]

Nurse cited for failing to follow Nursing Home Policies and Procedures

According to a story in The Journal, an International Falls Newpaper, titled: LMC nurse found negligent
A nurse employed by the Littlefork Medical Center has been found by the Minnesota Department of Health to have acted with neglect when failing to follow the facility’s policies and procedures when a resident began to have significant changes in [...]

Preventing and Care for Pressure Ulcers

Many Ulcers are Due to the Facility’s Failure to Ensure the Resident Does Not Acquire a Pressure Ulcer or Improper Care after the Wound is Acquired
If a resident enters a facility without a pressure ulcer, the facility must not let one develop if it is unavoidable. According to 42 CFR 483.25(c) states,
(c) Pressure sores. [...]

Medication Errors in Nursing Homes are Preventable with Proper Training and Care

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 [...]

 
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