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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for August, 2007State posts nursing home inspection data onlineThursday, August 23rd, 2007. Albany, NY - The state Department of Health is making it easier for people to keep on top of nursing homes. Beginning this week, the health department began putting results of state inspections on its Web site -- nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov. Visitors to the site will be able to see deficiencies of any ... [More >>] Central Illinois nursing home fined $25,000 over abuse allegationsWednesday, August 22nd, 2007. Girard, IL - The state has fined a central Illinois nursing home $25,000 over allegations that workers abused and taunted residents. The Illinois Department of Public Health says two nurse's aides at Pleasant Hill Village in Girard committed the abuse. Both aides have been fired. Girard police Sergeant Harold Gist says ... [More >>] Bullying at nursing home charged; Girard police look into allegationsWednesday, August 22nd, 2007. Girard, IL - Nurse’s aides, described as bullies in a state investigator’s report, allegedly spent months tormenting nursing-home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other mental impairments. The incidents at Pleasant Hill Village, described in a Feb. 21 report by investigators from the Illinois Department of Public Health, have resulted in a ... [More >>] Urbandale Nursing Home Regains Federal Funding; June Inspection Found No DeficienciesMonday, August 20th, 2007. Des Moines, IA - A Des Moines-area nursing home has regained federal funding despite allegations of widespread neglect. USA Healthcare in Urbandale lost its federal funding last year because of violations of health and safety standards that include physical abuse and improperly trained employees. USA Healthcare had its Medicaid payments cut and ... [More >>] Nursing Home AbuseSaturday, August 18th, 2007. Rochester, MN - A home caregiver is someone who's supposed to have your parent or grand parent's best interest in hand, but how do you find the best one? In this horrific video a home caregiver is caught beating up the 90 year-old disabled man she worked for. The man's daughter ... [More >>] Family Fears Nursing Home AbuseSaturday, August 18th, 2007. Memphis, TN - It's not how Peggy LeNoir expected to celebrate her father's birthday, looking at disturbing pictures taken from his nursing home bed. "I seen a black eye. He got a bruise on top of his head. He got bruises on his back. His back is bruised up and ... [More >>] Head of Veterans Home put on leaveFriday, August 17th, 2007. Bristol, MD - The administrator of the Rhode Island Veterans Home has been placed on administrative leave, with pay, while the state carries out a review of management issues at the Bristol facility. David Kirchner, who has been administrator since July 1998 and is paid an annual salary of $93,592, was ... [More >>] Veterans Home Administrator Reportedly on Paid Leave Amid ProbeFriday, August 17th, 2007. Baltimore, MD - The administrator of the Rhode Island Veterans Home has reportedly been placed on paid leave as the state looks into the care and treatment of residents at the facility. Reports say that David Kirchner was placed on leave while the Department of Human Services investigates complaints from families ... [More >>] Caregiver Caught On Tape Abusing 90-Year-OldTuesday, August 14th, 2007. Baltimore, MD - A Baltimore city woman who caught her elderly father being abused on tape by a home caregiver is fighting to get justice.Jaki Taylor said she brought her 90-year-old father, John Taylor, home to be cared for after he had a series of strokes. She hired a caretaker ... [More >>] Local Nursing Home Responds To Abuse AllegationsMonday, August 13th, 2007. Mattoon, IL - A Central Illinois nursing home is making changes after serious accusations of patient abuse. The state says it happened in February at the Odd Fellow Rebekah Home in Mattoon. The nursing home has been fined $30,000 because of the incident. A nurse is accused of actually holding ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 224 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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