Tragedy at St. Rita's
Sept. 27, 2001 -- It took the nursing home nearly two months to remedy a pattern of deficiencies in which a doctor or family member was NOT informed of a resident's health changes, and to provide private phone usage to residents. It took nearly three months for them to comply with the rules of physical restraints, and to provide clean linens and bedsheets to everyone. At least some of the residents did not even have a daily care plan.
Widespread deficiencies were found when it came to proper nourishment and nutrition for the residents, and instances of unclean and unsanitary areas prevailed. Reports were also showing a lack of correct training of the nursing staff.
On October 17, 2002 there were pattern deficiences regarding the rights the residents had as citizens of the United States, and that those rights were violated. Residents complaints were in many instances ignored completely or slow to settle. Deficiencies were STILL rampant when it came to proper nourishment and nutrition, likewise a whole YEAR later, when it was last surveyed, in December of 2003, where several deficiencies in lab work and administration practices were reported.
It has not been surveyed since then, but we have a strange feeling it's not going to matter.
You just get the feeling before this is over, enough lawsuits are going to bury St. Rita's under the murky depths that entombed nearly HALF of their residents. Good! We hope it's a wake-up call for a nationwide, secret scrutiny of each and every nursing home in this country.
If HALF of them are performing to satisfactory levels, we'll be stunned.
TheScribes
Widespread deficiencies were found when it came to proper nourishment and nutrition for the residents, and instances of unclean and unsanitary areas prevailed. Reports were also showing a lack of correct training of the nursing staff.
On October 17, 2002 there were pattern deficiences regarding the rights the residents had as citizens of the United States, and that those rights were violated. Residents complaints were in many instances ignored completely or slow to settle. Deficiencies were STILL rampant when it came to proper nourishment and nutrition, likewise a whole YEAR later, when it was last surveyed, in December of 2003, where several deficiencies in lab work and administration practices were reported.
It has not been surveyed since then, but we have a strange feeling it's not going to matter.
You just get the feeling before this is over, enough lawsuits are going to bury St. Rita's under the murky depths that entombed nearly HALF of their residents. Good! We hope it's a wake-up call for a nationwide, secret scrutiny of each and every nursing home in this country.
If HALF of them are performing to satisfactory levels, we'll be stunned.
TheScribes
posted by ScribesUnlimited | 8:56 AM
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An update:
CNN has just reported that St. Rita's owners will now be charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide -- if the owners can be located, of course.
Just remember, we scooped CNN when we divulged the severe deficiences prevalent in this nursing home, and by God, the wrongful death lawsuits are about to come pouring in.
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