Nursing Home Bedsores & Death Result in Lawsuit

News Flash, kiddies. When you DONT visit, they are all just like WILLOWBROOK. This is an elderly patients worst nighytmare. Dont care what the name of the facility is or where it is located. these are YOUR parents, NOT theirs. They are only there for a PAYCHECK. Animal in shelters are treated better. My mother had lung cancer. From day one to the end we were together. AT HOME. I would do it all over again, too. I knew my parents diserved BETTER. Alzheimer facilities are run a little better but if you plan to go into a senior care facility, tell them to use their remaining income and retire on board a cruise ship.

I meant to type NIGHTMARE. Sorry for the TYPE OH!

I fail to understand how these systems can be short handed. Why is a nursing degree needed to care for these "PAID" well deserved senior or young citizens . I agree that these nuring homes is only there for a "paycheck". I'm thankful that both of my parents died at home. They were both bed ridden and encountered "NO" bedsores. I feel your pain. My husband died in the care of a hospital. Autopsy showed he had "severe bedsores". With me as his bedside wife, I was refused a better bed, they continous lied, I cleaned him all day and came back the next day with him soaked and they never change him. I'm disgusted. These home care system needs another name, like "Let Us Make Your Last Days Miserable", for nobody will beable to prove, to sue us. The torture will never leave us. God Bless

i think thats wrong

It appears that it is common for nursing homes to neglect patients...When they tell you that your parent is not eating...that's your first warning sign..I visted my father in a nursing home...and noticed that no one was coming in to feed him or check for anything......nursing homes are death traps...don't place anyone you love there...unless you can come in EVERYDAY..

age 60 male, i.q. 126. the abuse i suffered. 4 showers in 6 months. skin disease, scabies. total hands on care, 15 min. per 24 hr. period. forced to lay fully naked and exposed in full view in front of 2 to 6 females, bed sore treatment in front of 6 females while penis and testicles fully exposed. full view of rectum while stool was being cleaned out. transfered on lift fully naked and exposed in front of 5 female housekeepers, brought to shower naked in front of 3 female volunters. daily neglect of hygine, one 12 oz. cup of water in 24 hr. period. daily mistakes in medications, medicare physical therapy billing fraud. humilitation and threating language. daily errors in routine medical care, doctor appointments, hospital appointments. delays in discharge due to facility low census. utmost disrespect for lack of privacy. bed curtain pulled while doing bodily discharg meant nothing. one cna per 16 patients on my 24/7 care. this is only the beginning. due to lack of therapy im a para-pelligic, no use of legs and stage 4 bed sore.