Manor Care Nursing Home Lawsuit Verdict of $53M Overturned on Appeal

• jeradAugust 9, 2020 at 7:43 am

  SO THERE IS THIS ASSISTED LIVING PLACE MY DAD WAS SENT TO AND FROM THE MOMENT HE GOT THERE HIS MENTAL STATE WENT TO CRAP ON HIM AND THAT DIDNT SEEM RIGHT BECAUSE I SAW HIM A WEEK B4 N HE WAS HIMSELF SO IT HAPPENED SO FAST AND THE FOOD AND CARE IS SO BAD I THREW A FIT AND GOT HIM OUT OF THERE AND SINCE GOT HIM ON THIS LIQUID OXYGEN STUFF TO HELP GET OXYGEN TO HIS FEET AND HE IS A DIABETIC AND THATS[Show More]SO THERE IS THIS ASSISTED LIVING PLACE MY DAD WAS SENT TO AND FROM THE MOMENT HE GOT THERE HIS MENTAL STATE WENT TO CRAP ON HIM AND THAT DIDNT SEEM RIGHT BECAUSE I SAW HIM A WEEK B4 N HE WAS HIMSELF SO IT HAPPENED SO FAST AND THE FOOD AND CARE IS SO BAD I THREW A FIT AND GOT HIM OUT OF THERE AND SINCE GOT HIM ON THIS LIQUID OXYGEN STUFF TO HELP GET OXYGEN TO HIS FEET AND HE IS A DIABETIC AND THATS A ISSUE ON TOP OF THAT BRAIN FOOD I CALL IT JUST SOME NATURAL NUTRIENTS ARE BRAINS NEED AND COMPLETE TURN AROUND.ANYWAY THE OTHER PATIENTS THERE ALL LOOKED LIKE VEGETABLES JUST LIKE MY DAD STARTED TO LOOK THE MOST CONVINCING FACTOR IN THIS IS MY ARGUMENT WITH THE BOSS AND HER MINION AND WHEN I SAID ITS HIS GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO GET UP AND LIMP OUT OF HERE THEY STARTED SAYING HE HAS REFUSED CARE AND HIS MENTAL STATE WAS DIMINISHING BECAUSE OF HIS INFECTION IN HIS FOOT AND THREATENED TO CALL ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO KEEP HIM THERE.WELL THEY DIDNT WANNA DEAL WITH ME AND MY ITALIAN MOM AND TRANSFERED HIM RIGHT AWAY AND HE GOT BETTER SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE NAME OF THIS PLACE TO TELL YOU IN THIS EMAIL AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE TYPE OF NURSING HOMES IN GIG HARBOR IS STAGGERING.SO COMPETITION IS FIERCE AND I THINK THEY MAY BE GIVING THESE POOR PEOPLE LIKE MY DAD SOMETHING THAT WILL SLOWLY TURN THERE BRAIN TO MUSH AND KEEP THE BED FULL AND THE MONEY COMING FOR HIM AND TAKING A LOVED ONE FROM THERE FAMILY TO KEEP A BUISINESS GOING.THE FOOD IS ONE STEP UP FROM PRISON FOOD AND I HAVE BEEN B4 SO I KNOW.IT AND BEING A EX CON COPS WONT BELIEVE ME IF I ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE.SO I AM ASKING YOU TO LOOK INTO IT PLEASE?I WAS LUCKY AND PERSISTENT AND GOT MY DAD THE HELL OUT OF THERE BUT MANY PEOPLE WONT BE AND SEE THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE TO GO OUT.AND THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH DOCUMENTATION OF EARLY MEDICINE THAT ANYONE EVEN ME COULD FIND AND USE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT ADMINISTERED IN SMALL DOSES CAN CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN.PLEASE DO YOUR THING AND FIND OUT EVEN IF I AM WRONG THE CHANCE TO SAVE SOME LIVES IS THERE AND I CANT GO ANY FURTHER THAN THIS SO I PUT IT IN YOUR HANDS PLEASE DONT BLOW THIS OFF AND PUT SOMEONE GOOD ON IT. THANKS THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS MANOR CARE IN GIG HARBOR OH AND SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS i typed to much b4 i noticed lol

