Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Monday, February 27th, 2006. Big Rapids, MI - Eight employees of Metron Nursing Facility of Big Rapids are charged in connection with the death of 50-year-old Sarah Comer. Comer's oxygen tank was allegedly never changed and ran out, causing her death. It is also alleged her death was covered up. What allegedly happened ... [More >>]
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006. Iron Mountain, MI - A Kingsford woman was found not guilty Tuesday of abusing a nursing home resident. After two days of testimony, the six-member jury deliberated about 30 minutes before returning the verdict in Dickinson County District Court. Janice Marie Dalsanto, 43, had been charged with the abuse of a ... [More >>]
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006. All Michigan residents soon could have greater security in knowing their loved ones aren't being cared for by criminals. After almost a year of negotiations, state lawmakers are poised to approve strict guidelines this week requiring state and federal criminal checks on almost all workers at residential care centers as well ... [More >>]
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006. It took the jury less than one hour Tuesday to return a not guilty verdict in the patient abuse trial of Janice Dal Santo. She had been accused of abusing a 99-year-old patient at Manorcare in Kingsford. Read the full text of the article >>
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that a Detroit nursing home, its medical director/co-owner, and the director of nursing were bound over as charged and will go on trial regarding the death of a nursing home resident and the abuse of vulnerable adult residents. "This tragic incident ... [More >>]
Monday, January 16th, 2006. Iron Mountain, MI - A woman who authorities say verbally abused a patient at a Kingsford nursing home is heading to trial. The trial for 42-year-old Janice Marie Dal Santo on one count of misdemeanor patient abuse is set for January 30th. Authorities say she suspended from Manorcare Health Services nursing ... [More >>]
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006. Lansing, MI - Fearing everything from physical harm to financial exploitation for the growing number of elderly and disabled people in residential care, Michigan lawmakers are poised to enact strict background checks on all new workers who care for them. The bills are expected to be an early priority this year ... [More >>]
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox today applauded the Michigan Senate's passage of legislation sponsored by Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R - Saugatuck Twp.), and Sen. Tony Stamas (R - Midland) to enhance laws regarding criminal background checks for prospective residential care facility employees. The legislation comes after Cox announced ... [More >>]
Monday, December 5th, 2005. Southfield, MI - When her aunt died in a nursing home accident, Denise Bryant vowed to turn her grief into something positive. Eight years later, the Southfield woman heads the non-profit Catherine Hunt Foundation. The organization has offices in Detroit and Southfield. It provides services for the elderly, including free and ... [More >>]
Monday, November 28th, 2005. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox today called on Michigan's legislature to pass legislation requiring annual criminal background checks on employees of residential care facilities. The Attorney General's office has also charged 10 individuals with falsifying criminal histories."As the first group of 78 million baby boomers begins to retire ... [More >>]
