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	<title>Nursing Home Abuse News &#187; Tennessee</title>
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		<title>Nursing home cited by state: New admissions halted at Palmyra Health Care Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clarksville, TN &#8211; The state has suspended new admissions to a Palmyra-based nursing home after multiple violations were discovered earlier this month. Palmyra Health Care Center has until April 25 to submit a plan of correction on multiple safety violations, have it approved at the federal level and demonstrate it&#8217;s being implemented. In response to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State suspends new admissions to Palmyra nursing home: Palmyra Health Care Center cited for multiple violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clarksville, TN &#8211; Palmyra Health Care Center nursing home is forbidden from accepting new residents until it corrects multiple violations, as sanctioned by Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper. The suspension has been in effect since Monday, according to a media release. The nursing home, located at 2727 Palmyra Road, will have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing home liability bill is shunted off to study committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nashville, TN &#8211; A bill that would rein in lawsuits against nursing homes was sent to a legislative study committee on Tuesday, ending for this session an acrimonious battle over it. The House Civil Practice Subcommittee voted to create a joint study committee that will review the bill, known as the Nursing Home Patient Protection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admissions to a Crossville Health Care Center Suspended</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upper Cumberland, TN &#8211; Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, has suspended new admissions of residents to Country Place Health Care Center nursing home effective April 3, 2008, and imposed a state civil monetary penalty of $7,500. The federal civil penalty has been imposed at $6,000 a day. The Centers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Lays Plans To Battle Elderly Abuse; Officials Say Majority Of Elderly Abuse Cases Unreported</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nashville, TN &#8211; Police officers in Metro Nashville are learning how to spot elderly abuse&#8230;. &#34;What I do see, quite often, are cases of financial exploitation,&#34; said Heidi Bennett, a counselor with Metro&#8217;s division of domestic violence. Bennett said people who target elders are now the focus of the program that joins police and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Opposes Nursing Home bill as an injustice to seniors: Legislation Unfairly Limits Victims’ Rights; Punishes Elderly At Their Weakest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackson, TN - The Tennessee State Conference NAACP today voiced its strong opposition to HB4053/SB4075, proposed legislation that strips nursing home residents of their rights to seek justice against abuse and neglect. The legislation comes at a time when the quality of care in Tennessee nursing homes is at a record low and the profits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing home bill ignores quality of care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Murfreesboro, TN &#8211; Wake up Tennesseans, seniors and your families! At some point in our lifetime, the pending legislation before the House (House bill 4053) and the Senate (Senate bill 4075) can affect your very lives. Summaries of both these bills can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills. In essence the nursing home industry is putting itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing home bill cuts patients&#8217; legal redress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the nursing home industry has proposed legislation to protect itself from the consequences of less than quality care in our long-term care facilities, familiarly known as nursing homes. House bill 4053 and Senate bill 4075 summaries can be found at http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills. Every Tennessean, seniors and their families, should be aware and concerned about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP opposes proposed nursing home legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland, TN &#8211; AARP announced earlier this week its opposition to nursing home liability legislation co-sponsored by a local state Rep. Eric Watson. The nationwide organization, founded on the premise of improving lives of retirees, follows the lead of the Tennessee Citizen Action Organization, a consumer watchdog organization. AARP Advocacy Director Patrick Willard said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admissions to Milan Health Care Center suspended</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan Cooper suspended new admissions of residents to Milan Health Care Center nursing home effective Thursday and imposed a state civil monetary penalty of $3,000, according to a press release. Additionally, a federal civil penalty has been imposed at $5,300 a day. Milan Health Care Center, a 66-bed licensed nursing [...]]]></description>
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