by Christie D'Agostino | May 4, 2022 | bed sores, bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home data, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes
Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes at Higher Risk for Bedsores: Having diabetes increases the risk of developing pressure ulcers and may impede the kind of early detection that prevents dangerous bedsores stages. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 22, 2022 | Brian P. Murphy, cost cutting, nursing home attorney, nursing home neglect, nursing homes, privately-owned nursing homes
Cost-cutting Measures at Nursing Homes Leave Residents Suffering while Investors Profit: Shielded by a complex corporate structure, investment companies can dodge accountability for lapses in care at private nursing homes. There is a correlation between the poor—and...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 16, 2022 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, nursing home data, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers
CMS Makes Additional Nursing Home Staffing Data Public: The public availability of staff turnover data and weekend staffing rates may prompt staffing policy changes that help in thwarting nursing home abuse and preventing nursing home neglect. In addition to data...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 16, 2022 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, vaccine distribution
Nursing Home Staffing Issues May Worsen with Federal Vaccine Mandate: Low staffing, a common cause of nursing home neglect, could increase in the wake of mandate enforcement. As announced in a CNN article, on Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold a federal...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 9, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, COVID-19, dementia, nursing home deaths, nursing home neglect, nursing homes
Due to necessary isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic, there has been an excess in deaths among dementia patients during COVID lockdowns. The tactic of isolation in long term care facilities, meant to protect the vulnerable elderly during the coronavirus...