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San Jose man arrested for elder abuse leading to father's death 29 Jan 2006
The elderly man, who had previously suffered a stroke and had been bedridden for an undetermined length of time, was malnourished and covered in bedsores. ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Health Tip: Bedsores Should Be Treated Promptly Jan 17, 2006
...(HealthDay News) -- Bedsores, or pressure ulcers, are areas of skin that become broken down, usually when a person is sitting or lying down in a position too ...
- Forbes
Software leads to better care Jan 21, 2006
York Association of Homes & Services for the Aging won a grant in 1996, the money went to develop a computer program intended to help prevent falls and bedsores ...
- Albany Times Union,
Bedridden Diaper Monkey Unaware Of 93rd Birthday, Sordid Political ... Jan 26, 2006
But even his bedsores, biweekly $595 haircuts, and the nightly spoon beatings administered by—and for reasons known only to—his beloved wife Nancy fail to ...
- The Washington Obfuscator (satire),
California Understates Problems at Nursing Homes, Report Says Jan 26, 2006
For instance, at one point, the state was told to stop citing facilities for bedsores, then it was faulted for not doing so, Klutz said. ...
- Los Angeles Times,
Woman gets eight years for mother's death Jan 13, 2006
At Evans' hearing in October, medical experts testified that Franklin had bedsores so severe that her bones were exposed and she showed signs of dehydration ...
- Richmond Times Dispatch,
STUDY FINDS CALIFORNIA OVERLOOKS SERIOUS NURSING HOME VIOLATIONS Jan 22, 2006
...hand, typically involve failures to provide basic care, such as changing sheets or clothes when a resident wets the bed and treating bedsores and dehydration ...
- CBS 5,
Healthcare firm, physician added to lawsuit in 2004 death of ... Jan 24, 2006
...medication and trouble swallowing. The lawsuit also alleged Snyder had multiple bedsores at the time of his death. Snyder's family is ...
- Benton Evening News,
Q and A: Strokes Jan 9, 2006
Painkillers can be given if the experts see signs of the patient suffering. Should the patient hear music or noise, and should he be moved to avoid bedsores? ...
- Jerusalem Post,
Ron Kovic: The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq Jan 18, 2006
The car accidents, and drinking and drug overdoses, the depression, anger and rage, spousal abuse, bedsores and breakdowns, prison, homelessness, sleeping ...
- Yahoo! News
Nursing assistants carry the load but earn low wages Jan 8, 2006
...consistently, however. To prevent bedsores, for example, every immobile patient needs to be repositioned every two hours. The sores ...
- The Tennessean,
Woman to serve 2 years Jan 11, 2006
At Evans’ hearing in October, medical experts testified that Franklin had bedsores so severe that the skin and tissue had rotted to the bone and she showed ...
- Lynchburg News and Advance,
Venue motion to be heard in Rosewood Care Center case Jan 16, 2006
Care Center's motion to transfer venue in a case filed by a resident seeking damages in excess of $300,000 for suffering falls, malnutrition, bedsores and a ...
- Madison County Record,
Cuts affect one and all Jan 16, 2006
The 82-year-old has lived at the facility for six months herself. Bedsores and infections will be on the rise as fewer staff members try to cope, Talbot said. ...
- Woodstock Sentinel Review,
PRIME LIVING NOTES Jan 15, 2006
She didn't feel like anyone paid much attention. "I get patients from nursing homes with bedsores and dehydration. They aren't turned regularly. ...
- Richmond Times Dispatch,
Patient didn't get superbug: Hospital Jan 16, 2006
...about it?". He said his father is still in the ward and is suffering from pneumonia, bedsores and has intermittent fever. According ...
- Sun2Surf,
One Family's Persistent Hope: That Their Soldier Will Wake Up Jan 21, 2006
...care. Two people are needed to turn him every two hours day and night to prevent bedsores, and he is incontinent and catheterized. ...
- New York Times,
Doctor named in wrongful death suit Jan 20, 2006
...conditions: unable to move, rigidity, drooling, incoherent, unresponsive, fixed stare, unable to take medication, trouble swallowing and multiple bedsores. ...
- The Southern,
Pickets coming Jan 20, 2006
...die as a result of the cuts. Bedsores and infections could rise due to staff reductions, they said. The union is upset that front ...
