Helping you protect your loved ones from nursing home and long-term care facility abuse & neglect
Saturday, August 18th, 2007. Memphis, TN - It's not how Peggy LeNoir expected to celebrate her father's birthday, looking at disturbing pictures taken from his nursing home bed. "I seen a black eye. He got a bruise on top of his head. He got bruises on his back. His back is bruised up and ... [More >>]
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006. Nashville, TN - Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday that he has complete confidence in his veteran’s affairs commissioner after a top veterans nursing home official resigned in response to continued troubles at the facilities. That administrator, Rod Wolfe, was the executive director of the Tennessee State Veterans Homes Board in Murfreesboro ... [More >>]
Friday, July 28th, 2006. Murfreesboro, TN - After allegations of physical and verbal abuse and neglect, veterans’ nursing home administrators and the families of veterans defended a Murfreesboro home Wednesday that has been the target of the charges. Recently, the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro came under attack from three families for allegations of ... [More >>]
Thursday, July 13th, 2006. Murfreesboro, TN - Violations at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home put residents' lives in danger, according to a report detailing problems at the facility. State inspectors last month found 21 violations of state health regulations, with more than two-thirds classified as "immediate jeopardy." "Very rarely do you see this many violations of ... [More >>]
Monday, July 10th, 2006. Nashville, TN - Nine of the 21 violations recently uncovered at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home were serious enough to put residents' lives in danger, according to a 400-page report that details problems at the nursing home and the facility's plan to fix them. State inspectors last month found, among other ... [More >>]
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006. Greenville, TN - Officers with the TBI and the Greeneville Police Department Tuesday arrested a nurse's aid accused of assaulting a local nursing home resident. Angela Marie Fox is indicted by a Greene County grand jury for adult abuse and tampering with evidence. The investigation began on December 27, 2005 ... [More >>]
Sunday, December 4th, 2005. Farragut, TN - A woman says serious accusations raised about Farragut Health Care Center has her worried about the care of her loved one. 6 News first exposed the allegations of sex abuse and neglect at the center in several reports in October and November. On November 28, the state Department of ... [More >>]
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005. Dover, TN - One afternoon, I visited four residents of a nursing home who were in a hospital. In addition to other complications, all four women were dehydrated. Perhaps the other complications could not have been prevented, but dehydration could have been and should have been prevented. Neglect is a ... [More >>]
Monday, August 29th, 2005. TN - During an annual visit of State Department of Health surveyors to the nursing home where Mother lives, I said to one of the surveyors, "I don't know whether to laugh or cry or throw up when I watch the dog and pony show the administration puts on for ... [More >>]
Wednesday, July 20th, 2005. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation needs your help solving a 'Sexual Abuse' case at a Johnson City nursing home. In March, a resident of Asbury Place claimed she was sexually assaulted. Three months later, the state turned the case over to the District Attorney. Read the full text of the ... [More >>]
