Archive for September, 2006

Several elder-care facilities fined for violations

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006. Tuscon, AZ - An elderly woman died last December when staff members at her assisted-living center confused her medication orders with her husband's. An 86-year-old man with dementia died after falling, cutting his head and breaking a hip in March — the fifth time he had fallen in 2 1/2 months. An ... [More >>]

Nursing Home Aide Charged With Patient Abuse

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006. Auburn, NY - A former aide at a central New York nursing home is charged with physically abusing a patient. Police say 31-year-old Shanika Williams of Auburn struck a female resident with dementia on May 11th. Officials say the blow bruised the face of the patient at the Auburn Nursing Home.

Two nurses indicted for killing

Friday, September 1st, 2006. Fort Payne, AL - A DeKalb County grand jury has returned indictments against two local nurses in connection with the 2005 death of a patient at Collinsville nursing home. Last week, the grand jury returned a manslaughter indictment against Cornelia Ledbett Morrison, 59, of 170 Dalton Street in Rainsville. The DeKalb County ... [More >>]