- Woodstock Sentinel Review,
New kind of vacation Jan 18, 2006
...in Cabo-this or San-that or tested their aptitude for sitting on couches watching TV for extended periods of time without developing bedsores, students like ...
- The Santa Clara,
Family still learns from mother Jan 14, 2006
...doctors will not call it "terminal" because patients usually die from something else, like pneumonia or an infection from, for example, bedsores after their ...
- Contra Costa Times,
Nursing Home Neglect? Jan 16, 2006
Mary. According to federal guidelines, standard treatment for bedsores includes re-positioning the patient every one to two hours. ...
- CBS4Boston,
Trumbull fire unit probes house blaze Jan 3, 2006
...toileting. The Jan. 17 class will teach body mechanics and techniques for repositioning patients to prevent bedsores. The Jan. 24 ...
- Youngstown Vindicator,
Nursing home's correction plan unaccounted for Jan 19, 2006
...the 86-year-old Allen's care. After determining her infection resulted from untreated bedsores and that. she had not been moved for ...
- Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),
We're hot on the campaign trail Dec 29, 2005
...including dramatic weight loss as a result of her fluid intake not being properly monitored, clinical waste being left by her bedside, bedsores and mouth and ...
- Scotsman,
Neglect at 2 Nursing Homes Is on Videotape, Spitzer Says Jan 5, 2006
ALBANY, Jan. 5 - A 70-year-old diabetic man with dementia, bedridden in a Rochester nursing home, depended on nurses to turn him over to prevent bedsores. ...
- New York Times,
Flu shots in short supply at many doctors' offices Jan 6, 2006
Ramon Perez, 64, a quadriplegic who previously used a wheelchair but has been bedridden since the flu two years ago triggered pneumonia, bedsores and other ...
- Newsday,
(PZ) Market Pulse Announces Corporate Profile on BioElectronics ... Jan 10, 2006
...used extensively world-wide to reduce swelling, relieve pain and enhance the healing of post-surgical incisions, chronic wounds (bedsores) and orthopedic ...
- Houston Chronicle,
State raises new concerns about Santa Barbara nursing home Dec 30, 2005
In 2000, a 102-year-old woman died after neglect resulting in gangrene and bedsores infested with maggots, and an 86-year-old man died after a feeding tube was ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
No dignity even in death Jan 11, 2006
One local said Evelyn was covered in bedsores, lying in her own excrement and infested by maggots at the time of her removal to hospital. ...
- IrishExaminer.com,
State: Man in home didn't get proper care Jan 13, 2006
Someone was supposed to exercise his limbs to prevent muscle atrophy. Nurses were supposed to apply moisturizing cream to prevent bedsores. ...
- Syracuse Post Standard,
Legislative panel hears details of neglect in Bentonville woman's ... Dec 30, 2005
..."I just don't understand it." He added: "If I knew what I know now, we would have forced her to expose herself and let us see the bedsores. ...
- Arkansas News,
Agency says it didn’t fail elderly woman Dec 30, 2005
...the weeks before the elderly Bentonville woman’s death could tell that beneath her blankets, maggots and flies had been growing amid her bedsores, a Division ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
Doctors upset about flu vaccines' lateness Jan 7, 2006
Consider Ramon Perez, 64, a quadriplegic who had used a wheelchair but has been bedridden since the flu two years ago triggered pneumonia, bedsores and other ...
- Asbury Park Press,
Murder Charges Filed Against Man Accused Of Abusing Mother Jan 6, 2006
Paul Chittum faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Shirley Chittum, 71. Police found Chittum lying in her own waste, covered in bedsores. ...
- HomeTown channel.com,
Care violations persist at 21 nursing homes Jan 8, 2006
Medical experts say common health problems that occur in nursing homes such as malnutrition, dehydration and bedsores are preventable most of the time with ...
- The Tennessean,
North State Briefs: Jan. 4, 2006 Jan 4, 2006
Fraud and Elder Abuse has alleged that Roy jeopardized the health and safety of his patients to the point where they suffered dehydration, bedsores and major ...
- Record-Searchlight (subscription),
Nursing Home Death Ruled Homicide Jan 12, 2006
The coroner's office says the sepsis infection came from a catheter line that got embedded in her skin, and from untreated bedsores. ...
- WFIE-TV,
Letter: Family should watch out for patients Jan 4, 2006
...to ask the patient about his/her daily care and/or inspecting the patient for obvious signs of improper care such as loss of hair/weight or untreated bedsores. ...
