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Anyone watching the news on NBC 10 may have seen an investigative report this afternoon uncovering nursing home abuses and violations across Rhode Island but in particular at the Pawtuxet Village Care and Rehabilitation Center in Warwick. The investigation began with news that the Rhode Island Department of Health was investigating an allegation that one of the residents may have…
I have to thank a colleague for bringing this information to my attention. Rhode Island currently has seven nursing homes with outstanding citations and violations for substandard care. Those homes are Charlesgate, Woodpecker Hill, Harris Health Center, Summit Commons, Cortland Place, and Steere House. If you have a loved one at any nursing home, including those listed above, it is…
Among the leading causes of injuries and death in RI and Massachusetts nursing homes continues to be medication error. Some of the most common medication errors that occur include: Giving Patients the Incorrect Prescription Simple inattention (i.e. giving medication to the wrong person or misreading a label), poor handwriting (i.e. giving an incorrect dosage because a number is illegible, or confusing two…
A new study shows that approximately one in five nursing homes across the country rates poorly for the quality of care. That means that hundreds of thousands of senior citizens are residing in nursing homes that received the absolute lowest quality score and are subject to nursing home abuse and neglect. Several years ago the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began…
While it is out of our jurisdiction it is worth noting that the 3rd Circuit has recognized a cause of action for civil rights violations at nursing homes resulting from inadequate and abusive treatment. The case is Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers. The Court held that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments (FNHRA) “is explicitly and unambiguously rights-creating,” and…
A Brown University Study of nursing home patients found a higher percentage of nursing home abuse and neglect among minority patients. The University points out that this is not necessarily racially motivated, but likely because racial minorities are more prone to end up in nursing homes that are underfunded and poorly run. Many nursing homes hire poorly trained and unqualified…
