According to Minnesota Statute 626.5772, Subd. 2, “abuse” can include many things, including: an act against a vulnerable adult that constitutes a violation of, an attempt to violate, or aiding and abetting a violation of an assault, the use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime
Lakeside Medical Center on Special Focus Facility List Due to Deficiencies
Results from a survey dated August 18, 2016, indicated that Lakeside Medical Center had deficiencies which were severe enough to place them on dubious list of special focus facility list of nursing homes with high numbers of serious deficiencies.
Medical Foster Homes a Nursing Home Alternative in Minneapolis
Medical Foster Homes Are Option For Some There are many nursing homes throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul. It may be fair to say that all of them have veterans living within them they called medical foster homes. The reason why
Falls in Nursing Homes are Often Preventable
Falls in Nursing Homes – Unnecessarily Commonplace There are many forms of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes usually due to a shortage of well trained staff and a lack of management oversight. Many common forms of elder abuse in
Woman Wanted No Intervention From Nursing Home to Prevent Death
What Intervention is Appropriate to Attempt to Prevent Death? In an incident that has raised eyebrows, the family says that their family member who passed away while living in a nursing home didn’t want intervention. In an incident where a
Families Want Voices Heard in Nursing Home Complaint Inquiries
Each Nursing Home Complaint Needs to Be Investigated Thoroughly A state agency is taking care of the nursing home complaint of relatives who say that investigations of care facilities and nursing homes have been giving them no information. In one case,
Failure to Provide CRP to Nursing Home Resident
Facility and Provider Compliance – Failure to Provide CPR to Nursing Home Resident Failure to provide CPR to nursing home resident. As an attorney who handles nursing home abuse and neglect cases in Minnesota, I can attest that many cases
Nursing Home Worker Accused of Neglect in Patient Death
Nursing Home Worker Accused of Patient Death After Failure to Provide CPR A former nursing home employee is accused of neglect lead to a patient death. The patient died in a bathroom after they were not given CPR and 911 was
After Four Visits Nursing Home Passes Final Inspection After Issue with Resident Pressure Ulcers
Nursing Home With Pressure Sore Issue Passes After Four Inspections The Inter-Faith Care Center is ecstatic that they got some excellent news. After four revisits by inspectors since the initial inspection failure in August 2012, the care center has now
MDH Allegation Resident was Emotionally and Physically Abused
Nursing Home Residents Should Never Be Emotionally or Physically Abused According to the MDH report an employee of the nursing home emotionally and physically abused a number of residents at the facility. The Department of Health determined the facility is responsible for