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	<title>Nursing Home Abuse News &#187; North Carolina</title>
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		<title>Governor Easley Signs 28 Bills Into Law</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raleigh, NC &#8211; North Carolina Governor Mike Easley signed 28 bills into law including buying Cape Fear River dams from the United States, car inspections, oil clean-up, military family education, state tort claims and public duty doctrine, background checks for nursing home workers, and more. The 28 bills were recently passed by the North Carolina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man claims neglect at care home, others praise facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marion, NC &#8211; A man confined to a wheelchair says he&#8217;s been the victim of neglect while living at Sunrise Rehabilitation &#038; Care. &#8220;I am not being treated like, I feel, as a human being,&#8221; said Abner Colin Crawley, who lives at the nursing home at 306 Deer Park Road. However, a spokesman for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal care providers face state inquiries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raleigh, NC &#8211; State Medicaid investigators are looking into more than 80 criminal allegations of fraud, forgery, or theft by workers or companies who offer personal care services such as bathing, dressing and feeding people in their homes. The state Attorney General&#8217;s Office said this week that half the investigations were opened during the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Abuse Charge Could Lead to Second Investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilmington, NC &#8211; The arrest of a Wilmington nursing home worker could lead to another investigation involving the facility itself and whether it followed procedures. Nursing Assistant Brenda Harper turned herself in to police Monday to face charges of patient abuse. Detectives say she hit a 90-year-old patient in the head three times and swore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accusations of Patient Abuse at Local Nursing Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilmington, NC &#8211; There is a warrant out for the arrest of a Wilmington nursing home worker accused of abusing an elderly woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. The woman worked at the Oakdale Heights Senior Living Center on 17th Street. In mid-June, co-workers told administrators they saw her hit a 90-year-old woman over the head three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Aids Accused Of Assaulting Disabled Veteran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salisbury, NC &#8211; Two nursing home aids are accused of punching an elderly man at a state-run nursing home for veterans in Salisbury. Police said the victim is disabled; the man is unable to get out of the bed or even talk. Veteran Buddy Kyles said the incident is the topic of discussion at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly man ends up with bruises in nursing home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portsmouth, VA &#8211; The allegations are disturbing and under investigation. An elderly North Carolina man&#8217;s family is speaking out about his alleged abuse at the hands of a nursing home employee where he resides. Family members say 85 year old Willie Jones was just fine on Monday but couldn&#8217;t believe their eyes when they saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man in nursing home beaten repeatedly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 19:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hickory, NC &#8211; A recently released report says a man in a nursing home was physically and verbally abused and his family said they were never notified. The state report found six physical and verbal altercations dating back to March. The nursing home couldn’t provide the state with the paperwork and loved ones said they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caregivers face little screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case of a Wilmington nurse aide convicted of choking his wife into unconsciousness highlights how North Carolina’s screening system falls short in weeding out potentially violent caregivers, even those with criminal backgrounds. North Carolina maintains a registry of unlicensed health care providers that includes information about abuse or neglect in health care facilities. But, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County committee to hear home&#8217;s residents&#8217; concerns; The panel is created after complaints of abuse at River Bluff Nursing Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rockford, NC &#8212; Faced with complaints of abuse at River Bluff Nursing Home, Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen named a five-member panel Wednesday to handle resident concerns. &#8220;Are there still going to be problems? I&#8217;m sure there are, but we&#8217;re going to do our best to minimize them,&#8221; Christiansen told the board&#8217;s Health and [...]]]></description>
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