Nurse Charged For Failing to Give Patient Medication, Falsifying Records

Posted on Dec 16, 2013 6:55pm EST

 

According to WHEC-TV, a nurse in Genesee County has been charged for not administering vital medication to a resident at the nursing home where she worked.

WHEC reported that Lisa Labadee, 34, an LPN, allegedly attempted to falsify medical records when she was caught failing to give the resident medication. Labadee was in charge of giving medication to residents at Beikirch Care Center in Brockport.

Labadee reportedly filled out and initialed medical records indicating that she had given the resident medication. She also allegedly failed to test the blood sugar levels of four patients. The alleged incidents occurred in August. Officials for the nursing home said that Labadee no longer works there.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the state’s Office of the Attorney General investigated Labadee; she was charged with 18 different counts, including willfully violating health laws, endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and falsifying business records.

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Not giving a resident medication is a form of nursing home abuse or neglect. This form of abuse or neglect is unacceptable, as it hurts disadvantaged people by preventing them from getting treatment that could prove vital to their health.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed as a result of prescription misfills or lack thereof in a nursing home, contact our firm today at 877-699-1152 for a free and confidential consultation. We have obtained multi-million dollar settlements for victims and family members of negligence.

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Source: http://www.whec.com/article/stories/s3234302.shtml

Onondaga County Nursing Home Moves Off Federal Watch List

Posted on Dec 11, 2013 5:55 pm PST

 

According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, a nursing home in Onondaga County has been taken off the federal government’s worst performing nursing home list.

The Van Duyn Home and Hospital was removed from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of “special focus facilities” on November 7. It had been on the list since 2011. The center is owned by the county.

“Van Duyn Home has achieved and sustained progress in survey results,” Jacqueline Pappalardi, director of the Division of Nursing Homes for the New York State Department of Health said, according to the Post-Standard.

There are 148 facilities on the list with histories of quality problems. Facilities are placed on the list if they have been repeatedly cited for deficiencies over the span of three years. As a result of moving off the list, Van Duyn will be turned over to Rockland County-based Upstate Services Group, a private company that runs dozens of nursing homes across the state.

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While it is nice that this nursing home was taken off the special focus list, many nursing homes in New York are still on the list and face allegations of nursing home abuse or neglect. This form of abuse or neglect is unacceptable, as it hurts some of the neediest people in our society, our seniors.
Nursing home abuse or neglect can result in personal injuries like bedsores, broken bones, and result in malnutrition and dehydration. It can also result in death.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact our firm today at 888-699-1152 for a free and confidential consultation. We have obtained multi-million dollar settlements for victims and family members of negligence.

Source: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/van_duyn_nursing_home_improves_patient_care_taken_off_federal_worst_list.html

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Some States Beginning to Allow Video Cameras in Nursing Homes

Posted on Nov 25, 2013 8:13am EST

 

The New York Times had a story last week indicating that more people are beginning to use video recording systems to monitor loved ones in nursing homes.

The story focused on 96-year-old Eryetha Mayberry, a dementia patient at a nursing home in Oklahoma City, whose daughter Doris Racher noticed that several things she had been buying her began to go missing from her room.

As the trend continued, Racher placed a motion-activated camera in her mother’s room and caught the person stealing. Not only did the camera catch the thief, it also caught an aide stuffing latex gloves in Mayberry’s mouth and another aide taunting her. In one instance, an aide hoisted Mayberry from her wheelchair and flung her onto a bed.

“My niece started bawling and couldn’t watch anymore,” said Racher, 78, according to the Times. “I was furious.” Mayberry died shortly after the abuse in the videos became known.
On November 1, after public outcry from the Mayberry tapes, Oklahoma became the third state in the country to allow residents in long-term facilities to maintain cameras in their rooms. According to the Times,in the last two years, five other states have considered similar measures.

“Families are witnessing injuries and neglect of loved ones, and the only way to detect what’s happening is to use hidden cameras,” Wes Bledsoe, the founder of A Perfect Cause, a group based in Oklahoma told the Times.

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We applaud states who are allowing families to record nursing home residents. In a criminal or civil case involving nursing home abuse or neglect, video could be used as evidence. Nursing home residents, as well as their family members, should be able to expect a safe environment, free of abuse or neglect, including criminal behavior like assault or theft.

If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact our firm today at 877-699-1152 for a free and confidential consultation.

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Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/watchful-eye-in-nursing-homes/?_r=0

Resident Found Dead, With Wire Around Neck In Bronx County Nursing Home

Posted on Nov 18, 2013 6:05pm EST

 

According to CBS News, a 72-year-old man was found lying unconscious and unresponsive in his bed in a Bronx nursing home on November 1.

The man, who was assaulted and killed, was a resident at the Bainbridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, at 3518 Bainbridge Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx. Investigators found the man with a wire hanger around his neck. The resident was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident. The New York City Medical Examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the death.

Police have not released any further information, as the man’s death remains under investigation. The nursing home refused to speak to CBS. “If I have a loved one in a nursing home, I would want them to be safe, so that’s pretty shocking,” a Bronx citizen told CBS.

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This case is truly appalling. Hopefully, more information about the alleged assault and murder will be released as the investigation concludes. The citizen that CBS interviewed who said that she would expect a loved one to be safe in a nursing home is right—residents and family members should have an expectation that they will be free from assaults and violent acts.

Last week, we reported about a Queens nursing home death, where a resident allegedly attacked a roommate with a metal leg from a wheelchair, killing him. These cases are completely outlandish, showing that some nursing homes provide residents with unstable living conditions.

Nursing home staff members and operators should be expected to monitor residents for psychological problems that may lead to manic or psychotic episodes. Residents that cannot meet standards psychologically should not be placed with the general population, as it is a health and safety hazard.
If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of nursing home abuse or neglect, contact our firm today at 877-699-1152 for a free and confidential consultation.

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Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/11/02/man-found-dead-in-bronx-nursing-home-after-reported-assault/

Pedestrians Injured in NYC Construction Accident

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 6:05pm EST

 

The New York Daily News reported that three people were injured near Seventh Avenue and West 40thStreet in New York City on November 1 when a piece of plywood construction forming a wall near Times Square crashed.

The newspaper reported that two women and a man had to be dragged from the wreckage of the construction accident, and were transported to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. The accident occurred around 10 a.m.

“Someone yelled, ‘There is someone under the wall!’” 53-year-old Greg Muse, a salesman from Boston, told the Daily News. “There were probably 25 people lifting the wall. It was pretty heavy.”
An official with the city’s Buildings Department told the Daily News that the accident was caused by high winds that blew down a construction wall that had not been properly secured to the building at 561 Seventh Ave.

Einstein Construction Group, a Texas-based contractor working on the ground floor, was hit with violations and a stop-work order was placed on the site, an official told the Daily News. A representative with Einstein denied that it was the company’s fault, saying it was responsible for doing work inside the location, not outside.

It is bad enough when construction accidents injure workers onsite; it is simply unacceptable when a company’s negligence results in pedestrian injuries. Construction accidents can result in personal injurieslike spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputations and broken bones. They can also result in wrongful death.

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury because of a construction accident in Rockland County or its surrounding areas, we will advocate on your behalf. Contact our lawyers today at (877) 699-1152 to learn more.