• Mary AnnJuly 26, 2017 at 9:05 am

  Manor Care murdered my mother, yes the faceless corporation who hides behind their high paid lawyers. My mother went into Whitehall Manor Care with a stress fracture a week later they did blood work on her she had an infection. No treatment did not tell the family at all. A month later they were treating her for the flu. She was sent to the ER when the nursing staff took her walking boot off there[Show More]Manor Care murdered my mother, yes the faceless corporation who hides behind their high paid lawyers. My mother went into Whitehall Manor Care with a stress fracture a week later they did blood work on her she had an infection. No treatment did not tell the family at all. A month later they were treating her for the flu. She was sent to the ER when the nursing staff took her walking boot off there were two ulcers. We also have pics which Manor Care does not want anyone to see. Because they never took the walking boot off even when she was in bed nor to clean her. She dropped 15 to 20 lbs. She had to have 2 surgeries to clean out the staph infection it went straight to her bone. Then she went back to Manor Care in Greentree where they didn't have a wound vac for 3 days. When I called Presby and said why did they release her to a facility who was not prepared. Presby called Manor Care and that evening she got her wound vac. Then she complained of her left leg hurting her, she even complained after 2 weeks being at Whitehall. No one could figure out why. Then she was transferred to a long term nursing home. Where they discovered bed sores on her buttocks. They informed me and they took pictures and he'd a wound nurse come in and take care of the sores. 2 weeks later back in the ER from deleria she wasn't right. Low and behold the staph infection ate at her left hip. She was in so much pain I could not stand to hear her cry out when they changed her. On July 10,2016 she passed away. She lived at home independently drove her car, she was not a diabetic. Why is it when someone is murdered by an individual you get to see their face. When a Corporation murders people you don't have a chance to look them in the eye. I believe it is the CEO who is held responsible because I have worked in the medical field and I have seen people who is not to blame get thrown under the bus. I believe thete should be a change in the legislature due to nursing home negligence and wrongful death claims. Why is it that health insurance pays the nursing home below sub par conduct. And as to where are we going to send our love ones, well I believe if I was trained in taking care of my mom and got paid enough that I can quit my job and he'd some kind of relief. It would have cost health insurance a lot less then what they paid Manor Care. And I do believe there really are good nursing homes that care about people than the mighty buck.

• MikeJanuary 11, 2017 at 6:31 am

  It sounds like you are just looking for a lawsuit. If your mother was healthy why did she go intoo a nursing home? You could have cared for her. Nobody ever claimed nursing homes promote life and the fountain of youth. One case was do to a nurse who charted meds prior to pouring them. The other two ermployees were found later to have lied on their on their applications. FACT: More die in hosputals[Show More]It sounds like you are just looking for a lawsuit. If your mother was healthy why did she go intoo a nursing home? You could have cared for her. Nobody ever claimed nursing homes promote life and the fountain of youth. One case was do to a nurse who charted meds prior to pouring them. The other two ermployees were found later to have lied on their on their applications. FACT: More die in hosputals or after leaving then in NH's. Hospitals play politics with state legislatures and limit hospital damages. Fact After chasing tobbaco suits out of money then it became NH's. Fact: Patients are asked and can request to go to the hospital at ANYTIME. MCR suit patient was asked and refused to go. Fact: Life had been saved 5 times by going to the hospital and stayed for 5 years. Fact MCR suit patient lived there for five years, she could go anytime but family said no. Fact, patients are to be cleaned by staff postmortem prior to family viewing or sent to funeral home! FACT, NM has highest number per capita of lawsuits because families like patients are to poor to live without mom or dads soc security check. That is required by federal law for copay. Fact, family never paid copays. If you are so against NH's then get the feds and states to up reimbursement, stop frivalous suits and tax families. They are the one's robbing the heralthcare system.

