Archive: Nursing Home Abuse Texas
Friday, June 6th, 2008.
Plano, TX - The residents at Victoria Gardens of Frisco look forward to each visit from their ombudsman, who stops by to listen to their concerns and help them deal with minor issues that arise on a day-to-day basis.
The ombudsman is a paid staff member with the North Texas Council ... [More >>]
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Friday, May 30th, 2008.
Kerrville, TX - More than 82,000 senior citizens in Texas were affected last year by abuse and neglect.
Adult Protective Services opened 24 abuse cases last month in Kerr County.
The statistics are staggering — and seem to be growing every year.
News articles across the country tell the stories of victims ... [More >>]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008.
Denison, TX - He's accused of stealing prescriptions from a Durant nursing home. Now, the Bryan County man is charged with a felony. KTEN's Jocelyn Lockwood reported live from the nursing home where the former medication assistant worked on KTEN News at 5.
KTEN News was told that no patients were ... [More >>]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008.
Denison, TX - In November of last year, a KTEN investigation revealed serious problems inside the nursing home including care issues that resulted in patients being harmed.
"They had some very serious deficiencies in April," said Dorya Huser, Chief of Long-Term Care in Oklahoma.
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008.
Fort Worth, TX - Nurse aides banned from Texas nursing homes for theft, abuse and neglect of residents could no longer get the state’s seal of approval, according to new rules the state has proposed.
The plan would also help prevent certification of nurse aides who have been convicted of offenses ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008.
Beaumont, TX - Johnny Limbrick testified on Wednesday, Jan. 29, that it "smelled like an animal had died" inside his mother's room during her stay at a local nursing home.
The Limbrick family claims Alice Limbrick, 94, had to have her legs amputated four years ago because of ... [More >>]
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Monday, December 31st, 2007.
Fort Worth, TX - A state investigation revealed a laundry worker was caught raping an Alzheimer's patient at the Village Creek Nursing Home in Fort Worth.
Charles Schealy, 67, told police the sex was consensual. However, he was arrested and charged with one count of sexual ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007.
Beaumont, TX - Another medical-malpractice lawsuit alleging that the Pine Forest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center failed to supervise patients and allowed them to fall has been filed against the care provider.
James Jennis, representative of the estate of Inez Jennis, claims Pine Forest physicians and staff hastened Jennis' death by allowing ... [More >>]
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Monday, November 19th, 2007.
Harlingen, TX - A family whose mother passed away two years ago after spending just a month in a nursing home says her death should not have happened then and now they're asking for help. "She walked, talked, could eat on her own,"
said Arnold Trevino, remembering his mother before ... [More >>]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007.
Denison, TX - Allegations of abuse, neglect, poor quality of care, theft, staffing challenges...the list goes on and on. Nursing homes across the country take on the task of caring for our most vulnerable everyday. But, who's there to make sure your loved ones are safe, when you're not?
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