Nursing home cited, sued after elderly man's genitals disintegrate

Seattle PI ^

[Chet 99]

An Everett nursing home is facing a lawsuit after an elderly resident's genitals disintegrated while staff allegedly failed to act.

Charles Bradley, then 93, arrived at Everett Care & Rehabilitation in the winter of 2004, suffering from the usual maladies of old age, according to court documents. He continued to live at the nursing home until two weeks before his death, which came on March 31, 2008, when he was rushed to the emergency room with a life-threatening -- but previously undetected -- malady.

[thefactor]

pitbull attack?

[blam]

Must have been a worthless White male.

[Sacajaweau]

blender??

[babble-on]

Why does EVERYTHING have to be about race?

[missnry]

May I be the first to warn people to travel down this FR thread at your own risk!! I have the feeling there are going to be some really bizarre and hilarious comments!

[listenhillary]

Ask Al Sharpton, Jesse and the DNC.

[Overtaxed Patriot]

Disintegrated? Man, I hate it when that happens.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I didn’t read this.

No.

[red-dawg]

Did he get elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican?

[texas_mrs]

I can actually see the possibility that this is not the fault of the staff. My own mother had breast cancer and was so modest she refused to tell anyone. Eventually our suspicions grew about her refusal to go to a doctor for routine checkups and it was found and treated, but not before a large hole was eaten into her breast!

Add to this the fact that with the possibility of sex abuse being charged against caregivers at nursing homes, they may not have paid as much attention to that area of the patient when bathing, etc. If he made no complaints about it I would think it would be hard to find without actually getting pretty personal.

[geologist]

SHAMEFUL!

[NonValueAdded]

poor reporting or poor medical care? I say both!

Condition noted when changing diaper; care manager notified but he forgot to tell doc; second report made 3.5 months later; two weeks after that, patient brought to ER. That's the timeline the story lays out.

Did no one change the diaper in that 15 week period between reports? Don't they wash the patient when doing so? Not one staff member thought to make an additional report in between?

if that is even remotely close to what happened, shut 'em down. Shut them down now.

[reagan_fanatic]

"A-ha! Got the drop on you with MY disintegrator! And brother - when it disintegrates, it disintegrates!"

[I Buried My Guns]

I've been married 1.5 years and can already sense the inevitable disintegration of my genitals.

On the other hand I have strong hands due to all the backrubs I give.

[DallasDeb]

He wore diapers that had to be changed by the staff.

[Abathar]

Genitals and disintegrate should never be used int he same sentence, the mental picture is enough to make you squirm.

[Rebelbase]

I hate it when that happens.

[Abathar]

1.5 years? You’re still on your honeymoon son.

Come back in 20 years and then tell us how bad it is, we might sympathize with you then.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Guys, do me a favor, if you ever find me so out of it that I don’t notice that my penis is falling apart, take me out back and shoot me. Please!!!

[Darksheare]

Genital disintegration ping.

[Gorzaloon]

Son, if you don’t stop doing that thing your Ma told me about, do you KNOW what’s going to happen...?”

[Abathar]

I’m right there with you, these just comes a time when you have to take the long walk for the benefit of the tribe.

[clee1]

Three problems - 1) proving negligence (which doesn’t seem to be a problem in this case); 2) establishing cause/effect; and 3) assessing damages.

1) Slam dunk - negligence on its face.
2) The news story cannot establish, nor can plaintiff without serious effort, state that the negligence, not the cancer, caused the pt’s issues.
3) Damages - just how much do you think a 93 y/o pt, with cancer, in a nursing home is going to be able to claim in damages?

Where was the family during all of this? Why didn’t the pt complain to them or his MD directly?

[Mac from Cleveland]

That poor man. I feel very sorry for him.

I’ve never heard of this affliction before-We should give it a name-How about “Anderson Cooper’s Disease”?

[clee1]

These things can happen to frail, demented, elderly pts, even with the BEST of care.

[Sparko]

I believe it.

IMHO, any disabled elderly who enter an average standard of care nursing home in the USA run the risk of being of one of two destinations after a given period of time:

either sent to a hospital with a far worse and different ailment than they entered the nursing home with, or sent to the funeral home.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

GENITAL DISINTEGRATION.....PING!!!!

[Jeff Chandler]

Penile cancer isn’t bad, it’s all in how the owner . . .

No, can’t apply that to this story.

[Slings and Arrows]

The poor guy done wore 'em out.

[Jeff Chandler]

GENITAL DISINTEGRATION.....PING!!!!

Well now I've seen everything. There is actually genital disintegration ping list?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I just have a list and I change the ping name to suit the thread...

<P.martin_fierro has a “mangled genitals” ping list though...

[Pylon]

Nursing homes suck so bad. We had a familt friend in one dying painfully from cancer. He was on liquid oxycontin for the pain and the nurse was stealing it for herself and not giving it to him and he was to frail to speak or communicate so he was dying in agony while this woman got her jollies. Family only found out when they saw the nurse take his dose and pocket the bottle. Cops raided her house and found like 100 empty bottles of the liquid oxy plus pain killers from all her other patients. People are sick.

[Abathar]

Someone has a mutilated genitals pinglist, I think this might fall under that category myself.

[blackie]

Damn, I hate it when that happens!!

[Darksheare]

This just..
It’s just so bad on so many levels.

The author could have written it better.
But it brings to mind all kinds of horrors for the male mind.

[Jeff Chandler]

martin_fierro has a “mangled genitals” ping list

I'll bet he does.

[brytlea]

I kind of wondered about that. They say he was able to speak etc, so I wondered why he (apparently) didn’t mention it to anyone himself. Then again, the story seems to be missing information. As usual.
Poor guy.
And I will do my best to make sure no one I love has to end up in a care facility. And I certainly hope I don’t.

[ApplegateRanch]

Actually, The Demolished Man.

Disintegrated genitals, Bones?

It’s worse than that; he’s dead, Jim.

[a fool in paradise]

[Mr. Silverback]

One of those oh-so-rare NOT FREAKIN’ FUNNY napls.

[Mr. Silverback]

Didn’t MST3K do that movie?

[The_Victor]

[Darksheare]

“Not even a little one?”

[ErnBatavia]

Well, no one could ever accuse the poor old guy of being Wee-Weed up...

[Slings and Arrows]

No, not funny. Sometimes you just crack jokes so that you don’t scream.

[Pajama Blogger]

Typical white grandfather

[ErnBatavia]

I think that case made the news...I seem to recall it.

[WOBBLY BOB]

“he didn’t need them anyway”- Death Panel Czar

[Buckeye McFrog]

Genitals suddenly disintegrate? Is it....Dave Checketts Disease???