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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for December, 2007Nursing Home Worker Kills Self After Being Charged with Rape of Alzheimer’s Patient; Family Suing Village Creek Nursing HomeMonday, December 31st, 2007. Fort Worth, TX - A state investigation revealed a laundry worker was caught raping an Alzheimer's patient at the Village Creek Nursing Home in Fort Worth. Charles Schealy, 67, told police the sex was consensual. However, he was arrested and charged with one count of sexual ... [More >>] Louisville nursing home on federal ‘troubled’ list; chronic ills seen at 3 sites in stateSunday, December 30th, 2007. Frankfort, KY - A Louisville nursing home is among three Kentucky facilities on a federal list of chronically troubled nursing homes.... The Louisville home, the Highlands Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, was cited for eight health deficiencies, the Herald-Leader said. They included failure to hire only people ... [More >>] Three Kentucky Nursing Homes Cited: Lexington facility among poorly ratedSaturday, December 29th, 2007. Lexington, KY - Three Kentucky nursing homes, including one in Lexington, are on a list of 128 chronically troubled facilities ordered by the federal government to get closer scrutiny. But between Washington and Frankfort, where state inspectors are assigned to visit nursing homes, nobody in government thought ... [More >>] Nursing home critics slam governor’s vetoFriday, December 28th, 2007. Riverside, CA - Nursing home critics say they are dumbfounded by Gov. Schwarzenegger's rejection of a bill that would have required state nursing home inspectors to complete complaint investigations quicker and better explain their conclusions. State legislators overwhelmingly supported the bill, which would have required most investigations to be completed in ... [More >>] Audit: NY State DOH Deficient In Nursing Home InvestigationsThursday, December 27th, 2007. Albany, NY - The State Department of Health (DOH) was late in investigating one out of every five complaints filed against nursing homes, according to an audit treleased by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Under state law, DOH is required to investigate complaints against nursing homes. Complaints are rated on ... [More >>] New Hampshire nurse accused of taking patient’s medsThursday, December 20th, 2007. Keene, NH - A nursing home nurse from Vermont is accused in New Hampshire of taking narcotics that had been prescribed for a resident.Stephanie Wood Brattleboro has been indicted on one charge of unlawfully possessing a controlled drug and attempted abuse of a resident. Nursing home nurse accused of taking meds intended for patientThursday, December 20th, 2007. Keene, NH - A nursing home nurse from Vermont is accused in New Hampshire of taking narcotics that had been prescribed for a resident. Stephanie Wood Brattleboro has been indicted on one charge of unlawfully possessing a controlled drug and attempted abuse of a resident. The Cheshire County indictment charges that Wood, ... [More >>] Serious nursing home violations riseWednesday, December 19th, 2007. Washington, DC - Serious reprimands for dangerous conditions at U.S. nursing homes increased by 22 percent from 2000 to 2006, a USA Today analysis revealed. "It's not that the quality of care has gone down but we are being more rigorous in our enforcement," Jeffrey Hammond of the New York health ... [More >>] A nursing home death, and a shocking phone call: A woman just coming to terms with bereavement hears that her husband may have been fatally beaten in the facility where he livedWednesday, December 19th, 2007. Los Angeles, CA - The day Rita Kittower buried her husband last month, the 83-year-old widow from Tarzana thought she had endured the worst life had to offer.... Then came the anonymous phone call the day after the funeral. A woman claiming to be an employee of the nursing home told Rita ... [More >>] Inland nursing home tied to Pomona facility that faces federal funding cutoffMonday, December 17th, 2007. Riverside, CA - A Pomona nursing home identified as one of the state's poorly performing facilities is set to lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding on Wednesday, which could force some residents to find new homes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the federal agency that regulates nursing homes, notified the ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 951 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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