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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive: Nursing Home Abuse Studies & StatisticsAggression Between Nursing-home Residents More Common Than Widely Believed, Studies FindWednesday, June 4th, 2008. When people hear about elder abuse in nursing homes, they usually think of staff members victimizing residents. However, research by Cornell faculty members suggests that a more prevalent and serious problem may be aggression and violence that occurs between residents themselves. In abuse’s shadowsFriday, 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 >>] Many state senior abuse cases go unreportedWednesday, May 21st, 2008. Oklahoma City, OK - Officials with Adult Protective Services says the number of elderly Oklahomans being abused is rising about 3% a year. Paul Needham with the agency said at the Oklahoma Conference on Aging in Midwest City that elderly abuse is often a hidden crime because so many are ... [More >>] GAO: State surveyors miss nursing home deficienciesFriday, May 16th, 2008. New York, NY - State inspectors often fail to cite serious deficiencies, including malnutrition, bedsores and abuse, in their annual inspections of facilities, a Government Accountability Office report found. They had missed at least one serious deficiency in 15% of the inspections checked by federal officials during fiscal years 2002 through ... [More >>] Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Homes Are Often Missed, Report SaysThursday, May 15th, 2008. Washington, DC - Nursing home inspectors routinely overlook or minimize problems that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, Congressional investigators say in a new report. In the report, to be issued on Thursday, the investigators, from the Government Accountability Office, say they have found widespread “understatement of deficiencies,” including malnutrition, ... [More >>] Federal Report Finds Lapses in State Nursing Home InspectionsThursday, May 15th, 2008. Oakland, CA - State nursing home inspectors miss or minimize deficiencies—such as malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of medications and abuse—that pose a serious, immediate threat to patients, according to a report scheduled for release on Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the New York Times reports. State inspectors visit most nursing ... [More >>] Jury Finds Washington County Nursing Home NegligentWednesday, May 14th, 2008. Chestertown, NY - As National Nursing Home Week is being observed statewide this week with the theme “Love Is Ageless, the state Department of Health was conducting an investigation into several complaints of negligence and wrongful death at the Eden Park Nursing Home in Glens Falls and a state Supreme ... [More >>] Financial abuse of county’s elderly citizens is on the riseThursday, May 8th, 2008. Blomkest, MN - An increasing number of elderly residents are being financially exploited by their children. In 2007, Kandiyohi County social workers received 40 reports of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. That was up from 20 reports the previous year. The five-year average was 26 cases. 12 of 18 nursing homes in Lee earn top marksThursday, March 27th, 2008. Fort Myers, FL - Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration regulates nursing homes and rates them according to how well they perform against other homes in their geographic area. Lee is part of an area that spans seven counties, from Sarasota to Collier and includes 67 nursing homes. Of the 18 homes ... [More >>] Restraint use tops norm: Two nursing homes in Redding above state, federal averagesSaturday, February 16th, 2008. Redding, CA - A pair of Redding nursing homes are more likely to restrain residents than other facilities around the state and the nation, federal statistics show. About 18 percent of the 104 residents at Copper Ridge Care Center -- formerly called Applewood Inn -- and about 15 percent of the ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 389 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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