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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for February, 2005How to find care outside the homeMonday, February 28th, 2005. A recent Indianapolis Star article offered area residents information and advice on making the best living choice for their elderly loved ones in Indiana. Finding a nursing home, or other long term care facility, not only means becoming familiar with the types of facilities available but also licensing requirements ... [More >>] Options Available to Help Care For the ElderlySunday, February 27th, 2005. Officials are still investigating an elder-abuse incident which resulted in an elderly woman being removed from a Magna home; Magna, Utah is a part of the Salt Lake City metro area with some 22,000 residents. Emergency crews responding to a call to help a stroke victim found ... [More >>] State report shows inaction at Knoxville nursing homeThursday, February 24th, 2005. Local Knoxville news station, WATE, reported that investigators for the state of Tennessee found Hillcrest Healthcare North staff & administrators ignored sexual abuse allegations. As a result of the state's report, two assistant nursing directors and an administrator were fired and the director of nursing resigned, although Hillcrest never ... [More >>] No way to track abusive nurses’ aides: Mass. record could be spotless, but…Thursday, February 24th, 2005. A recent study by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services brought to light six nurses aides with clean records in Massachusetts' registry but with substantiated abuse charges in other states. Another 15 had out-of-state abuse charges pending. Currently, background checks on nurses aides in Massachusettes are not done ... [More >>] Investigating deaths by law; Pending senate bill would require nursing homes to notify coroner of all nursing home deathsTuesday, February 22nd, 2005. A new bill before the Indiana Senate seeks to change the way nursing homes report deaths. Currently, the coroner's office is only notified in cases of suspected abuse, neglect, or other suspicious death. The new law would require long-term care facilities to report all deaths to the coroner, ... [More >>] Supporters of cameras in nursing homes rallyTuesday, February 22nd, 2005. Supporters of a bill to allow families to put cameras in nursing homes rallied today at the Arkansas state Capitol of Little Rock. The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee had Willie Mae Ryan Nursing Home Resident Protection Act (House Bill 1392) on the day's agenda. The ... [More >>] Proposal to improve care protects against litigation; Advocates for elderly call bill a step backwardMonday, February 21st, 2005. Recently introduced into the Kansas' Legislature, House Bill 2241 aims to change the ways nursing home and assisted living facilities handle risk management and patient care concerns. Additionally the bill prevents reports, records, state inspections or analysis that takes place under these new risk management programs from being ... [More >>] Apparent Beating at Nursing HomeTuesday, February 15th, 2005. A Philadelphia nursing home resident was brutally beaten and the police are searching for an employee of the nursing home believed be responsible for the attack. The patient, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, is recovering in a local hospital. The male nurse's aide suspected in the attack was interviewed ... [More >>] Nursing Home Admissions Suspended; The Cornelia House Cited for ViolationsTuesday, February 15th, 2005. Health Commissioner Kenneth Robinson, MD has suspended new admissions of patients to The Cornelia House and imposed a state civil monetary penalty of $6,000. The Department of Health has also recommended assessment of a federal civil penalty of $3,350 a day until the violations are corrected. A special monitor will ... [More >>] Background Checks on Health Care Workers in Rhode IslandMonday, February 14th, 2005. Rhode Island's criminal background checks on health care workers have a fatal flaw: they only access local criminal records. Out of state crimes are virtually ignored in the hiring process, an oversight many are eager to correct in light of recent charges filed in several nursing home abuse cases. ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 285 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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