Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Saturday, March 29th, 2008. Lafayette, LA - A Breaux Bridge man has been arrested on sexual abuse and battery charges following alleged incidents at two Lafayette elder-care facilities. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Roy Bodoin, 55, on Thursday after receiving reports from the Amelia Manor Nursing Home on Center Street and the St. Gertude ... [More >>]
Thursday, March 27th, 2008. Fort Myers, FL - Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration regulates nursing homes and rates them according to how well they perform against other homes in their geographic area. Lee is part of an area that spans seven counties, from Sarasota to Collier and includes 67 nursing homes. Of the 18 homes ... [More >>]
Thursday, March 27th, 2008. Jackson, TN - The Tennessee State Conference NAACP today voiced its strong opposition to HB4053/SB4075, proposed legislation that strips nursing home residents of their rights to seek justice against abuse and neglect. The legislation comes at a time when the quality of care in Tennessee nursing homes is at a ... [More >>]
Thursday, March 27th, 2008. Bloomington, IL - A Bloomington nursing home will appeal a $22,500 fine levied by the Illinois Department of Public Health for allegedly failing to protect residents from a sex offender who was a patient at the facility. Asta Care, 1509 N. Calhoun St., was charged with failure to screen a male ... [More >>]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008. Brockton, MA - The local man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly nursing home patient in 2006 will be arraigned Tuesday in superior court. Steven Laroche, 68, was indicted last week on a charge of indecent assault and battery on an elderly person. Laroche, 68, is a former certified nurse assistant ... [More >>]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008. Bloomington, IL - A Bloomington nursing home will appeal a $22,500 fine levied by the Illinois Department of Public Health for allegedly failing to protect residents from a sex offender who was a patient at the facility. Asta Care, 1509 N. Calhoun St., was charged with failure to screen a male ... [More >>]
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008. Bloomington, IL - Asta Care nursing home in Bloomington is challenging a $22,500 fine for allegedly not protecting patients from a sexual offender. The state public health department says the staff of Asta Care at 1509 north Calhoun also failed to adequately screen the man who was identified as ... [More >>]
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008. Toledo, OH - Nursing homes are under increased scrutiny after several heart-wrenching incidents locally, including nurse John Riems' reported confession that he sexually assaulted about 100 nursing home residents in his 20-year career. A trial on allegations that Mr. Riems raped and abused two disabled male residents at Concord Care and ... [More >>]
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008. San Mateo, CA - The operator of a San Mateo nursing home failed to prevent a fist-sized ulcer and advanced bed on the back of an 86-year-old man, causing him extreme pain in the last weeks of his life, according to prosecutors who charged her with felony elder abuse. Maria Christina ... [More >>]
Thursday, March 20th, 2008. Grayson, KY - A grand jury has indicted a second person in the death of a nursing home resident. Michael Price, who had cerebral palsy, died last fall at Community Presence in Grayson, Kentucky. A Carter County grand jury indicted Brandon Starotska on manslaughter, tampering with physical evidence and abuse or neglect ... [More >>]
