Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT - After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records -- including one in Utah -- and said some were already showing signs of improvement. The list released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ... [More >>]
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today built upon historic action it took last November by making public more names of underperforming nursing homes across the country. On November 29, 2007, the agency began publishing the names of Special Focus Facility (SFF) nursing homes that had failed ... [More >>]
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008. Seattle, WA - Four Washington state facilities have landed on the federal government's list of worst nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday made public the names of "Special Focus Facilities" -- including nursing homes in Auburn, Centralia, Longview and Spokane -- that get closer oversight. To ... [More >>]
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008. Chattanooga, TN - Some members of the state House Judiciary Committee say they are torn about a bill that would limit the liability of nursing homes in abuse and neglect lawsuits. “I have mixed feelings about it,” said committee member Rep. Frank Buck, D-Dowelltown. “I don’t have any doubt that there ... [More >>]
Monday, February 11th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - A Sandusky man has been indicted by an Erie County grand jury on charges of rape involving two patients at the Concord Care Center where he worked. John Riems was indicted on two counts each of rape, sexual battery, and patient abuse. The indictments yesterday involved two ... [More >>]
Monday, February 11th, 2008. Denison, TX - He's accused of stealing prescriptions from a Durant nursing home. Now, the Bryan County man is charged with a felony. KTEN's Jocelyn Lockwood reported live from the nursing home where the former medication assistant worked on KTEN News at 5. KTEN News was told that no patients were ... [More >>]
Monday, February 11th, 2008. Denison, TX - In November of last year, a KTEN investigation revealed serious problems inside the nursing home including care issues that resulted in patients being harmed. "They had some very serious deficiencies in April," said Dorya Huser, Chief of Long-Term Care in Oklahoma.
Saturday, February 9th, 2008. Chestertown, NY - Aside from the Biblical Garden of God and the first home of Adam and Eve, Eden is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a “delightful place, a paradise”. So when one first hears of Eden Park Health Services which owns and manages nursing homes in New York, Connecticut and ... [More >>]
Saturday, February 9th, 2008. Connellsville, PA - Nursing home residents deserve better than to be treated as political pawns. Senior citizens are among the most active voting blocs in American politics, but many elderly people are having that right taken away. A hearing was held last week before the U.S. Senate's Special Committee on Aging to ... [More >>]
Saturday, February 9th, 2008. Sandusky, OH - Accused rapist John Riems and the nursing home from which he was fired face at least two new lawsuits this week - on top of another one filed last week - from Sandusky families who claim their loved ones were physically or sexually abused by the former ... [More >>]
