Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 1:07:04 GMT -6
State health officials have launched an investigation after scabies was discovered in a Wilmington nursing home’s dementia unit, leading to more than three dozen patients being treated.
That same nursing home, the 142-bed Woodbriar Health Center, was already under scrutiny after a patient was dropped Christmas Day. The patient died two days later.
Woodbriar’s owner, Synergy Health Centers, has been beset by reports of substandard care — festering pressure sores, medication errors, poor infection control, inadequate training, and short-staffing.
Families of the roughly 40 Woodbriar residents in the dementia unit were notified in early January that at least one resident had scabies and that, as a precaution, everyone would be treated for at least two to three weeks with oral medication.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/03/health-officials-launch-scabies-probe-nursing-home-already-facing-scrutiny/KoN3rbvavVWzscQKFMGjgM/story.html
That same nursing home, the 142-bed Woodbriar Health Center, was already under scrutiny after a patient was dropped Christmas Day. The patient died two days later.
Woodbriar’s owner, Synergy Health Centers, has been beset by reports of substandard care — festering pressure sores, medication errors, poor infection control, inadequate training, and short-staffing.
Families of the roughly 40 Woodbriar residents in the dementia unit were notified in early January that at least one resident had scabies and that, as a precaution, everyone would be treated for at least two to three weeks with oral medication.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/03/health-officials-launch-scabies-probe-nursing-home-already-facing-scrutiny/KoN3rbvavVWzscQKFMGjgM/story.html