Nursing Home Safety Links

Robbinsdale council give initial support for nursing home (Crystal - Robbinsdale Sun-Post)

A vacant lot in downtown Robbinsdale could go back to the future, as the City Council has approved a letter of support for a new nursing home.

Trained Professionals and Online Tools Can Help Seniors Find a New Home (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - Helping a parent move to senior housing can seem more intimidating than orchestrating a rocket launch. The death of a spouse, declining health or safety concerns can trigger the need to move. The first phase comes with the realization that what has been home is no longer suitable.

Videotape at nursing home records abuse (Lexington Herald-Leader)

The family of an 84-year-old resident of a Richmond nursing home hid a video camera in the woman's room after they discovered dozens of bruises all over her body and didn't get satisfactory answers from the staff. The videotape shows nursing assistants at Madison Manor physically abusing and taunting Armeda Thomas of Irvine and failing to feed and clean her. The Kentucky Attorney ...

Rockland nursing home's care faulted (The Journal News)

RAMAPO - Rockland's county-run nursing home where an elderly nun was killed by a falling closet Aug. 31 has three times more patient care complaints than the state average - the highest rate among Rockland's 10 nursing homes, according to state data.

Safety should be a key element of design (The Kansas City Star)

So much consideration is given to the look of a room that it’s easy to forget about another, even more important aspect of interior design: safety.