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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for December, 2007Something wrong in state veterans homesSunday, December 16th, 2007. Mobile, AL - Recent serious incidents at the William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette have led to changes in its operation, but state officials need to review the nursing home's entire history of problems. Alabama Department of Public Health inspectors have noted that two residents died this year after ... [More >>] State fines nursing home $100,000 in woman’s death; facility’s owner has filed appealSaturday, December 15th, 2007. San Jose, CA - Pacific Coast Manor has been issued a "AA" citation, the most severe under state law, and fined $100,000 after a state investigation concluded inadequate care led to the death of a female resident at the nursing home. The penalty was announced by Dr. Mark Horton, director of ... [More >>] Senators Obama, Harkin, Kennedy, Durbin Call on HHS Secretary to Protect America’s Seniors: Identify Failing Nursing Homes; 128 Nursing Homes are Currently Under Review for Poor PerformanceThursday, December 13th, 2007. Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, calling on him to immediately release a list of 128 nursing homes that are being scrutinized for providing ... [More >>] Nursing Home Care Quality: Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987Wednesday, December 12th, 2007. To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of landmark federal legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA '87), this report explains the key provisions of OBRA ’87 related to nursing home care and examines the progress and ... [More >>] Health-care temps should be screenedWednesday, December 12th, 2007. Lafayette, LA - Many in the health-care industry say more oversight is needed of the agencies that provide temporary nurses to medical facilities. While most such agencies are conscientious about checking on the nurses they provide, some do not conduct criminal background checks and drug screening. They are able to ignore ... [More >>] Local nursing home sued for wrongful deathWednesday, December 12th, 2007. Napa, CA - The family of an elderly woman who died in hospice care is suing a local nursing home, charging that the staff's failure to follow a care plan resulted in acute dehydration that crippled the woman. According to court papers in the wrongful death suit, Eulalia Grimoldi's final days ... [More >>] Nursing Home AbuseWednesday, December 12th, 2007. Panama City, FL - A Florida Senate committee heard horror stories Wednesday about understaffed nursing homes at the Capitol. Maria Sanchez testified before the Health Regulation Committee. She put 87-year-old mother in a nursing home last year. Her mother fell down and broke her hip. When Sanchez demanded answers, she couldn’t find ... [More >>] United States: Hidden Cameras Uncover Quality Problems In Nursing HomesWednesday, December 12th, 2007. Criminal prosecutors have recently stepped up measures to enforce quality of care at nursing facilities by using surreptitious videotaping, as described by attorneys from the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.1 Accomplished legally and without the facilities’ knowledge, this new tactic necessitates a concomitant ... [More >>] Barack Obama Calls on HHS to Provide List of Failing Nursing Homes: Obama will pursue legislative action, restrict HHS funding if list not provided within one weekTuesday, December 11th, 2007. Washington, DC - Barack Obama (D-IL) today called on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt to release the list of the 128 “special focus facilities,” the list of worst performing nursing homes in the country. Recent press accounts have reported that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ... [More >>] Officials, Residents Express Frustration Over McKendree Nursing HomeTuesday, December 11th, 2007. Nashville, TN - The deadline for dozens of elderly nursing home patients to find a new place to live is looming at one Nashville nursing home. Earlier this month, the federal government cut Medicare and Medicaid funding after state inspectors reported a number of violations at McKendree Village in Hermitage. The ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 404 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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