Indianapolis Area Discharged Patient Safety Improves In Response to Medicare Penalties
Area Hospitals Feel ‘Squeeze’ to Improve Patient Safety An article appearing in the Indianapolis Star reports on how hospitals are now coming around to reducing the occurrence of patient readmissions...
Why Is The Nursing Home Industry Hiring Convicted Criminals To Care For Our Elders?
If Concerned About Abuse and Neglect, Why Is The Nursing Home Industry Hiring Convicted Criminals To Care For Our Elders? A society is judged on the basis of how...
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Damage Caps Unconstitutional
The Missouri Supreme Court struck down a $350,000 limit on jury awards for “pain and suffering” in medical malpractice cases, saying the law violates a patient’s right to a jury...
Indiana Nursing Home Resident dies after attack at Nursing Home.
It was reported this week that a 77-year old Indiana resident of the South Shore Health and Rehabilitation Facility died after an attack by another resident. Diane Parkinson died on...
News Report: Indianapolis Doctor Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges
A local Indianapolis doctor was arrested Monday on warrants for sexual battery and battery. The warrants for the arrest were in response to several female patients’ complaints of sexual misconduct...
Bedsores Top List of Reported Medical Errors in Indiana
On November 28, 2011 the Indiana Department of Health released the results for the 2010 Medical Errors Report, with the most common medical error being Stage 3 or Stage 4...
Is Your Loved One’s Nursing Home Employing Staff with a Criminal Background?
With nursing home neglect and abuse occurring with alarming frequency in Indiana and across the United States, the nursing home companies to whom families entrust their loved ones should be...
Indiana Should Join Other States & Get Tough on Nursing Home Fraud, Abuse, & Neglect
Too little is being done to combat nursing home neglect in Indiana. Here is a startling fact: the nursing home industry in Indiana (though quite profitable), holds the dubious distinction of...
Auburn Nursing Home Example of Indiana “Patient Dumping” Problem
As reported recently by the Indianapolis Star, The Wesley Healthcare nursing home in Auburn, Indiana was recently cited for sending a patient to the hospital and refusing to take the...
AARP Bulletin Warns Of Poor Performance By Indiana Nursing Homes
A recent AARP Bulletin warns that Indiana has the highest number of poor performing nursing homes. The Bulletin discusses the plight of a nursing home patient who was neglected in...