Wisconsin Nursing Home Troubles
Posted by Patti on March 16th, 2006 / Print This Post
A Wisconsin nursing home is under the lime light in a big way:
The state of Wisconsin has released a report on the Pleasant View Nursing Home that alleges at least two incidents of resident abuse and subsequent attempts to cover it up.The report, completed last month by a division of the state Department of Health and Family Services, tracks the alleged actions of an unidentified Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and other staff from June to November 2004.
The CNA is accused of intentionally shoving a resident, who fell to the floor, in June 2004, and hitting another resident, who subsequently hit his head on a bed footboard, in November 2004. The same CNA was allegedly known as a bully among staff and residents, according to the state report.
The facility’s administrative staff are accused of attempting to quiet the incidents.
WHY any facility would try to hush the actions of a bully aide is beyond me. These aides are BAD to have around. We all know one when we see one too…
The report documents interviews with staff that suggest the home’s administrator, Eugene Puckhaber, encouraged subordinates to “downplay” the alleged abuses and approved an internal investigation that concluded the shoving incident was an act of self-defense. Puckhaber is cited in the report as having failed to take “all reasonable steps to provide quality personnel to assure the health, safety and rights of the residents.”The CNA remained on staff for almost a year and a half after the alleged abuse.
“This created a direct threat to the health and safety of the residents of the facility,” the state report concludes (the CNA is no longer employed at Pleasant View).
Several other nursing home employees went along with the alleged whitewash for fear of retribution, according to the report.
Wow. I wonder if the aide in question threatened the facility with a lawsuit. We all know these types too.
Read the rest of this article…it’s kind of sad that any employee is allowed to stay- when this stuff happens. A little shove is abuse. If this behavior is ok, what does it say about the administrator??