Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Friday, June 30th, 2006. Fayetteville, AR - A caretaker at the Fayetteville Health and Rehab Center was arrested Tuesday for allegedly abusing a 77-yearold nursing home patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Dison Kalio, 41, of 128 E. Poplar in Fayetteville faces a felony charge of seconddegree battery for allegedly abusing an elderly patient on June ... [More >>]
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006. Staten Island, NY - The state Health Department has blasted Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center for providing substandard care after finding that two residents with Alzheimer's disease engaged in sexually inappropriate and abusive behavior toward other residents over the past two years while nursing staff kept mum. On June 6, ... [More >>]
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006. El Paso, TX - Why would the state go to extraordinary lengths to stop an El Paso judge and lawyer from uncovering abuse of the elderly and incapacitated? Perhaps a history lesson is in order. Two years ago, El Paso County Probate Judge Max Higgs and lawyer Terry Hammond made national ... [More >>]
Wednesday, June 21st, 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 April. An “A” violation, which is the most serious licensure violation imposed by the state, pertains to a condition in which there ... [More >>]
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006. Salisbury, NC - Two nursing home aids are accused of punching an elderly man at a state-run nursing home for veterans in Salisbury. Police said the victim is disabled; the man is unable to get out of the bed or even talk. Veteran Buddy Kyles said the incident is the topic of ... [More >>]
Saturday, June 17th, 2006. Sacramento, CA - A Monterey nursing facility was among 26 named in a class action lawsuit alleging unlawful profits and "institutionalized elder abuse," according to the Los Angeles-area attorney who filed the suit. Monterey Pines Skilled Nursing Facility was named in a case filed Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court that alleges ... [More >>]
Thursday, June 15th, 2006. Mark your calendars! The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) announces the 1 st Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2006. Communities and municipalities will make proclamations declaring June 15, 2006 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) and hold events designed to raise ... [More >>]
Thursday, June 15th, 2006. On the eve of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Dorotha A. White Foundation has released an article charging that many nursing homes and governmental agencies are unwitting collaborators in elder abuse, the mistreatment of senior citizens and Eldercide, the systematic institutionalization of the elderly and infirm in nursing homes ... [More >>]
Monday, June 12th, 2006. Chicago, IL - Marshall Mauer filed suit last week in Cook County Circuit Court to attempt to silence critics publicizing the patient care records of Dynamic-related nursing homes. Dynamic is a chain which he operates. The suit claims SEIU Local 4 defames Mauer by releasing already-public results of State of ... [More >>]
Monday, June 12th, 2006. Des Moines, IA - A Des Moines nursing home where an elderly female resident is alleged to have been beaten by a man with a history of violent behavior must pay a $2,000 fine, an administrative law judge has ruled. Two years ago, Trinity Center at Luther Park, located at 1555 ... [More >>]
