A state appeals court Wednesday upheld moves by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration to shut down a Broward County nursing home that drew nationwide attention last year after the deaths of residents following Hurricane Irma. Read more at www.dailycommercial.com
Thursday the 28th
In 2017, Nebraska’s Adult Protective Services investigated 2,650 allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults. More than 230 of that total were age 60 or older. While the numbers are lower than 2016, a lot of elder abuse goes unreported. Read more at www.starherald.com
Tuesday the 26th
For days, the Wentworth Rehab nursing home on the South Side ignored warnings that a resident was posing a fire danger by smoking while breathing with the aid of an oxygen tank. One patient, state inspection reports show, yelled at him to stop “before he blows everyone up.” Read more at www.chicagotribune.com.
Thursday the 21st
“Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell to the floor. She landed on her right side where her hip had recently been replaced. She cried out in pain. A hospital clinician later discovered her hip was dislocated. Read more at www.npr.org
Tuesday the 19th
A new law in Georgia signed by Gov. Nathan Deal (R) on May 7 will provide additional safeguards against elder abuse at long-term care facilities. Read more at www.mcknights.com
Tuesday the 12th
They told Billy Seigler he’d never walk again. Not because of his broken pelvis or busted right leg, but because his nursing home refused to provide the therapy he so desperately needed. Seigler relied on Governors Creek Health and Rehabilitation in Green Cove Springs to help him return to the independent life he lived before […]
Wednesday the 6th
When women at a group home for cognitively disabled elderly in Green Bay heard that the home’s old proprietor was moving back in, they were terrified. One swore to the home’s supervisor that she wouldn’t allow it: John, she said, was “dirty.” Read more at www.journaltimes.com
Tuesday the 5th