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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse News & InformationNursing home thief gets 3 yearsSaturday, July 12th, 2008. Montgomery, AL - A Montgomery woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $97,036 over a two-year period from the South Haven Manor Nursing Home where she worked as an accounts payable clerk... In a news release Friday, Attorney General Troy King said Friday that Anne Marie Jones' ... [More >>] Nursing assistant gets jail time for patient abuseTuesday, July 8th, 2008. Pensacola, FL - A certified nursing assistant pleaded no contest Monday to charges that she abused a mentally and physically disabled resident of a Pensacola nursing home. Valerie Hartley, 28, was sentenced today to one year in county jail for repeatedly striking the victim. Hartley, who worked at Northview Community in the ... [More >>] Abuse common in nursing homes, study showsThursday, July 3rd, 2008. King of Prussia, PA - Aggression among nursing home residents, including verbal and physical abuse, is more common than once thought, according to a recent study conducted by Cornell University. An online report with McKnight's Long Term Care News claims numerous observations made at a city-based nursing home found at least ... [More >>] Pinellas Caregiver Accused Of Disabled AbuseWednesday, July 2nd, 2008. Chestertown, NY - A Pinellas County caregiver has been taken into custody on charges that she abused a disabled woman under her care. Brenda Lois McKnight, a former employee of Jacaranda Manor Nursing Home, was arrested by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. McKnight, 50, worked at ... [More >>] Three arrested for alleged abuse at SLC nursing homeMonday, June 30th, 2008. Watertown, NY - State police have arrested three St. Lawrence County residents for alleged abuses at United Helpers Intermediate Care Facility in Heuvelton. The incidents, which occurred from the summer of 2006 through March 2008, stem from complaints made by staff members at the facility alleging abuse of residents by other ... [More >>] Wisconsin monitors Superior nursing homeThursday, June 26th, 2008. Superior, WI - The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services is monitoring care delivered at St. Francis in the Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. “Due to ongoing quality concerns identified during a recent on-site review at the nursing home, the Division of Quality Assurance has placed monitors on-site at the ... [More >>] Marin forum on preventing elder abuseWednesday, June 25th, 2008. San Rafael, CA - Determining whether a parent, a patient or an elderly acquaintance is capable of making informed financial, medical or societal decisions can be difficult, but a San Rafael neuropsychologist said it is becoming increasingly important to be able to assess seniors. A. Michael Wolfe spoke Wednesday at a ... [More >>] Caregiver accused of nursing home rapeTuesday, June 24th, 2008. Seattle, WA - King County prosecutors say they may seek an exceptional sentence against a caregiver accused of raping a disabled woman at a Kent nursing home. "It makes you angry," says Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan. The 31-year-old Kent man, Joseph Thurura, was arrested Wednesday and charged Tuesday with second-degree rape. ... [More >>] New York Times Examines Overuse of Antipsychotics Among Nursing Home Residents With DementiaTuesday, June 24th, 2008. Washington, DC - The Times reports that because many nursing homes are short-staffed and insurers do not generally pay for the "attentive medical care and hands-on psychosocial therapy that advocates recommend," it is "much easier" to use sedatives and antipsychotics on patients with dementia. According to the Times, many ... [More >>] Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in DementiaTuesday, June 24th, 2008. New York, NY - Ramona Lamascola thought she was losing her 88-year-old mother to dementia. Instead, she was losing her to overmedication. The use of antipsychotic drugs to tamp down the agitation, combative behavior and outbursts of dementia patients has soared, especially in the elderly. Sales of newer antipsychotics like ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 951 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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