Nursing Home Diabetes Lawyer – Can I Sue for Hypoglycemia Complications? Diabetes can have severe, or even fatal, consequences, if not properly managed by nursing home staff. However, with attentive care and proper management, blood sugar levels (BSL) can usually…
Sick, Dying & Raped in America’s Nursing Homes
Negligence is at work when it comes to stories like these. It is a commonality for a significant amount of people – approximately 1.3 million to be exact – to end up in assisted living and long term care facilities….
Donna MacKenzie Authors Bedsores: Do These Things Still Exist? Attorney at Law Magazine
Bedsores are a lay person’s term for decubitus ulcers. Bedsores are injuries to the skin or underlying tissues that result from an inadequate blood supply caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. In many instances, bedsores occur at points of…
High Cost of Dementia Care Could Double by 2040
A recent study, released by the New England Journal of Medicine, warns that the cost of caring for elderly patients with dementia could more than double, as the baby boomer generation grows older. The study, led by the RAND Corporation…
Inadequate Nursing Home Care Cost Taxpayers $5.1 Billion in 2009
A report recently released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that Medicare paid $5.1 billion in 2009 to skilled nursing facilities providing inexcusably poor-quality of care to the elderly and other…
Whistle Blown on Life Care Center’s Medicare Fraud Scheme
The Federal Government is seeking to recoup millions of dollars paid to Life Care Centers of America, a large nursing home operator, who engaged in a systematic fraud scheme resulting in millions of dollars in false claims billed to Medicare…
THE BIG TEXAS LIE
In virtually every appearance he makes, presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry talks about how Texas has very restrictive laws preventing victims of malpractice from seeking justice in the court system. Unfortunately, the “Perry Experiment” in Texas is a…
CMS Revises Interpretive Guidelines for Abuse Prevention Training
Nursing home inspections are performed approximately every 12 months to assure compliance with State and Federal regulations. During the inspection process, the surveyor relies on interpretive guidelines formulated by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to clarify and/or…
Atherosclerosis Part 3:
What can I do to prevent and/or slow down the development of atherosclerosis? Life style changes to decrease the risk of the development of atherosclerosis are the best weapons in the fight against heart disease. Life style changes include the…
Atherosclerosis Part 2:
What are the risk factors for developing atherosclerosis? The presence of risk factors is known to accelerate the development of atherosclerosis. Risk factors are classified as modifiable or non-modifiable. The first step in initiating healthy changes is to learn which…