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 [...]

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. [...]

There was another article this weekend on nursing home abuse and neglect in the Star and Tribune newspaper. The article focused on a nursing home resident from Crest View Lutheran Home in Columbia Heights who was in the facility for short term rehabilitation therapy. The gentleman who was unnamed in [...]

THREE STORIES ABOUT NURSING HOME FALLS IN MINNEAPOLIS PAPER
As an attorney who practices in the area of elder abuse and neglect primarily in nursing homes and other types of elder care facilities, I have handled numerous cases where falls have lead to serious permanent injury or frequently in the death of the resident. Unlike many [...]

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) [...]