Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008. St Paul, MN - Nursing home inspectors routinely overlook or minimize problems that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, congressional investigators said in a new report. Investigators from the Government Accountability Office said found widespread "understatement of deficiencies," including malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of prescription medications and abuse of nursing ... [More >>]
Thursday, May 8th, 2008. Blomkest, MN - An increasing number of elderly residents are being financially exploited by their children. In 2007, Kandiyohi County social workers received 40 reports of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. That was up from 20 reports the previous year. The five-year average was 26 cases.
Monday, May 5th, 2008. St Paul, MN - St. Paul police are seeking a grant to start a unit that would investigate elder abuse cases, said Sgt. Ann Bebeau, who, with Sgt. Mike Wortman, investigated this case. About 800 suspected elder-abuse cases are reported in St. Paul each year, she said. "Between 2000 and 2030, ... [More >>]
Thursday, October 25th, 2007. Duluth, MN - A female nursing assistant at a Benedictine Health System facility in Eveleth has been fired after allegations that the employee emotionally abused a resident. According to a Minnesota Department of Health report, a nursing assistant at St. Raphael’s Health and Rehabilitation Center on July 14 allegedly told a ... [More >>]
Saturday, August 18th, 2007. Rochester, MN - A home caregiver is someone who's supposed to have your parent or grand parent's best interest in hand, but how do you find the best one? In this horrific video a home caregiver is caught beating up the 90 year-old disabled man she worked for. The man's daughter ... [More >>]
Saturday, July 29th, 2006. Grand Rapids, MN - An employee of a Grand Rapids, Minn., nursing home emotionally abused one of its residents this spring, telling a woman suffering from dementia that he would "kill" her baby doll, according to the results of a state investigation released this week. The employee, a certified nursing assistant, ... [More >>]
Friday, September 2nd, 2005. Minneapolis, MN - Four Minneapolis Veterans Home administrators resigned this week after receiving an order from the state Health Department to correct 28 deficiencies in nursing home care. The remaining staff has roughly one week left to fix most of the problems. The violations generally involved poor supervision or care of ... [More >>]
