Right now you know only what the doctors are telling you. Your mom suffered a significant medical event, she was taken from her nursing home to the hospital, and she died. What the doctors are not telling you is why it happened. While your mother…
New technology may be the last thing on your grandmother’s mind. Whether or not she has an interest in the internet, she still prefers face-to-face conversations and getting her news from newspapers, television or radio. She still believes she is safe in her nursing home….
Your loved one moved into a nursing home because of her medical needs. Your family trusted that the nurses would carry out the orders of her doctors and provide her with the care she couldn’t get at home. You were confident in the care that…
Ten Kentucky hospitals—15% of the Kentucky hospitals assessed by the federal government—are subject to federal penalties because of their rates of hospital-acquired infections and patient injuries. Specifically, the following hospitals, along with 711 other hospitals in the nation, will have their Medicare payments cut by…