Ohio Ranked One of the Worst States in which to Die

Only Two States Were Ranked Lower

Ohio is one of the states where the dying are less likely to receive the best all-around care and legal protection, according to state-by-state rankings by Forbes magazine. In only Illinois and Washington, D.C., are the dying less likely to receive proper treatment, the Forbes analysis suggests.

Utah is the state where the dying are most likely receive the best treatment, according to the ranking. Rounding out the top five states to die are Oregon, Delaware Colorado, and Hawaii. Following the District of Columbia at the bottom of the Forbes list are, in ascending order, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana and Mississippi. For the complete list, click here.

To create its rankings of “Best Places To Die,” Forbes looked at five criteria that measure the care and legal protection states provide to the dying, as well as the amount of money heirs may inherit. Here are the criteria, along with the weight Forbes assigned to each:

Nursing Home Resident Dies After Wandering Without Ankle Sensor

According to McKnight's, Charles Klaer, a 72-year-old resident with advanced Alzheimer's disease, walked out of a nursing home where he was a resident, and was struck by a car and killed on a highway a mile-and-a-half away from the facility.  Only a few days before, Mr. Klaer had wandered from Willow Manor Retirement Living and Memory Support Center in Dania Beach, FL, causing officials to call his wife requesting consent for an electronic strap around his ankle.

Klaer was not wearing the ankle monitor when he wandered away. Klaer's family hired a private investigator, Robert Myers, who said he found the monitor next to Klaer's bed in perfect working order, without any damages or cuts. A sheriff's office detective is searching to see if anyone was criminally negligent at Willow Manor.

According to McKnight's, Harold Baldwin, president of Secure Care Products Inc., the company that made the electronic monitoring device, said once the filament strap is wrapped around a person's ankle and snapped shut, it stays on permanently, even in the bath. 

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