• ChristieNovember 5, 2016 at 12:33 am

  This ia horrifying.. My mother just passed because of a gastrointestinal bleed as well at a manorcare facility. They never called the doctor nor did they take her to the hospital. I am pissed that they left her bleed to death. She was only 66. Is there a open lawsuit against them??

• VirginiaSeptember 2, 2016 at 4:03 pm

  Manor Care Employee rolled me onto my 5 day old left hip surgery and refractured it. I didn't know as I was already in pain from surgery. I have had 3 other hip surgeries, rehabs, PTs, drigs, bilateral lumbar shots, etc until i ran out of money. They deny responsibity.

• JacquelineJuly 29, 2016 at 2:53 pm

  My mother has just passed away. Everything the people are saying on this thread and more happened to my mother. I don't even know where to start. First of all they put diapers on everyone. They also won't let them out of bed unless someone is there. But they do not answer their calls. My mother was able to walk with her cane and use the bathroom. They took her cane away along with her inhaler. I h[Show More]My mother has just passed away. Everything the people are saying on this thread and more happened to my mother. I don't even know where to start. First of all they put diapers on everyone. They also won't let them out of bed unless someone is there. But they do not answer their calls. My mother was able to walk with her cane and use the bathroom. They took her cane away along with her inhaler. I had to go there and demand they give them back. I spent hours sitting there. The food was a joke, they played games with it. My mother wanted me to take her home, I took her home for the day she was able to get around with her cane even though they keep them in bed. She wanted to stay home so I took her back and we got her stuff to take home. As we were leaving the staff told us if she left without being discharged we would be responsible for the bills and we couldn't get home healthcare. I forgot the part when we went back my mother started yelling don't leave me here. She was saying she wanted to see her own doctor the staff were unqualified and said she wanted to sue. They spent there time trying to convince us to stay, then they said my mother would be discharged in the morning by the doctor. I told her I would pick her up in the morning. By this time it was late at night. I don't know what happened over night they called around midnight. My mother was having a panic attack. Also when i picked my mother up to take her home for the day her feet were swollen. When I asked them why someone said it was some medication i had never heard of and he had taken her off of it because her feet were swollen. The doctor sent her back to the hospital where she died. I am so upset that I wasn't able to take my mother home where she wanted to be so she could die in her own home.

• TammyNovember 19, 2015 at 2:53 am

  Looking at my Mother-in-law laying in the hospital very lethargic. With kidney failure and dehydration. There still running test. This is from the lack of care after she had surgery and was in Manorcare in Bethlehem PA for five days. There has to be some accountability For facilities like this.

• AshlyFebruary 20, 2014 at 7:19 pm

  On October 20, 2013 my Uncle Harry Blizzard died as a result negligence on the part of ManorCare Ruxton in Towson Md. He was dehydrated, malnourished and suffering from multi-organ failure when he was admitted to the hospital. I know there are more victims out there and loved ones suffering like my family and I have because of the death. Anyone willing to testify against manorcare please contact m[Show More]On October 20, 2013 my Uncle Harry Blizzard died as a result negligence on the part of ManorCare Ruxton in Towson Md. He was dehydrated, malnourished and suffering from multi-organ failure when he was admitted to the hospital. I know there are more victims out there and loved ones suffering like my family and I have because of the death. Anyone willing to testify against manorcare please contact me

