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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for June, 2007Nursing Home Corporation Indicted In Resident DeathFriday, June 15th, 2007. Cambridge, MA - A nursing home corporation has been indicted in the 2004 death of a woman who lived in their Acton facility. Attorney General Martha Coakley says Tennessee-based Life Care Centers of America is charged with manslaughter, abuse and neglect of a long-term care resident. The company is also accused of ... [More >>] Acton nursing home indicted in 2004 death of longtime residentFriday, June 15th, 2007. Acton, MA - A Tennessee company that operates a nursing home in Acton has been indicted on manslaughter, abuse, neglect, and fraud charges stemming from the 2004 death of one of its longtime residents.... Julia McCauley died in 2004 after living at an Acton nursing facility run by Life Care Centers ... [More >>] Eden Park Nursing Home—Candidate For SurveillanceSaturday, June 9th, 2007. Glenn Falls, NY - A secret camera was installed in the room of a Hollis Park patient and it recorded care given to the patient over a five week period. Such needs to occur at Eden Park in Glens Falls. The camera revealed that Hollis Park staff failed to provide required ... [More >>] Elderly Woman Allegedly Abused at West Allis Nursing HomeFriday, June 8th, 2007. Cudahy, WI - The family of Ubaldina Diaz thought a nursing home would bring their grandmother better and safer care. Now, this Cudahy family is wishing they could take back that decision. They say their loved one may have been beaten, punched, and kicked at the nursing home she ... [More >>] Senate Bill Would Create Nationwide Background Checks for Long-Term Care Workers; Predators sometimes hired to care for our most vulnerable citizens, say sponsorsFriday, June 8th, 2007. A bill was introduced in the Senate today that would prevent those with criminal histories from working within long-term care settings by establishing a nationwide system of background checks. The sponsors say that “Under the disorganized, patchwork system of background checks that exists today, employers trying ... [More >>] Night-nurse nightmare; LPN with criminal past is in trouble againThursday, June 7th, 2007. Lake Oswego, OR - Margaret Barber is afraid to return to her nursing home. Barber is 81 years old, a victim of a stroke 10 weeks ago and victim of something else – nobody’s certain exactly what – in the early morning hours of May 24. At 4:30 a.m. that day ... [More >>] Nursing facility cited for care flaws: Mount Carmel accused of neglecting patients’ pain, bathroom needsTuesday, June 5th, 2007. Milwaukee, WI - The largest private nursing home in Wisconsin was cited for substandard care after an 88-year-old man moaned and cried in pain for hours and was ignored after repeatedly asking to lie down, a recently released state inspection report shows. "I hurt all over," the man told state inspectors, ... [More >>] Defendant weathers questions at elder abuse trialMonday, June 4th, 2007. Fayetteville, WV - The defendant in a case of elder abuse that led to the death of a Fayette County woman waived her right not to testify Monday and then endured hours of questioning from attorneys on both sides of the case. Jewell Parsons, 44, of Crooked Run Road, is on ... [More >>] Nursing home troubles escalate; Worst-possible ratings for patient care surgeSunday, June 3rd, 2007. Phoenix, AZ - It's a growing problem in Arizona nursing homes: Conditions so alarming that state inspectors will not leave until the troubles are fixed. Inspectors have discovered elderly patients suffering because they don't get the right medicine and seniors living in fear of reprisals from abusive employees. The number of ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 438 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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