Comments on: Indiana NH Resident Froze to Death http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patti http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-34452 Patti Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:53:42 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/#comment-34452 Thanks for stopping by Olivia...I believe we have found about 6 articles this winter of residents eloping from nursing homes and assisted living facilities and being found dead out in the cold. It's sad. I don't think it's a matter of having a handle on the weather. I think it's a management issue where units MUST have a way to account for every single resident, and often. A place that houses demented people really should do head counts every hour. Even that is not enough when it's bitterly cold outdoors. Thanks for stopping by Olivia…I believe we have found about 6 articles this winter of residents eloping from nursing homes and assisted living facilities and being found dead out in the cold.
It’s sad. I don’t think it’s a matter of having a handle on the weather. I think it’s a management issue where units MUST have a way to account for every single resident, and often. A place that houses demented people really should do head counts every hour. Even that is not enough when it’s bitterly cold outdoors.

]]> By: olivia http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-34443 olivia Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:39:51 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/#comment-34443 Have there been any recent cases of residents getting out and freezing to death in Cincinnati? I think we have a handle on that because we are accustomed to the weather. Have there been any recent cases of residents getting out and freezing to death in Cincinnati? I think we have a handle on that because we are accustomed to the weather.

]]> By: Kim http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-34214 Kim Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:23:10 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/#comment-34214 I think I have read 5 or 6 articles recently about residents getting out in the cold and not being noticed as missing. Head count works. I think I have read 5 or 6 articles recently about residents getting out in the cold and not being noticed as missing.

Head count works.

]]> By: Holly http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-33972 Holly Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:59:33 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2007/02/16/indiana-nh-resident-froze-to-death/#comment-33972 It does seem like this happens a lot more lately. I wonder why...people with dementia have long been residents in nursing homes and group homes. Why this increase in wandering, unchecked? Staffing certainly hasn't gotten any better or worse although the quality of staff might have something todo with it all. It does seem like this happens a lot more lately.
I wonder why…people with dementia have long been residents in nursing homes and group homes. Why this increase in wandering, unchecked? Staffing certainly hasn’t gotten any better or worse although the quality of staff might have something todo with it all.

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