Whispering Pines Nursing Home Cited for 28 Violations Related to Negligent Patient Care
A US nursing home continues to come under fire following a 370-page report released earlier this month citing the care center with committing 28 violations. The Health Department’s probe into to patient care at the Whispering Pines Nursing Center began a few months ago after family members of one female resident complained that there were massive bruises on her face, neck and chest.
Carol Crow has Alzheimer’s disease. Her family maintains that she was clearly the victim of an assault crime, and her husband Jack says that she told him that a man knocked her over and beat her until she became unconscious. Nursing home workers, however, denied that any abuse or assault occurred. They said that she likely sustained her injuries during a fall accident. The nursing home has been cited for failing to fully investigate the abuse accusations in Crow’s case.
The care facility also received a citation for failing to provide an HIV-positive patient who is sexually active with condoms. Also in the report, one nursing home resident is noted for complaining that another resident assaulted him on a daily basis. The patient eventually broke his hip and femur before dying a month later. Whispering Pines had been given until November 28th to correct every violation.
Nursing Home Abuse ad Neglect
Not only are nursing home workers supposed to provide residents with the proper care and medical attention, but they are also supposed to make sure that patients do not become the victims of nursing home abuse or neglect or are placed in a situation that could endanger their lives. Endangering a patient's life either through nursing home neglect, abuse, inadequate security, or another cause can be grounds for a nursing home abuse or neglect lawsuit.
Norman nursing home cited in report, NewsOK, November 19, 2008
Investigation finds nursing home deficiencies, Norman Transcript, November 19, 2008
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Family faults Norman nursing home, The Oklahoma Daily, September 26, 2008
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