LACRESCENT, Minn. – The SpringBrook Village nursing home in LaCrescent was negligent in the death of a resident in April, the state Health Department reported. The patient, whom the agency didn’t name, died when her head and neck became lodged between a siderail on her bed and the bed. The agency said that an inspector in March had advised SpringBrook that siderails were risky and that the manufacturer’s instructions needed to be consulted and that documents needed to be submitted to the agency about maintenance of the devices. There was no record that the nursing home followed through, the agency said. The agency noted that the woman’s family said she owned one of the siderails on he bed but they didn’t know where the other came from.
