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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse AlabamaNursing 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 >>] Man charged with sexually abusing elderly female nursing home patientsThursday, June 26th, 2008. Dothan, AL - Ozark Police have a arrested a 65-year-old man and charged him with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse after a nursing home employee saw him fondling two elderly residents. Michael Patrick Magrath, 65, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and placed in the Dale County Jail under a $30,000 bond, ... [More >>] Rape investigated at Opelika nursing homeFriday, June 13th, 2008. Opelika, AL - Opelika police are investigating a report of a 71-year-old nursing home resident being raped at a local facility Thursday. An employee at the Care Center of Opelika on Pepperell Parkway reported the incident, according to Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins. The incident occurred at 4:48 p.m. Thursday, according ... [More >>] Alabama makes progress in nursing home inspection backlogFriday, June 6th, 2008. Birmingham, AL - The Alabama Department of Public Health expects to eliminate by the end of September a backlog of nursing home inspections that has plagued the state for years, officials said. The progress comes after criticism from the federal government, and is the result of hiring more inspectors and opening ... [More >>] Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities are in questionSaturday, February 2nd, 2008. Huntsville, AL - For many families, the decision to put a loved one in a nursing or assisted living facility is difficult. We've heard past accounts of abuse, neglect and harm. So what really goes on in a facility? WAFF 48 Investigator Robyn McGlohn visited quite a few facilities over ... [More >>] Sex offender charged with molestation at nursing homeSaturday, January 12th, 2008. Dothan, AL - Dothan police have arrested a 68-year-old man and charged him with molesting a woman at the nursing home where he lived last month. Aaron Howell, a convicted sex offender, was also charged with moving too close to the grounds of a school, and moving without proper ... [More >>] Something wrong in state veterans homesSunday, December 16th, 2007. Mobile, AL - Recent serious incidents at the William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette have led to changes in its operation, but state officials need to review the nursing home's entire history of problems. Alabama Department of Public Health inspectors have noted that two residents died this year after ... [More >>] Health Department Looking into Fort Mitchell Nursing Home AbuseWednesday, October 10th, 2007. Montgomery, AL - The Alabama State Health Department is looking into allegations of abuse and neglect at a nursing home in Russell County. Lori Lamb says her mother's care at Canterbury Health Facility in Fort Mitchell has gotten worse over the past year. Lamb says her mother has fallen several times and ... [More >>] Response: Nursing home faces $250,000 in finesMonday, July 9th, 2007. Birmingham, AL - Under the federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to have an ombudsman program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvements in the long-term-care system. The Alabama Department of Senior Services (334-242-5743) operates the ombudsman program. The ombudsman should be contacted about violations of a patient's ... [More >>] Two nurses indicted for killingFriday, September 1st, 2006. Fort Payne, AL - A DeKalb County grand jury has returned indictments against two local nurses in connection with the 2005 death of a patient at Collinsville nursing home. Last week, the grand jury returned a manslaughter indictment against Cornelia Ledbett Morrison, 59, of 170 Dalton Street in Rainsville. The DeKalb County ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 432 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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