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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse MassachusettsArraignment set for Brockton elderly abuse suspectWednesday, March 26th, 2008. Brockton, MA - The local man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly nursing home patient in 2006 will be arraigned Tuesday in superior court. Steven Laroche, 68, was indicted last week on a charge of indecent assault and battery on an elderly person. Laroche, 68, is a former certified nurse assistant ... [More >>] Patient care in question at nursing homeThursday, February 14th, 2008. Waltham, MA - A Waltham nursing home was recently added to a list of 131 facilities deemed by the federal government to have serious problems involving patient care. Piety Corner Nursing Home, a 34-bed facility at 235 Bacon St., will undergo government reviews more frequently and with greater thoroughness since it ... [More >>] Elder abuse, exploitation targetedThursday, December 6th, 2007. Springfield, MA - The state's new secretary of elder affairs told senior citizens today that he is on a mission to expand efforts statewide to combat elder abuse and exploitation. Michael E. Festa, who began in October as secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, made stops at the ... [More >>] Tenn nursing home corporation arraigned in resident deathThursday, July 26th, 2007. Cambridge, MA - A Tennessee nursing home corporation indicted in the 2004 death of a woman who lived in their facility in Acton, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty today. Life Care Centers of America, based in Cleveland, is charged with manslaughter, abuse and neglect of a long-term care resident. The company is also ... [More >>] Surveys show deficiencies grewThursday, July 5th, 2007. Acton, MA - When Julia McCauley tumbled to her death down the foyer staircase at Life Care Center of Acton one morning in 2004, it marked the beginning of a growing list of concerns from state officials and assisted living facility advocates about the wellbeing the nursing home’s residents. In the ... [More >>] Massachusetts Nursing Home Indicted For Manslaughter In Connection With Death Of Elderly PatientMonday, June 18th, 2007. Cambridge, MA - A national nursing home corporation was indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury today in connection with the 2004 death of an elderly patient in its care. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., the Tennessee corporation that owns and operates the Life Care Center of Acton, was ... [More >>] Nursing home company indicted in 2004 death of patientSaturday, June 16th, 2007. Boston, MA - A national nursing home corporation was indicted Friday in the death of an elderly woman whose body was found in her overturned wheelchair at the bottom of the front stairway of an Acton facility. Life Care Centers of America Inc., which owns and operates the Life Care Center ... [More >>] Care provider charged in death at nursing homeSaturday, June 16th, 2007. Acton, MA - Julia McCauley , a resident at Life Care Center in Acton since 1996, tended to roam the nursing home in her wheelchair. Worried about her safety, doctors fitted her with a tan plastic bracelet that set off an alarm and locked the doors if she got too ... [More >>] Acton nursing home indicted in 2004 death of longtime residentFriday, June 15th, 2007. Acton, MA - A Tennessee company that operates a nursing home in Acton has been indicted on manslaughter, abuse, neglect, and fraud charges stemming from the 2004 death of one of its longtime residents.... Julia McCauley died in 2004 after living at an Acton nursing facility run by Life Care Centers ... [More >>] Nursing Assistant is Sent to Jail on Assult, Battery, and Failure to Appear ChargesFriday, October 20th, 2006. Boston, MA - A former nursing assistant who is charged with abusing an elderly Alzheimer's patient at a Swampscott nursing home in 1990 was sentenced to jail time after he pleaded guilty to abusing patients at a Lynn nursing home, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced today. Richard Elton Rudy, 50, pleaded ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 951 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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