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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse IndianaNursing home fires nine amid allegations of resident abuseFriday, October 21st, 2005. Hanover, IN - State officials have temporarily banned a southern Indiana nursing home from admitting new residents after investigating a series of abuse incidents, including one in which a 79-year-old woman was beaten and left with a bloody face. A report by the Indiana Department of Health found that four Hanover ... [More >>] Nursing home passes inspectionTuesday, October 18th, 2005. Hanover, IN - The state Health Department removed the “immediate jeopardy” designation from Hanover Nursing Center last week after the nursing home passed the state’s inspection. The designation, which would have resulted in the loss of Medicare and Medicaid funding if it had remained in place, was imposed after the nursing ... [More >>] Nursing center expects lifting of ‘jeopardy’ labelWednesday, October 12th, 2005. Hanover, IN - Hanover Nursing Center anticipates that by the end of the week it will be out from under the “immediate jeopardy” label that was attached in connection with an investigation into abuse of a patient, the executive director said yesterday. Just in case it isn’t, the Medicare and Medicaid ... [More >>] Nursing home reports abuse; 2 chargedSaturday, October 8th, 2005. Hanover, IN - A female resident of Hanover Nursing Center was hit repeatedly on the face by an employee while two others watched, but the abuse wasn’t reported for four days. It was an incident that the nursing home’s administrators say was isolated but far-reaching in its fallout. The nursing home ... [More >>] Coroner: Nursing home patient not slainThursday, August 18th, 2005. New Albany, IN - An autopsy showed that a nursing home patient's body _ exhumed more than two weeks after her death _ had multiple bruises, but they likely were not enough to kill her, a coroner said. Patricia Stocksdale, 76, of Clarksville, died Aug. 1 at Green Valley Care Center ... [More >>] Nursing home death under review; Clarksville woman will be exhumedTuesday, August 16th, 2005. New Albany, IN - Authorities plan to exhume the body of a Clarksville woman tomorrow as part of an investigation into her death Aug. 1 in a Floyd County nursing home. Patricia Stocksdale's death at the Green Valley Care Center in New Albany originally was thought to have been from natural ... [More >>] Former Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Elderly PatientSaturday, August 6th, 2005. Gas City, IN - Peggy Couse, 43, who was employed as a nursing supervisor at Twin City Health Care in Gas City, Indiana, has pleaded guilty to charges that she tried to kill an 83-year-old nursing home patient, Virgil Dailey, with a lethal dose of morphine. While Dailey died in January ... [More >>] Family sues Dyer nursing home; Attorney says man caught fire twice, was screaming in agonyFriday, June 10th, 2005. Dyer, IN - The wife of a man who burned to death has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home where he lived. Among other things, family attorneys say Rodney Kenney Jr. was in constraints and trapped in a wheelchair as he burned. Read the full text of the ... [More >>] State may review nursing home death; Police say attorney general’s office has been in touchThursday, June 9th, 2005. Dyer, IN - The Indiana Attorney General's may be looking into the burning death of an elderly man at a local nursing home, Dyer police said Wednesday. Rodney Kenney, 72, of Dyer died at 1:11 p.m June 1 at the University of Chicago Hospitals as a result of burns over 64 ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 432 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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