Earlier this week the Los Angeles Times reported that a Northern California nursing home was fined $100,000 after its staff allegedly failed to prevent a patient from falling twice and suffering a fatal head injury for which he was not treated.
An 85-year-old patient, who had a heart condition and diabetes, was supposed to be supervised when walking with his walker. However, a state investigator found that staff members of Pilgrim Haven Health Facility in Los Altos failed to install an electronic fall monitor--as ordered by the patient's doctor--and also failed to ensure that the patient's walker was within reach.
Doctors used a CT scan to determine that the cause of death was bleeding in the brain and a fall with head trauma.
The nursing home is appealing the state citation.
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