State investigators have cited a nursing home for neglect in two fatal fall cases that occurred at the Minnesota facility just five months apart – one attributed to a faulty mechanical lift and another to a negligent aide. The Star Tribune reports the first incident involved a resident who fell…
A number of recent cases of falls in nursing homes across the country underscore the danger peril in which it places elderly residents, and also the wide scope of the problem. The first report follows a number of incidents at six nursing homes throughout Connecticut, where the state Department of…
A series of nursing home falls suffered by a patient in Minnesota foreshadowed a final, fatal fall from a wheelchair for an elderly resident last year. Now, that nursing home, located in Duluth, has been cited for neglect. According to news reports, the state health department alleges the center failed…