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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse New YorkNYS: Nursing Home’s “Operator” Not A Legal EntitySaturday, February 23rd, 2008. Glens Falls, NY - Is the Eden Park “Health Care Center” in Glens Falls operating legally? According to the New York State Department of State, Division of Corporations, the answer is no. On Sept. 19, 2007, according to the state Department of Health, Certificates of Need were issued to Glens Falls Crossings ... [More >>] Schumer visits Syracuse for bill fighting elder abuseTuesday, February 19th, 2008. Syracuse, NY - Sen. Charles Schumer visited Syracuse today to talk about a congressional bill to fight physical and financial abuse of senior citizens. More than 1,000 cases of elder abuse were reported in six Central New York counties in 2007, said Schumer, citing numbers from the state Office of Children ... [More >>] State blamed for nursing home citingFriday, February 15th, 2008. Williamsville, NY - A second Western New York nursing home, Williamsville Suburban Nursing Home LLC, has been added to the list of the country's worst senior care facilities. But owner Richard Zacher said the listing is a strong-arm tactic to force him to close the facility, as prescribed by the state ... [More >>] Eden Park No Paradise, Sale Still PendingSaturday, February 9th, 2008. Chestertown, NY - Aside from the Biblical Garden of God and the first home of Adam and Eve, Eden is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a “delightful place, a paradise”. So when one first hears of Eden Park Health Services which owns and manages nursing homes in New York, Connecticut and ... [More >>] Audit: NY State DOH Deficient In Nursing Home InvestigationsThursday, December 27th, 2007. Albany, NY - The State Department of Health (DOH) was late in investigating one out of every five complaints filed against nursing homes, according to an audit treleased by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Under state law, DOH is required to investigate complaints against nursing homes. Complaints are rated on ... [More >>] United States: Hidden Cameras Uncover Quality Problems In Nursing HomesWednesday, December 12th, 2007. Criminal prosecutors have recently stepped up measures to enforce quality of care at nursing facilities by using surreptitious videotaping, as described by attorneys from the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.1 Accomplished legally and without the facilities’ knowledge, this new tactic necessitates a concomitant ... [More >>] Support Nursing Home Staffing StandardsSunday, November 11th, 2007. Chestertown, NY - We would not say it is okay if a nursing home said they only had 100 beds, but they wanted to care for 150 residents. We would not allow a nursing home to say it only has enough fuel to heat the rooms of 1/2 its residents. Yet every ... [More >>] Former nursing home aide sent to prison for stealing from patientFriday, October 19th, 2007. Buffalo, NY - A 22-year-old former nurse's aide at a nursing home outside Buffalo has been ordered to spend the next 16 months to four years in prison for stealing $8,000 from a 97-year-old patient. Rebecca Sopko, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty in May to fourth-degree grand larceny and second-degree attempted forgery ... [More >>] Nursing Home Aide Guilty Of Patient AbuseThursday, October 11th, 2007. Fort Edward, NY - The nursing home aide charged with placing a pillow over the face of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient and then punching it has pleaded guilty in a deal which will keep him out of state prison. Andrew Thompson, 48, of Fort Edward, was arrested last November following an ... [More >>] State posts nursing home inspection data onlineThursday, August 23rd, 2007. Albany, NY - The state Department of Health is making it easier for people to keep on top of nursing homes. Beginning this week, the health department began putting results of state inspections on its Web site -- nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov. Visitors to the site will be able to see deficiencies of any ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 432 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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