What Happened
An inspection report revealed a shocking level of negligence and mismanagement at a nursing home facility in Madison, Tennessee (TN). The report describes numerous instances in which critically needed medications were delayed, unavailable, or never ordered. This inaction occurred despite clear orders from physicians. If that wasn’t bad enough, in many of these cases, the physicians were never informed that their orders were not followed, thus leaving the patients at further risk, according to The Tennessean.
The consequences of this negligence was crystallized by the tragic death of an unnamed nursing home patients. Just hours before her death, the patient sat in a room struggling with intense pain while her family pleaded with health care workers to administer painkillers that were ordered by the doctor. What was the response? Well, the nursing home staff told them that the drug was unavailable, even though the family members said they personally delivered the medication to the facility. Just before the patient’s death, a single dose was administered.
The Virginia Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers’ Perspective
The level of negligence at the TN nursing home is simply unacceptable. Unfortunately, this type of rampant disregard for patients and their care is quite common. We’ve heard stories of people who had a loved one in nursing home and were subjected to both physical and emotional abuse, deprivation of food, and/or overmedication.
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