- Gallatin News Examiner,
Man awaiting trial ordered back to jail Dec 29, 2005
M. Wyderka, 88, was unconscious and gravely ill when police found her in wretched conditions in a bedroom, suffering from broken bones and bedsores and clothed ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),
MRSA-positive dad wasn't isolated: Son Jan 9, 2006
...was admitted to the medical ward before Christmas for persistent fever and because of his lengthy immobilised state, he has developed bedsores which can ...
- Sun2Surf,
MODERN MEDICINE KILLS AS WELL AS CURES Jan 2, 2006
...modern medical interventions [drugs prescribed in hospitals, in outpatient clinics, errors in hospitals (both medical and surgical), bedsores, and malnutrition ...
- Free Market News Network,
Local column: The sofa I don’t own is a metaphor for the day I ... Jan 5, 2006
If this were the doctor’s office, I’d say I’m in danger of bedsores. Even if I did have a sofa, there’s nowhere to put it. ...
- Asheville Citizen-Times,
Nursing horror Jan 6, 2006
Videotape from that facility, the Jennifer Matthew Nursing Home in Rochester, showed residents who hadn't been repositioned to avoid bedsores and were often ...
- Edmonton Sun,
Many who give care can't afford to get it 23 Nov 2005
As home health and nursing home aides rub lotion into papery thin skin, turn bedridden men and women at risk of bedsores and transfer the elderly from beds to ...
- Chicago Tribune,
Suffolk Police Beat 23 Nov 2005
12 and was placed in the intensive care unit because she was dehydrated and had severe bedsores that were dangerously infected. She is now in stable condition. ...
- LongIslandPress.com,
Reduce Bedsores with Memory Foam Mattresses Nov 5, 2005
In fact, the first commercial use of memory foam was as a hospital bedding material, designed specifically to reduce the risk of bedsores. ...
- PR Web (press release),
Sexual misconduct charge dismissed Nov 22, 2005
St. on Feb. 4. Police noticed that she was thin and had large bedsores on her body and a large open wound on her hip. It appeared ...
- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,
Fundraiser to help quadriplegic Joliet man Nov 17, 2005
For the last two years, Scott has battled several infections and his body is also covered in bedsores, both unwelcome souvenirs of one particular ...
- Joliet Herald News,
Cops say caregiver swindled woman, 73 Nov 17, 2005
After she was admitted to the hospital in September with bedsores and later died, investigators found suspicious circumstances surrounding Fox's care. ...
- Orlando Sentinel,
State Releases Hospital Data Nov 9, 2005
For that composite, which includes such things as bedsores and postoperative hip fractures, Lake Wales had a lower rate of complications than expected. ...
- The Ledger,
State Web site examines hospitals' rates of problems Nov 8, 2005
The state site shows their rates for such things as infections, complications, bedsores and sepsis. By JUSTIN GEORGE. Florida health ...
- St. Petersburg Times,
EXTRA CHROMOSOME DOESN'T LEAD TO EARLY DEATH Nov 2, 2005
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can people who lead active lives get bedsores? ... On two occasions, I have had what my doctor called bedsores at the base of my spine. -- GG. ...
- Charlotte Sun-Herald,
News briefs from California's Central Coast Nov 17, 2005
Mikel entered the hospital April 1, 2005, after suffering from multiple falls, the complaint said, but developed serious bedsores that became infected. ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Suspect Accused Of Neglect, Stealing From Woman In Her Care Nov 16, 2005
...victim's name on the deed. Investigators said the victim came into the hospital with severe bedsores and signs of malnutrition.
- WFtv.com,
Caregiver charged with neglecting an elderly woman Nov 16, 2005
An autopsy showed Fox had been severely malnourished, showed signs of multiple strokes, and had injuries from falling in the past and had bedsores. ...
- Orlando Sentinel,
Caregiver Accused Of Stealing $400,000 From 73-Year-Old Nov 16, 2005
Cooper, 56, was charged with exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult after a Port Orange woman was admitted to a hospital suffering from severe bedsores. ...
- Local6.com,
Web site rating hospitals engulfed Nov 9, 2005
The site, www.floridacomparecare.gov, also provides information on how hospitals handle less complex ailments such as bedsores, hernias and pneumonia. ...
