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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse WisconsinWisconsin monitors Superior nursing homeThursday, June 26th, 2008. Superior, WI - The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services is monitoring care delivered at St. Francis in the Park Health and Rehabilitation Center. “Due to ongoing quality concerns identified during a recent on-site review at the nursing home, the Division of Quality Assurance has placed monitors on-site at the ... [More >>] Three Madison, Wisconsin area nursing homes on problem listWednesday, February 13th, 2008. Madison, WI - Nursing homes in Middleton, Sun Prairie and Columbus are among 131 nationally with chronic quality problems, the federal government says. For the first time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday released its full list of "Special Focus Facilities, " a move intended to pressure improvements ... [More >>] Friday, November 2nd, 2007. Madison, WI - After conducting more than 150 interviews, and examining scores of county, state and federal documents and databases, the newspaper found: One in four nursing homes in Wisconsin were cited in 2006 for jeopardizing the health or actually harming vulnerable residents — well above the national average. The state cut ... [More >>] Senator Kohl Aims to Fight Elder AbuseFriday, August 10th, 2007. La Crosse, WI - With the number of elder abuse cases on the rise, Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is taking action. Senator Kohl made a stop in La Crosse today, renewing his call for a nationwide system of background checks aimed at preventing elder abuse. Wisconsin is currently part of ... [More >>] Elderly Woman Allegedly Abused at West Allis Nursing HomeFriday, June 8th, 2007. Cudahy, WI - The family of Ubaldina Diaz thought a nursing home would bring their grandmother better and safer care. Now, this Cudahy family is wishing they could take back that decision. They say their loved one may have been beaten, punched, and kicked at the nursing home she ... [More >>] Nursing facility cited for care flaws: Mount Carmel accused of neglecting patients’ pain, bathroom needsTuesday, June 5th, 2007. Milwaukee, WI - The largest private nursing home in Wisconsin was cited for substandard care after an 88-year-old man moaned and cried in pain for hours and was ignored after repeatedly asking to lie down, a recently released state inspection report shows. "I hurt all over," the man told state inspectors, ... [More >>] Nursing home sued over death; Suit faults reporting of woman’s fallMonday, May 7th, 2007. Waukesha, WI - A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Monday against a Menomonee Falls nursing home, contending that an older woman died from complications caused by broken bones in both legs that she suffered during a fall that was not properly reported. Dorismae Burgardt fell while a nursing assistant at Menomonee ... [More >>] I-Team: Horrors at Nursing HomesSaturday, May 5th, 2007. Milwaukee, WI - A Big I-Team investigation uncovers nursing home residents at risk. Serious risk of abuse, neglect and dangerous living conditions. The I-Team's Aaron Diamant found it's a widespread problem: where will mom, dad and your grandparents be safe? I-Team: Nursing Home ProblemsSaturday, May 5th, 2007. Milwaukee, WI - From suspected abuse, to neglect, to care givers in court. The I-Team discovered deficiencies at dozens of area nursing homes. State inspectors give every nursing home in the state a top to bottom inspection every nine to 15 months. We shared the results of those inspections. Senator calls hearing on care at Wis. veterans’ homesFriday, March 23rd, 2007. Madison, WI - State senator [Jim Sullivan] said Thursday he would call a hearing to examine the quality of care at Wisconsin's state-run nursing homes for veterans.... Sullivan said he would look into reports by The Associated Press that the King home recently paid $87,500 to settle a wrongful ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 642 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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