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Indiana Nursing Home Neglect | Nursing Home AbuseINDIANA NURSING HOME ABUSE ATTORNEYS Antipsychotic drugs, such as Seroquel, have helped many people with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. But for older people with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, they can be deadly. The Food and Drug Administration has given these drugs a black box...Indiana Nursing Home Satisfaction Surveys InitiatedThis April, the State of Indiana signed a multi-year agreement with Press Ganey to conduct nursing facility satisfaction surveys; the process will be managed by Indiana's Family & Social Services Administration's Division of Aging and the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning. Indiana will use results of the nursing facility...
Indiana’s Hospital Errors on the Rise | Medication Errors IndianaAccording to an annual study performed by the Indiana Department of Health serious medical errors are up 11% from 2012 to 2013. The figures come from of a total of 293 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, abortion clinics, and birthing centers surveyed. The study went on to look at certain types...KC man who walked away from nursing home found deadA 75 year old man with alzheimer's left the assisted living facility where he lived and was found dead about nine hours later. He wore a monitoring device that was supposed to alert the staff if he left the premises. It didn’t work at the time of this incident. Police...Medicare Paid For $40 Million Worth of Tranquilizer PrescriptionsIn 2012, Medicare’s massive prescription drug program didn’t spend a penny on popular tranquilizers such as the benzodiazepines Valium, Xanax and Ativan. The following year, it covered more than $377 million for the tranquilizer drugs. More Scrutiny Needed For Blood Thinners in Nursing HomesErrors by Nursing Homes in Managing Blood Thinner The federal government is asking health inspectors nationwide to be on the lookout for errors by nursing homes in managing the blood thinner Coumadin, including those that lead to patient hospitalizations and deaths. Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Forces Company to Leave StateOne nursing home chain will no longer be operating in Kentucky, citing the state’s failure to pass legislation to protect nursing homes from lawsuits as the primary reason for leaving. Extendicare Health Services, Inc. announced it will no longer operate in Kentucky and will be leasing all of its 21...Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Nets $3.2 MillionA Colorado nursing home neglect lawsuit has resulted in a $3.2 million award for the family of an elderly Parkinson’s patient who claims nursing home neglect led to the elderly man’s death. Eighty-eight year old Henry Frazier was moved to the facility in 2009, following his diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease,...Signs of Nursing Home Neglect | Indiana Nursing Home AbuseWhen choosing a nursing home for a loved one, you expect a certain level of individual care and attention to be provided to that person. When the elderly or disabled suffer abuse or neglect, it can be difficult for them to perceive.Study Suggest Elder Abuse Associated with Increased Rates of HospitalizationA recent study evaluated the hospitalization rate of elder abuse victims and elderly people who had not suffered abuse. Types of elder abuse include financial exploitation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect. Of elderly folks suffering two or more forms of abuse, their rate of hospitalizations was nearly...