- The News-Press,
Caregiver Accused Of Stealing $400,000 Nov 16, 2005
...autopsy indicated she had been severely malnourished, showed signs of multiple strokes, had injuries from falling in the past and had bedsores, the sheriff's ...
- WESH.com,
8 inventors turn crises into great opportunities Nov 19, 2005
Turning the patients over to their side to prevent bedsores, to change their clothes, to clean and feed them twice or thrice a day are not easy chores for ...
- INQ7.net,
NO RETREAT, NO GIVING IN: Charlie Parkhill wouldn't settle for the ... Nov 8, 2005
...are experiencing raise hope that more patients who had paralyzing injuries can live longer, more independent and healthier lives, free of bedsores, pain and ...
- Detroit Free Press,
New Web site to help consumers compare hospitals Nov 9, 2005
...things as intravenous lines and catheters that can lead to a variety of infections, along with a lower rate of patients developing bedsores, post-operative ...
- Naples Daily News (subscription),
Kurz set for arraignment on Monday Oct 29, 2005
She died this septic shock caused by massive bedsores. ... Authorities say her bedsores were so bad at the time of her death that a hip bone was exposed. ...
- WHAS 11.com (subscription),
Valley Springs Man Gets Seven Years For Elder Abuse Nov 14, 2005
Those on the scene said the elderly woman was naked and covered with bedsores, bugs and rodent excrement. Rosie Deyarmon is set to stand trial December 8.
- MyMotherLode.com,
Alan Deyarmon sentenced in elder abuse Nov 13, 2005
...the time. She was suffering from bedsores and her body was infested with dead and live insects, authorities said. Rosie Deyarmon ...
- Calaveras Enterprise (subscription),
Residents 'neglected at nursing home' Nov 6, 2005
ALLEGATIONS of festering bedsores, cooks smoking on duty and general neglect of patients at the Pembroke Nursing Home have been laid against the Government ...
- Mid-Ocean News,
Wellstar International, Inc. Announces Through its Subsidiary ... Nov 15, 2005
...in several areas, such as early detection for breast cancer, pain, rehabilitation, surgical recovery, plastic surgery, and early diagnosis of bedsores. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
Kurz appears in court Oct 31, 2005
Police say Kenneth Kurz let his mother die from bedsores in her saint Matthews home. Authorities tracked him down Friday night after getting a tip. ...
- WHAS 11.com (subscription),
Aging, Overweight Most Likely to Suffer Skin Ulcers Nov 14, 2005
If all such skin ulcers are tallied, including bedsores suffered by paraplegics, quadriplegics and the bed-ridden elderly, as many as 5 million people could be ...
- LA Downtown News Online,
Family raises funds for Elmwood Park man with ALS Nov 11, 2005
Mowad spends all day and night spelling out sentences with Ferraro, turning him over so he doesn't develop bedsores and adjusting the tube in his throat when ...
- NorthJersey.com,
Burn bed prevents sores Nov 10, 2005
Sheets are spread over the beads, and the patient lies on the sheets. Dry air is blown through the sheets to help prevent the formation of bedsores.
- Asia Times Online,
County caregivers getting their day of recognition Nov 8, 2005
Caregivers need to know how to prevent bedsores, manage medications, bathe an adult, control bowel and bladder functions, convince clients to drink enough ...
- Sacramento Bee,
Kouts shooter given 20 years Nov 14, 2005
...son. Pancek said Monday he will never again walk, suffers from bedsores and leg pain, and said his son struggles with nightmares. ...
- Munster Times,
Richmond home fined in death Oct 31, 2005
...fabricated replacements. Her statement was part of a lawsuit alleging that poor care caused the death of a patient from massive bedsores.
- San Jose Mercury News,
Kurz caught after Police get a tip Oct 28, 2005
She had been found on a couch in her own feces. Kenneth Kurz had disappeared sometime there after. Investigators say th ewoman had died of massive bedsores. ...
- WHAS 11.com (subscription),
LRMC Responds to Crises, Criticism Oct 30, 2005
...likely to have a medical error occur during major surgery and nearly 15 percent more likely to have a post-surgery medical error such as bedsores, the Agency ...
- The Ledger,
Puna girl out of hospital, living with foster family Oct 27, 2005
Police affidavits said the girl had broken bones, bedsores and a stab wound, as well as signs that she had been tied up and burned with a cigarette and lighter ...
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Local News Oct 31, 2005
...out a study of care home inspection procedures last summer after Gladys Broadbent ended up with a black eye, bruising, lacerations and bedsores following a two ...