• LindaJuly 25, 2013 at 5:06 pm

  In January of This Year, My Mother Was a Patient in Their Facility in Fountain Valley, CA. She Fell. I Was Not Notified as Her Durable Power of Attorney for FOUR HOURS and She was NOT Taken to The Nearest EMERGENCY ROOM Until I Insisted. They Didn't Get Her to An Emergency Room 18 Seconds AWAY for FIVE HOURS. She Broke Her Second Hip in the Fall at Their Facility and Their Progress Notes SHOW [Show More]In January of This Year, My Mother Was a Patient in Their Facility in Fountain Valley, CA. She Fell. I Was Not Notified as Her Durable Power of Attorney for FOUR HOURS and She was NOT Taken to The Nearest EMERGENCY ROOM Until I Insisted. They Didn't Get Her to An Emergency Room 18 Seconds AWAY for FIVE HOURS. She Broke Her Second Hip in the Fall at Their Facility and Their Progress Notes SHOW They Only Checked In On Her for Albuterol Treatments Every FOUR HOURS and SHE HAD BED SORES, She Spent HOURS a Day in WHEELCHAIR. She DIED in MARCH From ALL THE COMPLICATIONS ONE SUFFERS FROM DELAYED TRANSPORT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM/PROPER TREATMENT. She Was 28 Days on a Breathing Ventilator and Died With Her Hands Restrained, With Breathing Tube in Her Mouth and a Nasal Feed Tube in Her Nose and Several IV Hooked Up to Her. I Was On Disability SO NOW I'm DESTITUTE. DUE TO "LOVELY" MANORCARE. They ALSO DID NOT START REHAB UNTIL TWO WEEKS INTO HER STAY AND UNTIL OMBUDSPERSON TOLD THEM TOO AND WHEN THEY DID IT WAS ON A STATIONARY BIKE SHE HAD TORTURE WOUNDS INNER THIGHS FOR THEM KEEPING HER ON IT FOR HALF HOUR BY FORCE. She Was 88. CASE/LAWSUIT IN PROGRESS...

• KathyJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm

  My 86 year old mother was admitted to manorcare in pottsville pa she was there for only one month and had a major stroke and pnuemonia. I want to say that they made some kind of mistake because she was fine before she was admitted there. Is there a class action case I can get involved in for this lousy nursing home?

• AnnSeptember 30, 2012 at 12:22 am

  I don't think there should be caps on lawsuits against nursing homes where negligence or abuse cause injury or death of the patient. Patients are placed in nursing homes to get the care they need and it's devastating when they are injured or die as the result of negligence and/or abuse. My sister had been at a Heartland Manorcare nursing home in Pittsburgh and was given Humalog and Lantus at ni[Show More]I don't think there should be caps on lawsuits against nursing homes where negligence or abuse cause injury or death of the patient. Patients are placed in nursing homes to get the care they need and it's devastating when they are injured or die as the result of negligence and/or abuse. My sister had been at a Heartland Manorcare nursing home in Pittsburgh and was given Humalog and Lantus at night and we feel most probably while she slept. She never let them give her too much insulin late at night because of fear of hypoglycemia. They did not note the time or amount they gave her in the medical record but only noting it was given. They found her shortly after 4:00 am in an extremely lethargic condition with altered consciousness. The doctor ordered by phone Glucagen but they did not give it and did not call 911 but tried for 1/2 hour to give oral glucose gel to an unresponsive patient. She ended up in hypoglycemic coma, anoxic brain injury and respiratory arrest. She was in a comatose state for over 3 months while we gave her every chance possible but we finally had to let the hospital remove her from all three life supports (dialysis, feeding tube, vent) and she died shortly after removing these. Her brain injury was causing additional problems with her breathing and we could no longer watch. No one knows what a family goes through watching a family member in this horrible condition every day until you've experienced it yourself. It is angonizing. We could not even do anything about it since wrongful death in PA does not allow siblings to file a suit...only spouse, children or parents. This way nursing homes in PA can continue inujuring or killing patients and the State restricts any kind of punishment. I don't think there should be a system where nursing homes can avoid suits for killing patients.

