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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for October, 2005Health department sued to force adherence to lawWednesday, October 19th, 2005. San Jose, CA - Exasperated by what they say are years of state indifference to nursing home complaints, two San Jose-area women and a watchdog group are suing the Department of Health Services in hopes that the courts can force the agency to follow its own rules. State law requires nursing ... [More >>] Michigan Attorney General Cox Charges Monroe County CNA With Abuse of 91-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident; Two Administrators Also Charged With Failing to Report AbuseWednesday, October 19th, 2005. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has charged a Monroe County nursing home employee with abusing a vulnerable adult resident, which led to the resident's death. Also charged are the facility's administrator and the director of nursing for failing to report the incident to authorities ... [More >>] Nursing home worker charged in sex offenseWednesday, October 19th, 2005. Berlin, MD -- Law officials Tuesday charged a caretaker at an area nursing home with sexually attacking a 90-year-old patient. The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation charged Michael Jermain Bolling, 20, with second-degree sexual offense, third-degree sexual offense, unnatural perverted sex practice and vulnerable adult abuse, police said in a statement. ... [More >>] Nursing home passes inspectionTuesday, October 18th, 2005. Hanover, IN - The state Health Department removed the “immediate jeopardy” designation from Hanover Nursing Center last week after the nursing home passed the state’s inspection. The designation, which would have resulted in the loss of Medicare and Medicaid funding if it had remained in place, was imposed after the nursing ... [More >>] Lawsuit filed in alleged Rolling Hills assaultSunday, October 16th, 2005. Tomah, WI - A lawsuit stemming from an alleged sexual assault at Rolling Hills Nursing Home earlier this year was filed in Monroe County Circuit Court Oct. 5. The lawsuit was filed by La Crosse attorney Tom Fitzpatrick on behalf of Richard Ballard and Greta M. Ballard, who was allegedly assaulted ... [More >>] Nursing center expects lifting of ‘jeopardy’ labelWednesday, October 12th, 2005. Hanover, IN - Hanover Nursing Center anticipates that by the end of the week it will be out from under the “immediate jeopardy” label that was attached in connection with an investigation into abuse of a patient, the executive director said yesterday. Just in case it isn’t, the Medicare and Medicaid ... [More >>] Tough line for nursing homes: Attorney General Bill Lockyer slams a chain with a new court injunctionTuesday, October 11th, 2005. Carmichael, CA - An investigation stretching over four years costing millions of dollars and a permanent court injunction were not enough to get one large nursing home chain to clean up its act, state investigators say. So, they hit it again. Attorney General Bill Lockyer is continuing to hammer at the Sun ... [More >>] Man who sexually abused elderly gets court dateSaturday, October 8th, 2005. A man who admitted to sexually abusing 10 elderly women at an American Fork nursing home over two years will be in court Thursday for a hearing in his case. Jesus Partida, 33, went into the American Fork Police Department Aug. 12 and told Officer B.J. Eckles that he had sexually assaulted ... [More >>] Nursing home reports abuse; 2 chargedSaturday, October 8th, 2005. Hanover, IN - A female resident of Hanover Nursing Center was hit repeatedly on the face by an employee while two others watched, but the abuse wasn’t reported for four days. It was an incident that the nursing home’s administrators say was isolated but far-reaching in its fallout. The nursing home ... [More >>] Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Charges Downriver Nursing Home Employee with Vulnerable Adult AbuseFriday, October 7th, 2005. Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has charged a Downriver nursing home employee with abusing a vulnerable adult resident and the facility's administrator for failing to report the incident to authorities as required by law. "It is essential that our ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 951 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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