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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse Laws & LegislationHold all caregivers to same standardSaturday, March 8th, 2008. Des Moines, IA - The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals regulates nursing homes and can pursue dependent-adult abuse charges against workers in these homes. If a caregiver sexually abuses or steals from a resident, the state agency can take action. But the inspections department cannot pursue abuse charges against ... [More >>] Nursing home bill ignores quality of careFriday, March 7th, 2008. Murfreesboro, TN - Wake up Tennesseans, seniors and your families! At some point in our lifetime, the pending legislation before the House (House bill 4053) and the Senate (Senate bill 4075) can affect your very lives. Summaries of both these bills can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills. In essence the nursing home ... [More >>] Nursing home bill cuts patients’ legal redressWednesday, March 5th, 2008. Once again the nursing home industry has proposed legislation to protect itself from the consequences of less than quality care in our long-term care facilities, familiarly known as nursing homes. House bill 4053 and Senate bill 4075 summaries can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills. Every Tennessean, seniors and their families, should ... [More >>] AARP opposes proposed nursing home legislationFriday, February 29th, 2008. Cleveland, TN - AARP announced earlier this week its opposition to nursing home liability legislation co-sponsored by a local state Rep. Eric Watson. The nationwide organization, founded on the premise of improving lives of retirees, follows the lead of the Tennessee Citizen Action Organization, a consumer watchdog organization. AARP Advocacy Director ... [More >>] Schumer: Few federal safeguards in place to protect upstate senior citizensFriday, February 29th, 2008. U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer Wednesday revealed that despite a growing number of senior citizens in upstate New York who are victimized by financial scams, physical abuse and neglect, there is currently an absence of safeguards in place to protect seniors. Fueled by the baby boomer generation growing older, upstate New ... [More >>] Admissions to Milan Health Care Center suspendedFriday, February 29th, 2008. Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan Cooper suspended new admissions of residents to Milan Health Care Center nursing home effective Thursday and imposed a state civil monetary penalty of $3,000, according to a press release. Additionally, a federal civil penalty has been imposed at $5,300 a day. Milan Health Care Center, ... [More >>] Death to Damages: Nursing home industry looking to lawmakers to protect shareholders from residents’ lawsuitsThursday, February 21st, 2008. Nashville, TN - The nursing home industry, lending new meaning to the term audacious, is pushing legislation to limit its liability in Tennessee courts at a time when violations for neglect and abuse of residents are higher than ever before. It may seem outrageous to many, but inside Tennessee’s ethically ... [More >>] Schumer visits Syracuse for bill fighting elder abuseTuesday, February 19th, 2008. Syracuse, NY - Sen. Charles Schumer visited Syracuse today to talk about a congressional bill to fight physical and financial abuse of senior citizens. More than 1,000 cases of elder abuse were reported in six Central New York counties in 2007, said Schumer, citing numbers from the state Office of Children ... [More >>] Keep spotlight on nursing home abuseTuesday, February 19th, 2008. Fort Lauderdale, FL - The power of the press in bringing about a safer environment for our elderly and frail citizens cannot be overemphasized. Long-term care facilities spend a lot of money to make sure that their beds are full. They know very well that bad publicity translates into the ... [More >>] Legislators study nursing home lawsuit reformsTuesday, 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 >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 285 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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