Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Thursday, August 7th, 2008. Oakland, CA - Some U.S. nursing homes are pushing out frail and ill residents in an effort to "replac[e] them with shorter-term residents likely to bring more revenue," the Wall Street Journal reports. Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough to return home; ... [More >>]
Thursday, August 7th, 2008. Ukiah, CA - On July 24, 22 nursing home facility staff, county and nonprofit case management workers, service providers and ombudsmen volunteers gathered at the Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency’s Social Services Branch to hear Lumetra healthcare consultant Mary Larson, RN, MSN, CPHQ present “A Person-Centered Approach to ... [More >>]
Wednesday, 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 >>]
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008. San Rafeal, CA - A summary of deficiencies found in Marin's 14 nursing homes, taken from the most recent inspection reports available to the public.
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008. San Rafael, CA - When Twila Petker died on March 29, 2004, medical examiners couldn't miss the ugly ulcer on her back. "My mother had a ... sore on her back that was about 3 inches deep, 3 inches wide and went to the bone," said Steve Petker of Novato. "The ... [More >>]
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA - Laws to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse by court-appointed conservators are under threat as California lawmakers seek painful cuts to close the state's $15.2-billion budget deficit. The laws were part of a sweeping reform package signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger two years ago after a ... [More >>]
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008. Walnut Creek, CA - On June 7, a newspaper article reopened a painful emotional wound for John Campbell, who lost his daughter Debra Nickel late last year after she had a serious fall Nov. 24 at Atherton Healthcare, a Menlo Park nursing home. Campbell had already filed a complaint against the ... [More >>]
Friday, June 13th, 2008. San Francisco, CA - When Ken Connor was on Capitol Hill earlier this week, it was clear that people in his party deeply wish that he would go back to worrying about the unborn. The conservative Christian Republican trial lawyer had come to Washington to testify in support of a ... [More >>]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA - Ed Asner, Art Linkletter, Michael Reagan, LAPD Police Chief William Bratton, L.A. Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and a host of others join intergenerational experts Debby Bitticks and Dorothy Breininger of Delphi Health Products, Inc. in a new documentary, "Saving Our ... [More >>]
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008. Bakersfield, CA - The state Department of Justice is investigating the Kern Valley Healthcare District, according to one of the district’s top officials.... The nursing facility has been disciplined before for overprescribing psychiatric medicine and having a high medication error rate, according to federal inspection reports.... “We have received complaints about ... [More >>]