- Halifax Today,
Mom charged in teen's abuse Nov 3, 2005
...year-old was found near death - malnourished, dehydrated, kidneys failing, weighing approximately 40 pounds, physically dirty and suffering from open bedsores. ...
- Dowagiac Daily News,
Mother of starved boy charged with child abuse Nov 3, 2005
Medical workers say he was starving, dehydrated, appeared to be in shock. They also say he had bedsores, sunken eyes and protruding bones. ...
- WLNS,
St. Matthews couple lead police to murder suspect Oct 31, 2005
...his 89-year-old mother. Susanna Kurz died in July of sepsis from bedsores that covered her backside. Police say Kenneth Kurz called ...
- WHAS 11.com (subscription),
DR GARETH: COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE: HELP ME SHED THE UNWANTED ... Oct 29, 2005
...odour and ingredients. QMY elderly mother suffers with bedsores and despite numerous ointments is still left with them. AI RECOMMEND ...
- Glasgow Sunday Mail,
Missouri cuts in aid to the disabled don't affect assistance for ... Oct 23, 2005
David B. Gray, an expert in the case, said in a court document that he can't fathom why blind people require special cushions to prevent bedsores more than ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
An illegal worker paralyzed on the job is back 7 years later with ... Oct 23, 2005
...debts, he said. His bedsores continue to worsen, and he needs basic supplies such as diapers and catheters. His father, Francisco ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Golden Senior Care owner sentenced Oct 29, 2005
...or adequate food. Witnesses also would have testified that she developed multiple bedsores, gangrene and cellulitis. Howard was ...
- Springfield State Journal Register,
Six weeks after rescue, Doberman pup almost recovered Oct 29, 2005
There's still somebody around here who owes me a case of beer.". He came in starving and dehydrated, in shock, and with "pressure wounds" akin to bedsores. ...
- Times Picayune,
Woman charged in death 02 Oct 2005
...-- The daughter of an 80-year-old woman who was malnourished and covered with bedsores when she died in February has been charged with neglect in her death. ...
- Indianapolis Star
Two charged in neglect of vulnerable adult in Winona County Sep 29, 2005
There were bedsores and necrosis — the localized death of living tissue — on her body. Winona police obtained a search warrant for her house. ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
Neglected Woman Dies Sep 29, 2005
A criminal complaint says 76-year-old Jeanette Elting was unresponsive, severely dehydrated and had bedsores on much of her body when the couple brought her to ...
- WXOW
Chippewa Valley's largest nursing home to close Sep 29, 2005
...and Rehabilitation. The state launched an investigation after a resident died from a blood infection linked to bedsores in 2003.
- Janesville Gazette
Pavillion indictment may just scratch surface Sep 21, 2005
...the family of the 48-year-old cancer patient who died on September 11, 2002 after allegedly arriving at Loyola Medical Center with her back covered in bedsores ...
- Forest Park Review
Nightmare for African Women: Birthing Injury and Little Help Sep 27, 2005
Women recuperating from fistula operations in Babbar Ruga Hospital in Nigeria. They sit in a hallway to get out of bed and avoid bedsores. ...
- New York Times
America's shortage of nurses gets no help from Hollywood Sep 28, 2005
...that even more hospitalized patients will suffer from preventable complication like urinary-tract infections, pneumonias, blood clots, bedsores -- to name only ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Nursing homes are challenges for disaster preparedness Sep 25, 2005
...members, planning for an evacuation of loved ones feels like the last of many issues regarding their relatives' care, behind such things as bedsores and going ...
- philly.com
Local News Sep 27, 2005
...to Birkshall Mews, in Pellon Lane, Halifax, in April when 73-year-old Gladys Broadbent received a black eye, bruises, lacerations and bedsores during a two ...
- Halifax Today
Internist Exposes Real Threat to the Handicapped and Immobilized ... Sep 22, 2005
Bedsores are only reported if they occur within a medical institution. The rate occurring in the community is estimated to be enormous. ...
- PR Web (press release)
Nurse facing criminal charges of neglecting patient Sep 28, 2005
Four other residents, including Ms. Wooden, suffered some neglect, including dehydration, malnutrition or bedsores, according to the report. ...
- Annapolis Capital
Expo to focus on diabetes Sep 26, 2005
...kidney failure, blindness, high blood pressure, heart problems, high cholesterol, poor circulation and infections that can cause painful bedsores or amputation ...