• E. SotoJuly 27, 2011 at 2:06 am

  As a current victim of nursing home abuse, I can attest to the fact that they have been restructured so that it makes it almost impossible for the plaintiff to know who in fact is the owner. That is why one must list everyone and anyone possible. The law states that if the employer knew of & did not make any corrections or stop their employees from committing the acts or knew that the employee[Show More]As a current victim of nursing home abuse, I can attest to the fact that they have been restructured so that it makes it almost impossible for the plaintiff to know who in fact is the owner. That is why one must list everyone and anyone possible. The law states that if the employer knew of & did not make any corrections or stop their employees from committing the acts or knew that the employee had e.g. a criminal record of rape & did nothing about it than they are equally responsible. However, lately the courts are not accepting the Respondeat Superior arguments unless of course one can show they knew of and did nothing about the matter. However, because the supervisors & administrators act on behalf of the owner/s, once they knew of and did nothing to correct the matter or aided and abetted in covering up the matter, than the plaintiff can sue the employer. Because of the structure setup against the plaintiff, it is important to name all those known by name that took part, and as long as the plaintiff uses the word employer/s, owner/s that should suffice. Unfortunately though the corporate lawyers they have to represent them have managed to convince the court in some cases and in some states, that if the plaintiff does not find out within the statute of limitations who is the actual owners -- by name and submit a motion to amend the complaint including them in the complaint and state how they were negligent for the actions of the employees inolved, the court will rule against the plaintiff. The consumer advocates are right when they say these nursing homes are now structured to protect the owners. That is why it is important to name all those found to be owners or co-owners of these corporations. One another thing I want to add is, that if the plaintiff serves legal documents to the agent in charge of accepting legal documents for the corporation, it stands to reason they have notified the owners and the names of the actual owners can be obtained by that agent. The plaintiff can also argue that because that agent's job is to notify and provide the legal documents to the owners, they knew of the matter and did not take any steps to stop, fire, the employees so that they will never do this to another patient. One last thing, to not waste your time and money, be sure to find out if you can sue in federal or state court. According to one Magistrate in the Eastern District court in New York, I could not sue the nursing home under section 1983 as in the Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers case, because the nursing home I am in is a non-profit as oppose to the case cited supra which are state run. Whether or not it's true I did not bother to appeal and instead submitted the complaint and Order to Show Cause in the State Supreme Court. Lastly, because it is so difficult to gather evidence, I have been asking Elected Offcials & also the President, to please setup a Bill that will make it mandatory to have video camera surveillance everywhere the patients walk through or stay in for the exception of their sleeping quarters. And also for visitors to present legal ID and sign into a logbook in the presence of a security guard. I implore everyone who reads my comment to please back me up.

• cjJuly 21, 2011 at 5:43 am

  Keep talking people. You have certainly helped me decide not to waste time touring HRC facilities. Sounds like a suicide mission. You check in and never expect to leave. May God continue to watch over and bless those who are unable to care for themselves. Amen. cj/MI

• JoleneNovember 10, 2009 at 2:28 am

  Nanette is right. i too work for this co. They are greedy and money is the bottom line for everrything. They don't care abot workers and they care about patients only as long as they have a source of payment.

