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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for August, 2007Veterans Home under scrutinySunday, August 12th, 2007. Bristol, RI - Frederick E. Alger says that in the seven years he has lived in the Rhode Island Veterans Home he has been ordered to take 35 mental competency evaluations.... Alger is an outspoken critic of the way the home is operated and has frequently butted heads with administrators. ... [More >>] Interim report finds problems at Veterans HomeSunday, August 12th, 2007. Bristol, RI - An interim report is highly critical of some operations at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, finding problems in the nursing system that include antagonism toward residents. The Providence Journal reported that the 11-page document found low morale among staff members and the abuse of some policies, including denying ... [More >>] Senator Kohl Aims to Fight Elder AbuseFriday, August 10th, 2007. La Crosse, WI - With the number of elder abuse cases on the rise, Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is taking action. Senator Kohl made a stop in La Crosse today, renewing his call for a nationwide system of background checks aimed at preventing elder abuse. Wisconsin is currently part of ... [More >>] Search On For Healthcare Worker Accused Of AbuseFriday, August 10th, 2007. Baltimore, MD - With a home video as proof, police charge a home healthcare worker with beating an elderly man. As Suzanne Collins reports, the defendant has now failed to show up in court for trial. The video shows the aide point an angry finger at John Taylor, 90, after he apparently ... [More >>] How To Select The Best Available Nursing HomeThursday, August 9th, 2007. Philadelphia, PA - I came across an article in an American Bar Association publication with the headline "How to Find Good Nursing Home Care." I thought I'd do an article on that subject, but I soon returned to reality. That reality is that there is no such thing as a ... [More >>] Care home death highlights holes in systemSunday, August 5th, 2007. Scranton, PA - About the only people at [Peggy Rogers]’s funeral Nov. 9 were the ones investigating her death.... Medical experts say if Dr. Salko had examined her as he claimed, he could not have missed a malignant tumor in her right breast that caused a deformity and a 2.5-centimeter oozing ... [More >>] Rockville nursing facility remains on probation; Lee Alan Bryant issued 90-day probationary licenseSaturday, August 4th, 2007. Rockville, IN - A Wabash Valley nursing home with a checkered history has been issued its second probationary license in four months, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. Lee Alan Bryant Health Care Facilities in Rockville has been issued a 90-day probationary license, effective Aug. 1, according to Ken ... [More >>] State investigates patient care at Veterans’ HomeWednesday, August 1st, 2007. Bristol, RI - Raymond Parent and Albert Bacur were initially thrilled to move to the Rhode Island Veterans' Home.... But after a series of what they view as administrative failures, the families wish they had never sent their loved ones to the home on 260-bed home on Metacom Avenue. Both said administrators ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 404 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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