On Dec 13, 2011, a 74 year old resident from Maple Valley Nursing home (Maple City, MI) walked independently out of the facility, unknown to his caregivers. It was known that the resident would try to leave the facility on his…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) categorizes those nursing homes that have a history of ongoing seriously inadequate quality of care as “Special Focus Facilities” (SFF’s).  State or Federal inspections, held on a regular basis, uncover these problematic…

Despite requiring two person assistance for safe transfers, on November 4, 2011, a nursing assistant transferred a resident on her own and without a gait belt. During the transfer from her wheelchair to her bed, the resident almost fell and…

Menominee Care Center in Menominee cited by the State of Michigan on November 23, 2011 for failing to make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents, resulting in immediate jeopardy to resident health or…

Shelby Nursing Center in Shelby Township cited by the State of Michigan on November 16, 2011 for failing to make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents and give professional services that meet a…

Josephson Nursing Home in Ironwood cited by the State of Michigan on November 2, 2011 for failing to make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents, which resulted in actual harm to a resident. …

We recently filed suit on behalf of the estate of Shirley Karlin who choked to death when she became trapped between the mattress and side rails in her bed at an adult foster care facility in Farmington Hills. She had…

The very first Care Innovations Summit was held on January 26, 2012 and was attended by officials from the Obama administration and leaders in the health care field for the purpose of discussing ideas to lower health care costs and…

The Office of the Inspector General in a report prepared in 2010 found that 13.5% of Medicare recipients experienced adverse events during a hospitalization. These adverse events resulted in extended stays in the hospital, lifesaving intervention and caused permanent injury…

Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson suggested recently that nursing homes that misuse and/or overuse antipsychotic drugs should be penalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This proposition was discussed during testimony to a Senate Special…