- El Paso Times
Seattle volunteers back from storm Sep 17, 2005
...no medical records, treating young men with advanced multiple sclerosis, paraplegic women stuck in wheelchairs and covered with oozing bedsores, diabetics who ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
When Crisis Strikes, an Orderly Exit? Sep 21, 2005
...preparedness, compared with 31.5 percent cited for poor food sanitation, the most common deficiency, or 14.5 percent with residents who had bedsores, a measure ...
- New York Times
Disabled to appeal after judge refuses to block Medicaid cuts Sep 20, 2005
...for the poor stopped covering durable medical equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchair batteries, breathing aids and cushions used to prevent bedsores. ...
- Kansas City Star
Wheelchair-bound success story has message for state’s leaders Sep 22, 2005
...says. Back then, the state paid for Owen’s first wheelchair but not the special cushion she would need to avoid bedsores. That ...
- Columbia Daily Tribune
Stack to hear transfer motion in case against Rosewood Care Center Sep 22, 2005
Care Center's motion to transfer venue in a case filed by a resident seeking damages in excess of $300,000 for suffering falls, malnutrition, bedsores and a ...
- St. Clair Record
Woman gets 60 days in neglect case Sep 20, 2005
...arrest for neglecting a relative with Down syndrome, leaving him in a basement for weeks surrounded by garbage and feces and suffering from severe bedsores. ...
- Annapolis Capital
Leonard attorney wants reduction Sep 24, 2005
The photos, which were projected on a large screen in the courtroom, showed the 23-pound boy covered in feces and bedsores that revealed bone and cartilage. ...
- Northwest Herald
Galvin - Bistrot de Luxe Sep 23, 2005
...days. So often it is dry and elderly and scraggy, at its best like a bad Peking duck and at its worst like chewing bedsores. Before ...
- Times Online
Southern Hills invests in future Sep 18, 2005
They can be lowered almost to the ground, have alarms to alert staff, have specialized mattresses to reduce bedsores and provide easy access to the patient. ...
- Nashville City Paper
Judge hears evidence in quadriplegic's death Sep 21, 2005
Once, her father found maggots in her trachea tube. Another time, nurses who supervised Sarah Cothran's care found that she was dirty and had bedsores. ...
- Modesto Bee
Nursing home indicted in death Sep 13, 2005
...in Maywood on Sept. 11, 2002, after being transported from the nursing home with a large area of bedsores. Madigan said that the ...
- Chicago Tribune
Federal judge hears arguments in suit over Medicaid cuts Sep 7, 2005
1, the state stopped using Medicaid funds to pay for such items as hospital beds, wheelchair batteries, breathing aids and cushions used to prevent bedsores. ...
- Kansas City Star
Missouri Medicaid cuts are assailed at hearing Sep 1, 2005
Under changes approved by the Legislature in the last session, some of the equipment that helps people breathe, avoid bedsores and move around in their homes ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Decision allows equipment cuts Sep 1, 2005
The cuts will stop payments for certain medical equipment, such as wheelchair batteries and items that help people communicate and prevent bedsores. ...
- Columbia Daily Tribune
New warrants for abuse suspects Sep 16, 2005
Kongs were arrested in March 2004 after Albert Kong's 81-year-old mother, Pik Ng, was found neardeath, caked in her own feces and covered in bedsores at their ...
- San Francisco Examiner
Medical supplies on way to Gulf Sep 15, 2005
..."And there are many chronic issues, like blood pressure, diabetes, conditions that develop from untreated diabetes, bedsores with the elderly people who haven ...
- Norwich Bulletin
Chris Tarrant: The all-rounder Sep 12, 2005
His favourite was Cluedo. "It was an absolute stinker. We were moving the audience over every half hour to stop them from getting bedsores," he recalls. ...
- Independent
Elder abuse flourishes in silence Sep 16, 2005
...surrounded by rotting garbage. Police described her body as malnourished, dehydrated and covered in bedsores. • A man was recently ...
- Daily Breeze
To Doctors and the FDA, Maggots and Leeches are Finer Tools Than ... Sep 11, 2005
...treatments. In addition to ulcers, maggots have been used to treat bedsores and to aid burn victims -- including some injured in the Sept. ...
