Shocking Story from Milwaukee Facility Negligence Lawyers
Nursing home cited for five federal violations
On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Nursing Home Abuse on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
It can be scary to see an ill family member taking a turn for the worse. It’s also frightening when medical staff at a nursing home is slow to respond to pleas for help.
One Wisconsin woman says that’s what happened at the Mineral Point nursing home last year. She says her mother, who is 92, was experiencing trouble breathing. She and her husband were afraid her mother was suffering a heart attack.
According to Channel 3000, the woman alerted a certified nursing assistant of the problem and asked her to call 911. The staff member responded that she couldn’t call 911 and that a doctor would be alerted.
The woman says she repeatedly asked for 911 to be called, and a call was ultimately placed after they waited. The elderly woman’s pulse was reportedly in the 30s when she arrived at an emergency room.
The nursing home was ultimately cited for five federal violations relating to various problems. State investigators also noted that the clinical records at the facility were poorly maintained and not up to standard. Still, it received no fine or other penalties.
That’s something the woman and other advocates want changed. The woman’s husband believes there should have been more penalties, and that the lack of follow through “sends a message that you don’t have to change your attitude, you don’t have to change your policy,” he tells Channel 3000.
The administrator for the Division of Quality Assurance in the Department of Health Services admits that he thinks state should have done more, and that perhaps policy changes are in order.
Source: Channel 3000, “Woman wants better oversight of nursing homes,” March 1, 2012
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