Tacoma Nursing Home Death Ruled Homicide by Coroner
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007.
Tacoma, WA - The family of Florence Pierpoint, a 79-year old nursing home patient who died while in the care of a Tacoma nursing home, today filed a lawsuit against the home operator after a Pierce County medical examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by a morphine overdose.
The complaint cites allegations of abuse and neglect against Nisqually Valley Care Center and its parent company Soundcare Inc., including charges that the facility’s staff failed to administer medications according to the physician’s orders and neglected to monitor Pierpoint’s condition.
According to the complaint, Pierpoint was transported to the skilled nursing section of the facility after returning from a stay at a local hospital where she was treated for pneumonia she acquired in the nursing home.
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