- The Ledger
Your call can help stop elder abuse thrives Sep 10, 2005
Police described her body as malnourished, dehydrated and covered in bedsores. A man was recently arrested for bilking seniors out of over $4.2 million. ...
- Contra Costa Times
YOUR news source for Saturday, September 10, 2005 Sep 10, 2005
She was grossly underweight and her blood pressure was 57/13, said family. Bedsores riddled her body and cut to the bone. Simpson's ...
- Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era
Sallisaw Woman Charged In Death Of Mother Sep 1, 2005
The workers entered the home when no one answered the door and found Burkhart unconscious in a chair, covered with bedsores and sitting in her own waste. ...
- KOTV
Lawsuit seeks to block some Medicaid cutbacks in Missouri Aug 29, 2005
..."Emergency rooms will start seeing people suffering from severe problems from bedsores and other complications if they lose the equipment that makes them ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Five meth labs in Jackson busted in nationwide drug sweep Aug 31, 2005
The woman was taken to Foote Hospital for treatment. "She was covered in bedsores and lice," Galbreath said. "She was 26 years old and a paraplegic.". ...
- The Jackson Citizen-Patriot
'John Doe:' After three years, identity still a mystery30 Jul 2005
...said. "I always found somebody.". Every two hours, the patient the staff calls John is repositioned to prevent bedsores. When two ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)
Study: Oklahoma Nursing Home Residents Have Bedsores, Are ...Jul 12, 2005
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A study says too many Oklahoma nursing home residents have bedsores or are physically restrained without justification. ...
- KOTV
Stress slows healing but oxygen helpsJul 28, 2005
Researchers look for bedsore causes (June 22, 2005) -- People who get bedsores have cells that get stuck in the middle of the healing process and New York ...
- Science Daily
Officials say man neglected his aged motherJul 28, 2005
Hospital on Jan. 1, where doctors discovered bedsores, infected wounds and areas of dead tissue on her body. Delai was emaciated ...
- Beaver County Times
NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT STYLE CLASSIFIEDS DISCUSSION SHOPPINGJul 25, 2005
...were not enough nurses and aides to give patients' medications safely, clean and change them properly, turn bedridden patients to prevent bedsores or feed ...
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Nursing home aide has job of a lifetimeJul 26, 2005
...they are supposed to be;" that they don't need changing if they are incontinent; and that the bedridden ones are turned to prevent pressure sores, or bedsores. ...
- CNN
Gary Wyatt DunwoodyJul 24, 2005
..."I was in the bed and the old family doctor said I probably just had bedsores because I’d been in the bed so long, I couldn’t get up and around.". ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
Tetrasil ® Combats Cold Sores With Fast Acting Natural RemedyJul 26, 2005
As well as combating cold sores, Tetrasil has also been found to provide fast relief from: infected wounds, insect bites, burns, bedsores, Folliculitis, yeast ...
- Press Dispensary
Everything's ergonomically correct at The Back StoreJul 13, 2005
He had developed fourth degree decubitus ulcers (bedsores) when his doctor referred him to Koss. ... "The national rate of bedsores is six percent. ...
- Naples Sun Times
Strong testimony on nursing homesJul 21, 2005
State law requires that every nursing home patient receive a minimum of 3.2 hours a day of care -- feeding, bathing, turning to avoid bedsores, using the ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Hospitals Improving Under Industry ScrutinyJul 20, 2005
...helping dozens of hospitals in the state improve intensive care and soon will start similar programs in other areas, including preventing bedsores, which can ...
- CBS New York
Mother pleads guilty in son’s deathJul 15, 2005
Twenty minutes to tell how Seamus Leonard wasted away to just 23 pounds, living on a filthy floor, his bedsores so severe that bone was exposed. ...
- Chicago Daily Herald
Jersey making healthy progressJul 14, 2005
He said targets for reductions in amputations due to diabetes and fewer bedsores for patients in long-term care facilities also had a good chance of being met. ...
- Newark Star Ledger
Former Nursing Home Administrator Pleads Not GuiltyJul 11, 2005
The former administrator of a Providence nursing home pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of neglect for allegedly failing to prevent bedsores or administer ...
- Turn to 10.com
Eudora nursing home struggles to keep pace with changing roleJul 16, 2005
In March, it cited the nursing home with 25 deficiencies, including not doing enough to prevent bedsores or weight loss in residents, failure to follow doctor ...
