Sepsis is a life-threatening infection that spreads throughout the entire body and occurs when “chemicals released into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger inflammatory responses throughout the body,” according to The Mayo Clinic. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), there are more than 1.5 million cases of sepsis each year, and sepsis kills more than 250,000 Americans each year. The elderly are … [Read more...]
Elderly Patient Eaten by Scabies at For-Profit Nursing Home
It is unsurprising that for-profit nursing homes have been known to cut corners and skip procedures. After all, when your only motivation is profit, the rest falls by the wayside, leaving elderly patients to fend for themselves. That’s what happened in Lafayette, Georgia, where former model and all-around go-getter, Rebecca Zeni, was left to fester, with millions of mites laying tiny eggs beneath her skin over a period of several months or … [Read more...]
Legislators Scramble to Address Nursing Home Tragedy in Florida
Florida officials delivered dire news this Thanksgiving Eve, announcing that the deaths of 12 residents of a nursing home in Hollywood Hills are now being treated as homicides. Authorities have not yet named a perpetrator, but according to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s office, the elderly victims died prematurely as a result of heat exposure. Miranda Grossman, a spokesperson for the Hollywood Police Department, said, “Who gets charged is … [Read more...]