Staten Island nursing home fined for missing resident

Frank Dito — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:35:11 +0000

Silive is reporting that the Lakeside Manor Home for Adults was issued violations by the New York State Department of Health after staff waited two days to report a missing resident. Richard Constable, 66, recently moved into the Lakeside Manor and was reported missing by a therapist after he noticed Constable missing on Sunday morning. Police are still searching for Constable, who walked off the grounds last Friday.

If you or a loved have been the victim of nursing home neglect or abuse, call the law offices of Decker, Decker, Dito Internicola, LLP at (718) 979-4300 to discuss your legal rights. You may be entitled to compensation.

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Nursing Home Residents at Risk from Mentally Ill

Frank Dito — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:01:20 +0000

A rise in the number of tragic cases of killings or serious assaults committed by the mentally ill against the elderly in nursing homes has been reported. According to MSNBC, there has been a sharp increase in young and middle age people with mental illness being housed in nursing homes. The increase is attributed to the shortage of hospital psychiatric beds and the closing of state mental institutions. The prospect of violence increases when younger, stronger adults, sometimes with schizophrenia, delusional disorders or other mental illness take out their rage on their room mates, mostly frail senior citizens unable to defend themselves. 2008 saw a 41% percent increase in the number of mentally ill people under age 64 housed in nursing homes and they now account for more than 9 percent of all nursing home residents. A 2008 incident involved a the beating of a 77 year old man with a clock radio while he lay in his bed. His roommate, almost 30 years younger with a history of aggression and “altered mental status”, was charged with the crime.

Home operators, under financial constraints to keep occupancy rates in the 90% range, increasingly look toward the mentally ill to ensure those occupancy rates. The federal government allows almost a 50/50 mix of elderly and mentally ill patients to occupy the same home while ensuring payment through Medicaid. Most nursing homes are inept at taking care of the aggressions of younger, stronger patients. “Many times, the nursing home’s only option becomes dialing 911,” said Laura Shahman, a spokeswoman for the American Association of Homies and Services for the Aging.

If you or a loved has been injured in a nursing home accident or the victim of nursing home neglect, please call Frank J. Dito, Jr.

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Staten Island nursing home fined for missing resident

Nursing Home Residents at Risk from Mentally Ill