Skilled Nursing News reported on the budget request from the Officer of Inspector General (OIG). A large part of the funding will support efforts to oversee Medicare and Medicaid. They proposed a $454.4 million budget for the 2026 fiscal year. This will have a strong focus on improving oversight of nursing home and reducing the
NBC reported on the use of insulin as a murder weapon by nurses. How do you know if it is an honest mistake as opposed to attempted murder? Medical professionals are usually unprepared when having to consider that the lifesaving drug-insulin- can be used as a murder weapon. This is exactly the case, according to
The Herald Sun reported that Alando Williams died at at Windsor Healthcare Center of Oaklanda nursing home after being given too much medication to prevent him from wandering. Williams died at the age of 64 . The heavy regimen of medication led to his wrongful death. The unsafe staffing made a chemical restraint necessary according
Monica Blackwell has been accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients. Blackwell was an agency nurse who admitted to investigators that she stole the medications for her own use, according to the criminal complaint. Narcotics agent, Brian Kosoglow, said that the detailed accounts of patients
This article discusses how in nursing homes across the U.S., vulnerable dementia patients are being prescribed antipsychotic medications at concerningly high rates, often for reasons that go beyond their intended use. These facilities use these drugs as “chemical restraints” to manage behaviors in dementia patients that become too difficult to manage. The analysis by the Long Term Care
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