Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Saturday, January 19th, 2008. Hartford, CT - The state's long-term care ombudsman is proposing reforms in nursing-home oversight that would shield residents who complain about poor care from retaliation and encourage state agencies to monitor and evaluate the performance of chains, rather than just individual homes. In a report distributed to ... [More >>]
Friday, January 18th, 2008. Philadelphia, PA - Just prior to Christmas, it was revealed that serious reprimands for dangerous conditions at nursing homes had increased 22 per cent over a six-year period ending in 2006. These citations can run the gamut from not providing patients their necessary meds, to cases of ... [More >>]
Friday, January 18th, 2008. Santa Barbara, CA - A lawsuit filed this week accuses a local nursing home and an assisted living center of elder abuse. The attorney representing three families says this case is about fraud, elder abuse and two cases of wrongful death at Mission Terrace and Cliff View ... [More >>]
Friday, January 18th, 2008. Jackson, MS - While it's good news that increased inspections by the state Department of Health has led to a Jackson nursing home passing inspections, it underscores the need for greater public scrutiny of elderly care. The Hinds County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center received poor marks in March ... [More >>]
Friday, January 18th, 2008. Clarksburg, WV - State regulators have refused to issue a license for the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Home because of a host of problems, including failure to meet requirements for accident prevention and infection control. In one incident, a sling on a mechanical lift was not correctly ... [More >>]
Friday, January 18th, 2008. Evansville, IN - Felony neglect charges have been dropped against five Evansville nursing home employees in the death of an elderly resident back in 2005. However, four remaining defendants will be heading to trial this Monday.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008. Pittsburgh, PA - An Allegheny County judge ordered a former Robinson nursing home administrator to Mayview State Hospital on Tuesday to determine if she is competent to stand trial. The trial of Martha Bell, 61, of West Mifflin was scheduled to begin yesterday. She is charged with stealing ... [More >>]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008. Bloomington, IL - Heritage Enterprises is dismissing a $17,000 judgment against it, ordered by a McLean County judge as a result of a lawsuit from a former employee -- a whistleblower who claimed she was fired in retaliation for reporting her suspicions an employee was sexually abusing a patient at ... [More >>]
Saturday, January 12th, 2008. Dothan, AL - Dothan police have arrested a 68-year-old man and charged him with molesting a woman at the nursing home where he lived last month. Aaron Howell, a convicted sex offender, was also charged with moving too close to the grounds of a school, and moving without proper ... [More >>]
Friday, January 11th, 2008. Lansing, MI - At least once every year nursing homes are inspected, unannounced, by the Bureau of Health Systems. Last year out of the 409 nursing homes, in our state, 394 required return visits. "That's a very small number, 15 out of 409, that actually met the requirements on ... [More >>]
