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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse MichiganChoose nursing home carefullyWednesday, November 1st, 2006. Grand Rapids, MI - ...What are some nursing home red flags? Any citation dealing with abuse, falls, incontinence, hydration and lack of dignity are areas of real concern. Citizens for Better Care provides one-on-one consulting, and has ombudsmen available to explain the long-term care system in understandable terms. Seminar shines light on elder abuseThursday, October 12th, 2006. Port Huron, MI - They make up only a small portion of known domestic-violence victims. Yet many more elderly people are believed to be abused - by a caregiver, a relative or an acquaintance. "It's a forgotten population," said Jenny Schultz, director of Safe Horizons, which operates a domestic-violence shelter in ... [More >>] Democrats say DeVos controlled troubled nursing home companyTuesday, October 3rd, 2006. Lansing, MI - Democrats on Tuesday repeated their charges that Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos, along with his family, controlled a troubled nursing home company cited for allowing elderly patients to be abused. "He made a huge investment in this company," Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer said of Alterra Healthcare ... [More >>] 2 Local Nursing Home Workers Charged with AbuseFriday, September 15th, 2006. Lansing, MI - The state has charged two Hillsdale County nursing home workers with abuse. Attorney General Mike Cox charged Laura Tackett, a registered nurse at the Litchfield Nursing Centre, with two counts of patient abuse. He also charged her and Mary Tamlyn, Litchfield's former administrator, with two counts of ... [More >>] Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Charges Former Nursing Home CEO with Medicaid Fraud and Embezzlement: State alleges CEO took $88,000 to pay personal expensesThursday, May 18th, 2006. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has charged a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Church of Christ Care Center in Clinton Township with knowingly presenting and causing to be presented false claims to the State's Medicaid Program and for embezzling money belonging to the ... [More >>] Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Announces Identity Theft Charges Against Two Nursing Home EmployeesTuesday, May 16th, 2006. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has filed felony charges against two former employees of St. Michael Nursing Center, located at 19175 Anglin, in Detroit. Complaints against Marcus Lafrance Bailey, age 33, and Trina Lavette Carr, age 37, both of Detroit, were filed in the ... [More >>] Long-term care aims to be safer: Criminal background checks improveMonday, May 1st, 2006. Detroit, MI - In an effort to better protect its most vulnerable citizens, the state has begun requiring new employees in nursing homes, group homes and other long-term care settings to undergo criminal background checks. Applauded by supporters who say the requirement will make residents safer, others fear the laws could ... [More >>] Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Charges Seven in Nursing Home Criminal Background Check Initiative; New Criminal Background Check law to take effect April 1Friday, March 31st, 2006. Lansing, MI - On the eve of the effective date for Michigan's new Nursing Home Criminal Background Check law, Attorney General Mike Cox today announced a third round of charges from his Nursing Home Initiative, which includes an ongoing series of investigations into nursing home employee criminal backgrounds. Cox has charged ... [More >>] Blake nurse arrested in out-of-state homicide caseSaturday, March 4th, 2006. Manatee, FL - A registered nurse who works at Blake Medical Center was arrested Thursday on a homicide charge related to the nursing home death of a 50-yearold woman in Michigan. Cheryl Lynn Williams, 41, who lives in the 4500 block of 100th Street West, was taken into custody by Palmetto ... [More >>] Metron care facility almost lost U.S. backingFriday, March 3rd, 2006. Grand Rapids, MI - A Big Rapids nursing home, where a woman died last year for lack of oxygen, came within a day of losing its Medicare and Medicaid eligibility because of continuing violations of state and federal standards. During an annual inspection at Metron of Big Rapids in November 2004, ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 594 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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