Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced the following type "A" violations of the Nursing Home Care Act for the month of February 2005. The statement of violation for each facility can be obtained by visiting the Department's Web site at www.idph.state.il.us and clicking on the ... [More >>]
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005. Temeka R. Jones of New Orleans, Louisiana is wanted in connection with an attack on a mentally disabled resident of St. Rita's Nursing Home. A warrant was issued for the 18-year-old nursing assistant who authorities allege beat a 51-year-old resident she was assigned to care for with a coat ... [More >>]
Monday, March 7th, 2005. Tomah, Wisconsin. Former nurse's aid James G. Doeslaere's bond was set for $20,000 Friday. Doeslaere is charged with sexually assaulting a 73-year-old, female Alzheimer's patient at Rolling Hills Nursing Home, where he has worked for the past five years. The advanced stage of disease makes it so the ... [More >>]
Saturday, March 5th, 2005. Medina, Ohio licensed practical nurse Kima Koha (Moenich), 28, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for giving laxatives to nursing home patients in her care. Koha gave five elderly residents milk of magnesia in an aim to create a mess for the day shift nurse. A tearful ... [More >>]
Friday, March 4th, 2005. Larry Hinman, who from 1997 to 2003 was regional director at Care Initiatives, the largest nursing home chain in Iowa, was indicted recently by a federal grand jury. Federal prosecutors allege that Hinman ordered employees to conceale residents' injuries from inspectors. Hinman was in charge of supervising nursing home administrators ... [More >>]
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005. New legislation in Illinois would allow moneys currently used to support the elderly and disabled in nursing homes and institutions to help fund their living in private homes. This "mainstreaming" would not force those who wish to stay from leaving, but it would provide options for many disabled, who ... [More >>]
