Archive for March, 2006
Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Phillips, WI - The state of Wisconsin has released a report on the Pleasant View Nursing Home that alleges at least two incidents of resident abuse and subsequent attempts to cover it up.
The report, completed last month by a division of the state Department of Health and Family Services, tracks ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2006.
Pekin, IL - A Pekin nursing home received a $10,000 fine for failing to provide CPR in a timely manner to a resident who died.
This is the third fine since September given to the facility, previously called Pekin Living and Rehabilitation Center and now known as Timbercreek Rehabilitation and Healthcare ... [More >>]
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Sunday, March 12th, 2006.
Wilmington, DE - The state's investigation started in late January 2004. A registered nurse who inspected nursing homes for the state for four years spent several weeks at Shipley Manor, checking out the complaint. She surveyed the facility, interviewed staff, checked records and talked to a sample of its residents.
Dianne ... [More >>]
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Saturday, March 11th, 2006.
Ukiah, CA - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has reached a $1 million settlement deal in a case against the Pleasant Care Corporation. Pleasant Care is the second largest nursing home chain in California, with 30 facilities in 14 counties, including one in Ukiah.
"All Californians are entitled to know that ... [More >>]
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Friday, March 10th, 2006.
Frankfort, KY - What was intended as a prank on co-workers ended with felony convictions for two former Irvine nursing home workers who pleaded guilty to criminal abuse for giving laxatives to patients who did not need them.
The defendants, Lisa Kilburn and Kim Congleton, pleaded guilty today in Estill County ... [More >>]
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Friday, March 10th, 2006.
Springfield, IL - The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced the following type “A” violations of the Nursing Home Care Act were cited during the month of January. An “A” violation, which is the most serious licensure violation imposed by the state, pertains to a condition in which there ... [More >>]
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006.
Los Angeles, CA - California's second-largest nursing home chain agreed Wednesday to pay $1.3 million to the state to settle civil allegations that it provided negligent care to scores of frail patients, including two who died.
The agreement resolved a lawsuit against Pleasant Care Corp., a La Cañada Flintridge firm that ... [More >>]
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006.
Weyauwega, WI - The Waupaca County-operated nursing facility in Weyauwega is facing fines in excess of $50,000 for violations characterized by a state spokesman as "a substandard quality of care."
Lakeview Manor received six federal and one state citation in the survey conducted between Feb. 8 and 15.
When the survey was ... [More >>]
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Thursday, March 9th, 2006.
Los Angeles, CA - The state's second-largest nursing home chain must improve services and pay more than $1.3 million under a settlement with state authorities who examined two deaths linked to inadequate care, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced Wednesday.
The deal requires Pleasant Care Corp. to pay for an independent ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2006.
California's second-largest nursing home chain has agreed to pay $1 million and improve the quality of care at its 30 facilities in the state, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced.
The settlement will result in a permanent injunction that resolves a civil lawsuit filed by the Attorney General's Bureau of Medi-Cal ... [More >>]
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