Group home license revoked for abuse of residents

Saturday, March 15th, 2008. Yakima, WA - Last summer, an elderly woman living at Carol's Country Touch on South 32nd Avenue in Yakima told invest-igators that the operator of the adult group home launched into "tirades" if she became incontinent, and grabbed her harshly and angrily if she was moving too slowly with her ... [More >>]

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Vets home care criticized before state lawmakers

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008. Dover, DE - The Delaware Veterans Home near Milford is not providing quality care to its residents, a joint legislative committee was told today. “The residents are not getting good care because they are falling through the cracks,” said Diane Draper McGuire, a nursing-home administrator who, after a personal investigation, attributed ... [More >>]

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Hold all caregivers to same standard

Saturday, 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 >>]

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Man who admitted abuse released; Simons set free after court threw out conviction

Friday, March 7th, 2008. Corvallis, OR - Michael Simons ran like a free man after being released out the back door of the Benton County jail on Friday morning. But his first action after spending four years in prison was to dart across the street to see a parole officer. Simons, 27, confessed to the ... [More >>]

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Nursing home bill ignores quality of care

Friday, 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 >>]

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Central Florida Woman Accused Of Chili Pepper Sex Assault On Teen

Thursday, March 6th, 2008. Melbourne, FL - A 40-year-old Central Florida woman is accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl with yellow chili peppers. Investigators said the woman, who works at the Carnagie Gardens Nursing Home Center in Melbourne, beat the victim with an iron and iron cord after she arrived home.

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008. Des Moines, IA - A bill that would close loopholes in Iowa's elder-abuse law is drawing criticism from health industry officials and lawmakers who fear that it could "criminalize" the nursing profession. The bill would modify Iowa's dependent-adult abuse law to create slightly broader definitions of "caretakers" and "dependent adults." Under the ... [More >>]

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End Iowa’s bonus for nursing homes

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008. Des Moines, IA - Say you're a nursing-home owner fined by the state for providing poor care. Can't pay up? There's hope. Maybe another arm of state government will award you a "performance-based" bonus that will more than cover the cost of penalties. This is the absurd gist of what's going ... [More >>]

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Nursing home bill cuts patients’ legal redress

Wednesday, 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 >>]

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Helia says it is making progress

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008. Springfield, IL - Fewer than four weeks before a Springfield nursing home is scheduled to be cut off from its biggest payment source, the home’s operator said the facility will survive and is making “great progress.” The home, which is disputing more than $45,000 in state and federal fines connected with ... [More >>]

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