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In 2003, two nursing home residents were admitted to a nursing home in New York with pressure sores. Both residents were given care plans that included regular skin assessment, turning and positioning.
Within months, the residents developed multiple pressure sores and one resident developed renal failure partly caused by skin breakdown. The state inspector attributed the failure to administer care plans to a “systems breakdown” caused by staffing issues including lack of communication, high turnover and use of agency staffing.
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LUCKY you. You just won the lottery, and you’re getting a payout of $75,000 a year! Just in time. You’re frail, and at age 65 you wonder how far your measly Social Security check will go. MORE
Mary O'Neill, 87, who sleeps most of the time now and who her daughters say doesn't have many days left, is happy, nevertheless. She's back, at last, in the nursing home bed that had been denied her for months.
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Howard Gleckman: Caring for Our Parents: Inspiring Stories of Families Seeking New Solutions to America's Most Urgent Health Crisis
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