Cambridge North Healthcare Center The health and safety of a resident of Cambridge North Healthcare Center was put in immediate jeopardy when nurses failed to replace his tracheostomy tube for at least 35 minutes after it was pulled out. His…
Unsupervised Nursing Home Resident Wandered Off Property of Hilltop Manor Health Care Center
Michigan Nursing Home Inspection Report The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) conducts yearly inspections of nursing homes and long-term care facilities to ensure they are compliant with state and federal regulations. Nursing home violations are documented in…
Michigan Nursing Home Resident Found in Immediate Jeopoardy of Choking
Michigan Nursing Home Inspection Report The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) conducts yearly inspections of nursing homes and long-term care facilities to ensure they are compliant with state and federal regulations. Nursing home violations are documented in…
Unattended Woman Breaks Hip in a Fall, Dies of Complications
On September 12, 2010, Ms. G, a resident of the Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility in Corunna, Michigan, was attending church services in the dining room with no caregiver to supervise her. She got up from her wheelchair and tried…
Woman Dies After Being Thrust Forward Out of Her Wheelchair
Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie have filed suit on behalf of Ms. F against Riverwind Senior Assisted Living of Williamston, Michigan. On May 26, 2012, Ms. F was being pushed in her wheelchair by a caregiver. The caregiver should have…
Confused Woman Breaks Ankle after Escaping Through Unlocked Window in Nursing Home
Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie has filed suit against Bortz of Rose City on behalf of an elderly woman for negligently allowing her to elope from the dementia unit through an unsecured bedroom window, breaking her ankle. Ms. F was…
Trip Over Wheelchair Foot Pedals Causes Fatal Head Injury at Tendercare of Portage, MI
Olsman, Mueller, Wallace, and MacKenzie has filed suit on behalf of an elderly woman who tripped over her foot pedals and fell backwards, hitting her head. She died the next day as a result of complications from the head injury. …
Improper Procedure Leads to Multiple Injuries at Heartland Health Care Center-Allen Park
A woman, who was admitted to a skilled nursing facility for physical rehabilitation after hospitalization for back pain, was dropped by an unlicensed nursing assistant who attempted to move her from her wheelchair to a shower chair without help. The…
Negligence at Brittany Manor Nursing Center Results in Hip Fracture and Death
An elderly woman rolled out of bed and suffered a debilitating hip fracture and head injury at Brittany Manor in Midland, Michigan, on June 5, 2010. It was the third time she had fallen out of bed in that facility….
Man Suffers Multiple Injuries After Falling From the Third Story of a Nursing Home
Two days after being admitted to St. Anne’s Convalescent Center in Detroit for short-term, post-operative rehabilitation and IV antibiotics, a man escaped his room by tying together bed sheets and climbing out of his third story room. The nursing home…