• NanetteSeptember 24, 2009 at 8:37 pm

  My heart goes out to the familys and love ones in this situation and many others that HCR covers up! you all have stated facts with the Company. I was a employee of HCR Manorcare Corp. and they are quick to rid of their employees,and seen much turn over even in my position, for many unacceptable reasons. HCR are quick to cover up with many lies. I was discrimated against on my health and a up [Show More]My heart goes out to the familys and love ones in this situation and many others that HCR covers up! you all have stated facts with the Company. I was a employee of HCR Manorcare Corp. and they are quick to rid of their employees,and seen much turn over even in my position, for many unacceptable reasons. HCR are quick to cover up with many lies. I was discrimated against on my health and a up coming surgery in which I would need some time off, also not wanting to be part of lies and speaking up! and speaking up in my review with ED-Jane Russell which I should of been intitled to do by the rules of HCR managment book, and she lost major control, but see...do not ask questions or talk, just do even if it is wrong. My performance was excellent and I always gave over 100% no matter how much pain or sickness I felt on any day, and the well being of the residents were priority, I seen them as the people that they were and are, not money as HCR wanted me to! Most of the caregivers worked very hard, and were good employees. ( I am not speaking for all) but if I had more space to explain! how they were under staffed/trained for the level of care.HCR were taking in residents all for money, money, money, not for the love/compassion for your love one. HCR-Corp/Mang. do not see the residents as people, just money! It makes me sick, sick that they demand for familys love ones to move out because someone can move in that has more money in their bank account, but ..be sure that is not what they are telling the familys! HCR trys to cover them selfs well, and push it on to the little people....they know we need our jobs! or to the employees that come in from care companys to assist in the care of residents, they will push fault onto them, even though they are working and hired in to work in the facilitys. As employees we should always agree with them and never ask questions or as" ED-Jane R. said are you questioning me" to big bosses or Corp., or they look for a sneeky ways to get you out, like they did me. Which I am taking further action and getting the word out to others ....really consider where you put your love one and take a job! dont get decieved." I was told by Corp. I need to toughin up and get rid of my soft heart"- Corp. HCR Director of HR MIchelle K. Did I mention I was in managment, and daily contact with residents-it takes compassion/care, but firm and fair when needed. Fair HCR is not...and employees will not speak up for fear of job loss. Not all HCR Corp's are Union, but Unions need to get in to these facility's. I know this can not bring back your love one and the pain you go through, but maybe it will help down the road and to others to be more alert both in placing a love one or considering a job! I seen such a cold, greedy, deceitful side of healthcare with HCR Corp/managment....don't fall for all the wonderful things they say, it is an act. Don't fall for the beauty in the facility, it is a mask...

• ChrisSeptember 16, 2009 at 4:39 pm

  HCR MANORCARE IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES. Greg is quick to point out bad employees are being the problem but that is not the case with this corporation. These facilities have extremely high turnover rates for CNA's and RN's. Basically, HCR tries to keep a revolving staff that requires less pay raises and less vacation time. This results in a staff with less experience with[Show More]HCR MANORCARE IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES. Greg is quick to point out bad employees are being the problem but that is not the case with this corporation. These facilities have extremely high turnover rates for CNA's and RN's. Basically, HCR tries to keep a revolving staff that requires less pay raises and less vacation time. This results in a staff with less experience with the residents in the facilities. I see your ratio for CNA's to patients is 1 to 11.8. How long term are those CNA's, I would bet all the residents have been there longer. Management at HCR manorcare has built this management style that seperates management from the actually care of the patients. It is set up like this to prevent lawsuits from reaching corporate payout levels. This company preys on the poor working class, using them for labor, then sending them out the door. This company needs punished for its failure to understand that patients and workers are not expendible, but rather as important as the company itself. The HCR manorcare I live near pulled this same deal off in court in 1999. The lower courts ruled the company was responsible for leaving a resident outside whom died of heat exhaustion. The court of appeals threw out the decision and the case is still in court. I had enough of seeing this company corrupt this country and business practices in general. I plan on staging a demonstration against the poor business practices of HCR Manorcare in two weeks in Waterville, OH and at the corporate headquaters in Toledo, OH.

