MINNEAPOLIS — An investigation has determined that an overdose that led to the death of a resident at the Minnesota Veterans Home is the result of maltreatment.

The Minnesota Department of Health's report of the incident, which was filed in late July, found that a Veterans Home employee arrived for an overnight shift and was asked by a co-worker to help her write a morphine order for a resident. The man's diagnoses included stroke, diabetes, dementia and atrial fibrillation, and he required staff assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming and hygiene. Staff administered medications. He used a wheelchair for ambulation.

On the night of the incident, the patient was struggling to breathe, had low oxygen concentration and unstable vital signs. Instead of having him transported to the hospi

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