- Lawrence Journal World
TECH NOTES: Area's biotech industry walks a lengthy roadJul 16, 2005
Commonwealth University. He put his patents into Tissue Technologies LLC, developing dressings for chronic wounds such as bedsores. Located ...
- Richmond Times Dispatch
TF nursing home gets off watch listJul 19, 2005
All six of the Magic Valley nursing homes on the list were cited for failure to prevent or properly care for pressure sores, sometimes referred to as "bedsores ...
- Twin Falls Times-News
Taking careJul 17, 2005
But then he had a heart attack. And then a seizure. Then a broken hip. Some smaller strokes. A year ago, the appearance of bedsores prompted a hospitalization. ...
- OCRegister (subscription)
State to close nursing homeJul 8, 2005
...the records. Other patients didn't get proper treatment for bedsores and were given expired medicines, the records indicate. The ...
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Hospital-Acquired Infections In Pa. Reported For First TimeJul 13, 2005
...infections. Get moving. Bedsores can cause hospital-acquired infections. Try to always have a friend or family member stay with you. ...
- NBC 10.com
Laws offer more patient protection in nursing homesJul 2, 2005
Instead, the Health Department, under the newlaws, would focus like a laser on nursing homes that have mismanagement, bedsores, bounced paychecks and complaints ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
Hillside administrator arraigned on 11 counts of patient neglectJul 11, 2005
One of those 11 patients is Germaine Morsilli, an 87-year-old woman who died after months of suffering from bedsores that worsened into gaping, seeping wounds. ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
Nursing home to close, dozens to be displacedJul 7, 2005
...took over, it lost federal Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for a month after being found in violation of federal standards because bedsores went untreated ...
- MaineToday.com
Backed with 30 years Clinical Reasearch Acne/Rosacea/Psoriasis ...Jul 7, 2005
...tissue regeneration. The stimulation of tissue regeneration is helpful in the treatment of burns, bedsores, poorly healing wounds. It ...
- I-Newswire.com
Couple Waived Hearing In Extreme Elder Abuse CaseJul 3, 2005
...child endangerment. Investigators said the elderly woman had severe bedsores and there were bugs and larva on her body. The elderly ...
- MyMotherLode.com
Grant helps Heritage Hospital increase careJul 5, 2005
...be used to purchase a bariatric bed that can hold up to 800 pounds and has a special mattress that prevents obese patients from getting bedsores, Hyman said. ...
- Rocky Mount Telegram
Wrongful Death Lawsuit SettledJul 12, 2005
...patients properly. The suit alleged that Mayfield was starved, dehydrated and with infected bedsores at the time of his death. The ...
- Springdale Morning News
Ex-nursing home official faces 11 neglect chargesJul 11, 2005
One of those patients is Germaine Morsilli, an 87-year-old woman who died after months of suffering from neglected bedsores that deepened into a bloody crater. ...
- Providence Journal (subscription)
Former nursing home administrator pleads innocent to patient ...Jul 12, 2005
...said the nursing home's failures included not following physician's directions, not ensuring patients got prescribed medication and failing to prevent bedsores ...
- WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Pain and forgiveness: A survivor's struggleJul 10, 2005
...monitor next to his bed so she can hear him call out for her in his sleep - she says she does that; he says he doesn't. She turns him so he doesn't get bedsores ...
- philly.com
Case management set in suit against Dr. UhrigJul 7, 2005
According to the suit, Butler suffered dehydration, stage IV bedsores, raging infections, and further pain and suffering prior to his death. ...
- Madison County Record
Interview: Janice Fitzpatrick SimmonsJul 4, 2005
...says Janice. "He had all kinds of things going wrong. He was suffering from MRSA and he had the most dreadful bedsores. "He had ...
- Belfast Telegraph
Eleanore's Project goes to JordanJul 10, 2005
...fit chairs allow severely disabled children - those with spina bifida, cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy, for instance - to sit up, to avoid bedsores, to be ...
- The Missoulian
A HERDSMAN'S HANDBOOK FOR THE MODERN HOMESTEADERJul 10, 2005
...avoid dehydration . . . and deep, absorbent bedding (.such as straw or sawdust) to minimize the occurrence of "bedsores". In long ...
- Mother Earth News
Elder abuse case still hazyJul 12, 2005
...sexually assaulted. While doctors found no evidence of sexual assault, they found bedsores and signs of apparent neglect. The victim ...
- Palo Alto Online
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