My experience with my mom was sheer horror, Connor said.
The air mattress she slept on after developing bed sores was filthy, he said. He said he could rarely find a clean wash rag and he had to beg staff members to change her urine bag.
Connor said he complained to state health officials and hired a lawyer, who told him he wouldn't win a lawsuit.
What's a patient to make of all this? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is quick to say people shouldn't rule out a nursing home just because it's on the list. Spokeswoman Mary Kahn said she expects many of them to improve now that their status has been publicized.
This is just a piece of information for a family, Kahn said
Source link: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/30/Southpinellas/Nursing_home_is_on_li.shtml
Aman and his teenage daughters were only seconds away from death when a fire broke out at the Arrowtown holiday home they were staying in at 4am yesterday.
Fire trucks from both the Arrowtown and Frankton brigades were called to a house in Dennison Way, where a dozen firefighters quickly got the massive blaze under control.
Arrowtown fire chief Garry Hall said a faulty electric blanket appeared to be the cause of the fire.
The two girls had taken a mattress from one of the beds out into the garden to sunbathe on Wednesday afternoon.
The underlying electric blanket must have been scrunched up when the mattress was replaced. It was then turned on accidentally without anyone realising, he said
Source link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/4297330a6570.html
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