Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Monday, January 29th, 2007. Haverstraw, NY - Former Northern Riverview Nursing Home certified nurse aide Yolette Joseph has pleaded guilty in the Village of Haverstraw Justice Court to violating the Public Health Laws in connection with her abuse of an elderly patient. Joseph faces up to one year in jail when sentenced in March. Joseph, ... [More >>]
Monday, January 29th, 2007. Edwardsville, IL - The estate of Rachel Reedy filed a wrongful death suit against VIP Manor Nursing Home in Wood River in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 25. The estate, represented by Martha Blazier, claims Reedy was admitted to Alton Memorial Hospital on Feb. 13, 2006, with decubitus ulcers and gangrene ... [More >>]
Sunday, January 28th, 2007. San Mateo, CA - The Redwood City nursing home accused of allowing the near-fatal scalding of a mentally disabled woman is scheduled to square off with the county this fall but it and its employees are fighting the legal merits of the suit. Res-Care and the employees named in the lawsuit ... [More >>]
Friday, January 26th, 2007. Haverstraw, NY - A former certified nurse's aid at the Northern Riverview Nursing has admitted that she abused an elderly patient. Yolette Joseph, 49, of Spring Valley, pleaded guilty in Haverstraw Village Court to violating Public Health Law and faces up to one year in jail when she's sentenced on ... [More >>]
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007. Provo, UT - A man found guilty by a jury of sexually abusing elderly nursing home patients was sentenced to prison Tuesday morning while still maintaining his innocence. Jesus Partida, 35, told 4th District Judge Steven Hansen he was sorry for the pain he caused the victims' families because of what ... [More >>]
Friday, January 12th, 2007. Perhaps you suspect your elderly neighbor isn't caring for herself the way she needs to, but you aren't certain. Or maybe you wonder about some bruises you've seen on your aging uncle. You can't get rid of the nagging feeling that something's not right. But is it elder abuse? Knowing more ... [More >>]
Friday, January 12th, 2007. Lufkin, TX - During her 30-year nursing career, Barbara Shadden has seen sick, disabled, and elderly patients get improper care, even mistreated by their caregivers. Shadden is now the clinical director for Hospice in the Pines and has some advice for families with relatives in a hospital or nursing care ... [More >>]
Thursday, January 11th, 2007. Munster, IN - An 81-year-old former resident of a Chicago Heights nursing claims she was the victim of neglect and abuse during her two-month stay at the facility. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County court, Rose Capriotti alleged that while she was recuperating from a stroke at the Prairie ... [More >>]
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007. Oak Lawn, IL - Detectives are investigating whether a 71-year-old resident of an Oak Lawn nursing home died as a result of neglect. Billy Webb, who died at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 8:13 p.m. Saturday, had a history of health problems, but "there is reason to believe" neglect ... [More >>]
Sunday, January 7th, 2007. Lakeland, FL - A promise made by the Florida Legislature in 2001 to raise basic care for nursing home residents to 2.9 hours per day finally is reality.... ...[state Sen. Nancy Argenziano, R-Dunnellon] said the staffing levels should have been bumped to 2.9hours five years ago when Senate Bill 1202 became ... [More >>]
