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Nursing Home Abuse NewsMan Sentenced In Health Care Cruelty CaseAugust 11th, 2008. Bloomfield, CT - A former employee of a Bloomfield state-run group home for mentally disabled people was banned today from working in the health care industry after pleading guilty to a charge of negligent cruelty to a person. Gerald Guay, 50, of 910 Worthy St., Windsor, was sentenced by Judge ... [More >>] Few doctors report abuse of elderly patientsAugust 10th, 2008. Providence, RI - Doctors in almost every state are required by law to report suspected elder abuse of their patients. But hardly any of them do, even if they fear that their silence may subject an elderly person to continued abuse at the hands of a caregiver. Physicians report just ... [More >>] Sex assault suspect incompetent Hearing Monday to discuss fate of man charged in Woodlands attackAugust 9th, 2008. Ravenna, OH - An 82-year-old man charged with the 2007 sexual assault of a resident of the Portage County nursing home has been found incompetent to stand trial. A hearing has been set for 2:30 p.m. Monday to determine what to do next in regard to Ben W. Detweiler ... [More >>] Ex-administrator pleads in trust fund theftsAugust 8th, 2008. Edmund, OK - A former administrator at an Edmond nursing home pleaded guilty Thursday to taking more than $3,000 from residents in her care. In the plea agreement, Susan Gail Evers, 55, receives a two-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay a $500 fine, a $100 victim compensation assessment ... [More >>] Governor Easley Signs 28 Bills Into LawAugust 8th, 2008. Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Governor Mike Easley signed 28 bills into law including buying Cape Fear River dams from the United States, car inspections, oil clean-up, military family education, state tort claims and public duty doctrine, background checks for nursing home workers, and more. The 28 bills were recently passed ... [More >>] State Officials, Advocates Warn of Improper Nursing Home DischargesAugust 7th, 2008. Oakland, CA - Some U.S. nursing homes are pushing out frail and ill residents in an effort to "replac[e] them with shorter-term residents likely to bring more revenue," the Wall Street Journal reports. Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough to return home; ... [More >>] To Be Old, Frail and Evicted: Patients at RiskAugust 7th, 2008. Since Jasmine Nguyen collapsed nine years ago, apparently from a seizure, the 32-year-old has lived in a nursing home in Lodi, Calif., dependent on a ventilator to breathe and the facility's staff for her daily needs. But since early this year, the nursing home has been seeking to evict Ms. Nguyen ... [More >>] Ombudsman program hosts restraint reduction trainingAugust 7th, 2008. Ukiah, CA - On July 24, 22 nursing home facility staff, county and nonprofit case management workers, service providers and ombudsmen volunteers gathered at the Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency’s Social Services Branch to hear Lumetra healthcare consultant Mary Larson, RN, MSN, CPHQ present “A Person-Centered Approach to ... [More >>] When Nursing Homes Can — And Can’t — Evict PatientsAugust 7th, 2008. New York, NY - If you’re in a nursing home, federal law says you can only be evicted for a few reasons — if you can’t pay the bill, if you’re well enough to go home, if you’re endangering the safety of others, that sort of thing. But some state officials ... [More >>] VA should have given more notice of facility’s closureAugust 6th, 2008. Kennewick,WA - Dealing with loved ones in long-term care facilities is hard enough without suddenly learning their care has been so inadequate they need to be moved -- immediately. But such was the case recently at the Walla Walla VA Medical Center. In a little more than a year, the ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 610 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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