Articles tagged:nursing home

Posted: Sat Nov 26 5:59 a.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
Ex-nursing home employees: We were fired for reporting maggots at Whitehall

Three former employees of a Pittsfield Township nursing home where maggots were found on a patient have sued the nursing home and its parent company alleging they were fired for reporting patient abuse and neglect at the facility. The three all worked as certified nursing aides at Whitehall Healthcare Center ...

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Posted: Sun Nov 20 5:59 a.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
Ann Arbor-area nursing home where maggots infested patient also had more-serious violations

A Pittsfield Township nursing home where maggots were discovered on a patient in August was cited in the same report for several violations of licensing regulations that are considered more serious, documents show. The violations at Whitehall Healthcare Center of Ann Arbor included failure to supervise two residents in wheelchairs, ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 3 5:59 a.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
Inspectors see improvements at nursing home where maggots were found in catheter

A Pittsfield Township nursing home where maggots infested a patient’s catheter has corrected substandard care issues and recently received a much-improved inspection report, a state official said Wednesday. As a result of that inspection, Whitehall Healthcare Center, which has been on a federal agency’s list of “not-improved” special focus facilities, ...

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Posted: Fri Dec 4 9:38 a.m. by Angil Tarach-Ritchey RN, GCM Community Contributor

If you have read my bio, you know my life of care and advocacy for the elderly began over 30 years ago, when I was 17 years old. I had a life changing experience in that nursing home that I wrote about earlier this year for Great Places Inc. I ...

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