Jury Awards $2.3 Million Verdict in Nursing Home Case

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007. Little Rock, AR - A Ouachita County jury has awarded a $2.3 million verdict in a case against a nursing home run by Beverly Heathcare.... Lawyers in the case said that at the time of his death, Herman [Johnson] had been suffering from "pressure sores, malnutrition and a number of other ... [More >>]

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Suspects plead not guilty in death of nursing home patient

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007. Louisville, KY - Four women were in a Louisville courtroom Tuesday morning answering to charges from manslaughter to tampering with evidence and even perjury. This after an 86-year-old woman died after falling from her wheelchair while in their care.... Tuesday morning's court hearing was nothing more than a formality. It lasted ... [More >>]

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Nursing home probe continues

Sunday, September 16th, 2007. Ravenna, OH - Portage County officials will meet Monday in executive session to continue their investigation as to what went wrong at the county's nursing home, The Woodlands at Robinson. The nursing home has been cited by the Ohio Department of Health for failing to keep a frail woman resident ... [More >>]

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Editorial: The Woodlands: Why? Time for answers and accountability at Portage County’s nursing home

Sunday, September 16th, 2007. Bedford, OH - Portage County commissioners are planning to hire a firm to review operations at The Woodlands at Robinson "from top to bottom" and make recommendations to remedy the shortcomings that put the county-run facility's Medicare/Medicaid status in jeopardy. It shouldn't take an outside firm to answer these questions: Why ... [More >>]

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Two area nursing homes fined; Lewis Memorial, Barton Stone contest rulings by Public Health

Friday, September 14th, 2007. Springfield, IL - The state has fined a Springfield nursing home $20,000 in connection with a diabetic patient receiving an accidental overdose of insulin that put his blood sugar at dangerously low levels. The Lewis Memorial Christian Village patient, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, was hospitalized in intensive care for two days ... [More >>]

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Local nursing homes cited by state

Thursday, September 13th, 2007. Springfield, IL - Three Southern Illinois nursing homes were cited with violating the state’s Nursing Home Care Act in March, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report released Wednesday. Sixteen nursing homes, including Finnie Good Shepherd Nursing Home, 400 S. Main Cross Street in Galatia; Friendship Manor Healthcare, 485 ... [More >>]

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Portage nursing home under fire; state says resident molested

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007. Ravenna, OH - A frail female resident at the Portage County-owned nursing home was molested on numerous occasions by a visitor, and administrators failed to protect her from the assaults, a state investigation has found. The Ohio Department of Health is recommending severe financial penalties for The Woodlands at Robinson including ... [More >>]

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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007. Palm Beach, FL - A Palm Beach County woman has been arrested on charges that she abused an elderly resident of a South Florida nursing home. Phillina Anderson was arrested by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit after an eyewitness told investigators she saw Anderson hit ... [More >>]

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Nursing home resident assaulted

Thursday, September 6th, 2007. Berea, KY - A Berea man was arrested Monday on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in a local nursing home. About 2:17 a.m., Matthew Bryant, 25, of Old Walleceton Road, allegedly entered the Berea Health Care Center on Richmond Road in Berea. Police still aren’t sure how Bryant gained ... [More >>]

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CNA Accused Of Abusing Alzheimer’s Patient

Thursday, September 6th, 2007. Tallahassee, FL - A certified nursing assistant has been accused of abusing an elderly resident of a Pensacola nursing home. Nicole Gamble was taken into custody based on allegations that she fought with an Alzheimer’s patient under her care, causing injuries to his face and neck. The arrest was carried out ... [More >>]

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