Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Monday, August 29th, 2005. TN - During an annual visit of State Department of Health surveyors to the nursing home where Mother lives, I said to one of the surveyors, "I don't know whether to laugh or cry or throw up when I watch the dog and pony show the administration puts on for ... [More >>]
Saturday, August 27th, 2005. Charlotte Harbor, FL - A 94-year-old woman told authorities she was sexually assaulted at Charlotte Harbor Healthcare. The incident allegedly happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Thursday at the nursing home, 4000 Kings Highway, a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report states. The victim told investigators she knew the perpetrator. The sheriff's ... [More >>]
Thursday, August 25th, 2005. Richmond, VA - Democrat Leslie L. Byrne wants nursing home residents or their guardians to be able to install so-called "grannycams" in their rooms to monitor their care. Byrne, who's running for lieutenant governor, outlined her plan yesterday afternoon at the Linwood Robinson Senior Center in Church Hill. The proposal resembles ... [More >>]
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005. A third of U.S. nursing homes have food sanitation problems, and nursing homes in California, Nevada, Delaware, West Virginia and Hawaii scored more bad marks on state inspections than in other states in 2004. The most serious problems - failures that cause actual harm to residents - were reported in Connecticut, ... [More >>]
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005. Santa Cruz, CA - The administrator and four employees of a Santa Cruz nursing home could face criminal charges for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of a patient, Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee said Tuesday. The nurse accused of the abuse could also face charges of ... [More >>]
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005. Warner Robins, GA - A nursing home worker is accused of assaulting an 81-year-old resident and giving him a black eye, according to Warner Robins police. Alyce Quillin, 59, of Warner Robins, was charged Monday with battery in the Aug. 13 incident at the Warner Robins Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at ... [More >>]
Friday, August 19th, 2005. Lincoln, IL - Donald Francis, 40, of Middletown pleaded guilty in April to abusing a long-term care facility resident, a Class III felony. Francis was employed in February 2004 as a certified nurse's assistant at Maple Ridge Care Centre, 2202 N. Kickapoo St., when he punched a 68-year-old resident in ... [More >>]
Thursday, August 18th, 2005. New Albany, IN - An autopsy showed that a nursing home patient's body _ exhumed more than two weeks after her death _ had multiple bruises, but they likely were not enough to kill her, a coroner said. Patricia Stocksdale, 76, of Clarksville, died Aug. 1 at Green Valley Care Center ... [More >>]
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005. New Albany, IN - Authorities plan to exhume the body of a Clarksville woman tomorrow as part of an investigation into her death Aug. 1 in a Floyd County nursing home. Patricia Stocksdale's death at the Green Valley Care Center in New Albany originally was thought to have been from natural ... [More >>]
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005. Wichita, KS - A former nursing home aide pleads guilty to dropping a patient and failing to report the incident. Marlise Shaw is set for sentencing next month in Sedgwick County District Court. Attorney General Phill Kline says Shaw pleaded to one felony and one misdemeanor count of mistreating a dependent ... [More >>]