• GregAugust 26, 2009 at 2:37 pm

  This is in response to Deborah. The state requirement for CNS's is a ratio of 1 CNA to every 15 residents. 5 CNA's for 59 is a ratio of 1 to 11.8. This is well above the requirment. You have to realize that management is responsible for the actions of all their employees. Just because one or two bad employees dont care or want to do their job, is not reason to blame the whole company. With uni[Show More]This is in response to Deborah. The state requirement for CNS's is a ratio of 1 CNA to every 15 residents. 5 CNA's for 59 is a ratio of 1 to 11.8. This is well above the requirment. You have to realize that management is responsible for the actions of all their employees. Just because one or two bad employees dont care or want to do their job, is not reason to blame the whole company. With unions these days, it's hard to get rid of bad employees! They can file grievance after grievance and still be employed. I have no problem with charging each individual staff member involved with manslaughter. Our country has come down to "who else do we blame," instead of making the actual person involved responsible for his/her own actions!! My God, sue the gun company because some idiot shoots someone else???? Sue the bar because a guy got drunk and DECIDED on his own to drive home? What has this world come to??

• JackAugust 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm

  This clearly points to the need for the reintroduced legislation, call The Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act. My Elder Advocate www.MyelderadvocateBLOG.com

• DeborahAugust 21, 2009 at 6:25 am

  Overcrowded prisons? I have the solution! Place inmates in nursing homes along with the corrupt nursing home corporation officers who make poor decisions that kill patients and aren't punished. Like what Sun Healthcare Group did to my mother in a Newport Beach, Calif facility: Double pneumonia, they didn't care about her health, they still got her up and dressed at 5:30am to sit in her wheelchai[Show More]Overcrowded prisons? I have the solution! Place inmates in nursing homes along with the corrupt nursing home corporation officers who make poor decisions that kill patients and aren't punished. Like what Sun Healthcare Group did to my mother in a Newport Beach, Calif facility: Double pneumonia, they didn't care about her health, they still got her up and dressed at 5:30am to sit in her wheelchair in the hallway waiting for hrs for breakfast at 8:00 am, b cuz SUN understaffed and simply put, 5 CNAs cannot dress 59 patients in one hr from 7-8 am so she was to suffer; Thirsty? Sure, I'll be back in a few hours; U need a bathroom? We use diapers here; Hungry? great food; Need a Dr.? call 911; Fever? Thermometers broken; Hot? HVAC condemned; Cold? HVAC condemned; Can't breathe? No ventilation n here, did I tell u the HVAC is condemned?; BTW Oxygen runs out regularily, & no staff to monitor it; Looks like u had a stroke? opps, R b/p equip. broken and now you can't swallow for the remainder of your life, so sorry; Opps, now u Got the superbug MRSA that is antibiotic resistant? opps so sorry once again, and gee, this time you die. We'll cheat ur family out of proper compensation for wrongful death 'cuz we know ur attorney real well and he'll threaten u in mediation that we'll ruin u if u bring this case to trial. U say u can prove r willful misconduct? No one cares about an old lady dying in a nursing home from the fault of management. Opps, Medical Director Dr Stoney decides to do the right thing and testify for his patient's case -SUN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF EVELYN. Sun Healthcare Group out of New Mexico did all of the above to my mother. Deborah, Newport Beach, Calif

• LianneAugust 20, 2009 at 7:48 pm

  You can look at this form two different views. The employess who actually allowed this resident to die from negligence should be the ones who are held responsible or should it be the parent company who actually owns the company who should take responsibility. I personally think that the answer is both. I think that the employees who obviously did not own up to their actions should be held responsi[Show More]You can look at this form two different views. The employess who actually allowed this resident to die from negligence should be the ones who are held responsible or should it be the parent company who actually owns the company who should take responsibility. I personally think that the answer is both. I think that the employees who obviously did not own up to their actions should be held responsible whether it is monetary or criminally. I think the parent company should own up to their respoinsibility to this resident that died while in the care of on of their facilities. Fact of the matter is if you own it, YOU OWN IT!!! I also feel that our country has become a tangle of litigations. Fifty three million dollars is not going to bring their family member back and can not replace their loss. There needs to be a cap on what people can actually sue for. People just dont understand how important nursing homes are in this country. They house and care for thousands of elderly people who have no where else to go and no one else to care for them . If every nursing home company goes bankrupt then where will those people be ? Not all nursing homes are bad. Some people really do care.