This case involves an elderly male patient who was admitted to the nursing home after a hospital stay during which he contracted C-Difficile. Upon admission to the nursing home, the patient suffered from fecal incontinence due to the C-Difficile and…
This case involves an elderly female patient who was admitted to the hospital after losing consciousness. She was diagnosed with pneumonia, taken to the ICU, and intubated. For the remainder of her time at the hospital, she was given breathing…
This case involves a civil rights action against the police department of a major west coast city. A 32-year-old wheelchair bound plaintiff was arrested for drug-related charges in a local bar. The plaintiff had several pressure ulcers as a result of…
This case involves a woman who developed pressure sores following a surgical procedure. The patient was admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility and was not found to have any pressure wounds at the time of admission. The patient was primarily sedentary…
This case involves an elderly woman who was admitted to the hospital in order to undergo a procedure to remove her kidney following a cancer diagnosis and attempted tumor cryoablation. The surgery went well, and there were no complications noted,…
This bariatric nursing case involves an overweight, elderly patient who was being taken care of in a home health setting. The Defendant company reported that the patient was doing well under their care to distant friends and relatives. At one point, a…
This case involves an elderly female who had become a resident of a retirement community after being diagnosed with dementia. The Plaintiff had been living at the nursing home for several months before family members began noticing signs of apparent…
A nursing home administration expert witness advises on a case involving an elderly female patient who on August 14, 2014, fractured her pelvis. A pelvic x-ray revealed a left parasymphysis pubis fracture not involving the acetabulum. She was hospitalized as…
This case involves an elderly patient, undergoing treatment for many conditions, who developed a distal right common iliac thrombus occlusion. During the hospital stay, the patient underwent an embolectomy and femoral-popliteal bypass. The patient also developed cellulitis of the right…
