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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for July, 2006Trial date set in abuse charges against Carson day-care ownerWednesday, July 19th, 2006. Carson City, NV - In 2000, Childers and her husband, Michael, were acquitted by a jury on felony abuse and neglect charges at Nevada Cares, a nursing home they owned in Carson City. That same year in California, the couple signed a stipulation regarding 75 allegations of wrongdoing in an elder-care ... [More >>] Former nursing home owner chargedTuesday, July 18th, 2006. Dunedin, FL - Authorities say a St. Petersburg man has been charged with several counts of elderly neglect at an assisted living facility he recently sold. Sixty-year-old Erik Marshall Anderson was charged Friday with 13 counts connected to operations at the facility formerly called Rosalie Manor. A Pinellas County Sheriff's ... [More >>] Program gives nursing home residents an advocateTuesday, July 18th, 2006. San Mateo, CA - The little-known office of Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County investigated 2,125 complaints last fiscal year in long-term care facilities for the elderly and disabled and found 304 cases of abuse. The office relies on a crew of more than 40 volunteers (and is seeking to ... [More >>] Nursing home aide charged in abuse here; Alzheimer’s patient is 90Sunday, July 16th, 2006. Madison, WI - A caregiver at a Madison Alzheimer's facility faces a charge of patient abuse for allegedly battering a 90-year-old patient. Marie L. Wells, 45, faces up to six years in prison if convicted. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday: Wells worked as a caregiver at Harbor House, 5555 Burke ... [More >>] Nassau County DA Tackles Nursing Home Abuse, NeglectSunday, July 16th, 2006. Long Island, NY - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice has announced the initiation of a program that will provide extensive in-service training to the 35 skilled-nursing facilities in Nassau County.... "Part of my job as DA is to provide communities with information and educational programs that can prevent crime and ... [More >>] Veterans’ Home cited, fined for 21 violations: Adult Protective Services notified TBI; one man has diedThursday, July 13th, 2006. Murfreesboro, TN - Violations at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home put residents' lives in danger, according to a report detailing problems at the facility. State inspectors last month found 21 violations of state health regulations, with more than two-thirds classified as "immediate jeopardy." "Very rarely do you see this many violations of ... [More >>] Florida nursing home owner arrested after ex-patient diesThursday, July 13th, 2006. Port St. Lucie, FL - A nursing home owner was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated neglect of an elderly person after her 100-year-old patient developed pressure sores that led to "health deterioration" and eventual death five days after she was moved from the facility. The State Attorney General's Medicaid fraud ... [More >>] Nurse with a history easily hired: Gaps in the law allowed him to get jobs despite probesTuesday, July 11th, 2006. Sarasota, FL - Two state agencies were investigating allegations that registered nurse Billy Blackerby withheld medicine from nursing home residents. The home already had fired him. But within a month, while the investigations were under way, another home had hired him to care for its residents. Blackerby, arrested June 14 on charges ... [More >>] 9 violations put nursing home lives in jeopardy: ‘System failure’ seen at Veterans’ Home, official saysMonday, July 10th, 2006. Nashville, TN - Nine of the 21 violations recently uncovered at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home were serious enough to put residents' lives in danger, according to a 400-page report that details problems at the nursing home and the facility's plan to fix them. State inspectors last month found, among other ... [More >>] Nursing home rapes face scrutiny by new teamsThursday, July 6th, 2006. Chicago, IL - Three years after the Illinois legislature called for teams of experts to review sexual assaults and deaths in nursing homes, the teams finally might be formed. Abuse prevention review teams were supposed to be conducting inspections at any nursing home where a rape or death occurred and then ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 610 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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