Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006. Des Moines, IA - One of the state's largest nursing homes is in jeopardy of being closed. Administrators at USA Healthcare in Urbandale were notified yesterday that state officials intend to revoke the nursing home's license at the end of next month. Federal officials are also stopping ... [More >>]
Friday, November 24th, 2006. Mount Clemens, MI - Three former care workers at a Sterling Heights nursing home admit posing for photographs with a corpse but are fighting a criminal charge of mistreatment in what could be a precedent-setting case. Ericka Nichole Jackson, Tahirah Hasseena Shakur and Keisa E. Cooper, all of Detroit, were fired ... [More >>]
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006. Sacramento, CA - Thousands have loved ones living in nursing homes throughout California, but a KCRA 3 investigation has exposed the state ignoring its own regulations, failing to properly investigate dozens of deaths, and bargaining over fines when nursing homes are caught breaking the law. After living ... [More >>]
Monday, November 13th, 2006. Mandeville, LA - A St. Tammany legislator has called on the state for an immediate investigation into last week's beating death of a resident at a Mandeville nursing home. Karoline Glover, a71-year-old woman with a history of dementia is believed to have clubbed 95-year-old Bernice Mayeaux ... [More >>]
Friday, November 10th, 2006. Albany, NY - A nursing assistant is in jail after State Police say he put a pillow over an elderly man's face and repeatedly punched him. 47-year-old Andrew Thompson of Fort Edward, a certified nursing assistant, will not be working with the elderly anytime soon. He is in jail after State ... [More >>]
Thursday, November 9th, 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 August. An “A” violation, which is the most serious licensure violation imposed by the state, pertains to a condition in which there ... [More >>]
Saturday, November 4th, 2006. Lexington, KY - A Davidson County jury awarded one of the largest civil judgments in the past 20 years Thursday when it found a Lexington nursing home responsible for mistreatment of an Alzheimer's disease patient. After three days of testimony and three hours of deliberations, the jury unanimously decided that Living ... [More >>]
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006. Grand Rapids, MI - ...What are some nursing home red flags? Any citation dealing with abuse, falls, incontinence, hydration and lack of dignity are areas of real concern. Citizens for Better Care provides one-on-one consulting, and has ombudsmen available to explain the long-term care system in understandable terms.
