Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Thursday, April 28th, 2005. A Tri-Cities nursing home says it still hasn't found any evidence of sexual abuse at its facility, but the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has a different story. There's still a dispute over the sexual abuse allegations of a 92 year-old woman at Asbury Place in Johnson City, but now the question ... [More >>]
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005. On April 7, Illinois State Police conducted a sweep of Emerald Park Health Care Center in Evergreen Park which resulted in the arrest of four people with outstanding warrants. Among those arrested were two unregistered sex offenders. "It was the last straw," State Sen. Ed Maloney said. "Just going ... [More >>]
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005. Calais stayed at Evangeline Oaks just three days - from Jan. 26, 2004 to Jan. 29, 2004 - according to the suit. During that time, he allegedly fell an unknown number of times, resulting in a fractured skull that eventually led to his death, according to the lawsuit.... According to state ... [More >>]
Thursday, April 21st, 2005. Donald L. Francis was employed as a certified nurse's assistant Feb. 18, 2004, at Maple Ridge Care Centre, 2202 N. Kickapoo St., when he punched the 67-year-old several times in the head. The victim suffered a black eye, according to a state health department report of the incident. Francis also was ... [More >>]
Sunday, April 17th, 2005. Louisiana's nursing homes suffer little in the way of licensing or financial penalties when care drops below acceptible. In the past six years, 33 deaths have been blamed on poor care, and financial penalities for these deaths have averaged less than $2000, two thirds of the amount most residents ... [More >>]
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005. Little Rock (AP) - A bill by Republican Representative Stephen Bright of Maumelle, died in the Senate, ending hopes, at least for the moment, that video cameras would be authorized for use in rooms at nursing homes. The bill had previously passed the House 82-to-two. The bill was intended to prevent ... [More >>]
Friday, April 8th, 2005. Boston, MA - A former certified nursing assistant was sentenced today to serve eight months in the Barnstable County House of Correction after being found guilty last week of physically abusing elderly Alzheimer’s patients at a Harwich nursing home, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced today. An Orleans District Court ... [More >>]
Thursday, April 7th, 2005. RED OAK, Iowa A former nursing assistant has been accused of abusing elderly residents of a nursing home in Red Oak in southwest Iowa. Thirty-six-year-old Richard Lang of Red Oak is charged with four counts of intentional dependent adult abuse causing injury. Montgomery County Attorney Bruce Swanson says Lang pushed and tripped ... [More >>]
