Louisiana could join a wave of states adopting “Grannycam” bills that allow family and guardians of nursing home residents to install video cameras in their rooms. Read more at www.watchdog.org
Wednesday the 11th
A recent report by the Center for Public Integrity noted that Louisiana and Arkansas nursing homes had the greatest discrepancies between their nurse staffing reports for Nursing Home Compare and their actual annual cost reports. The revised system will be based on payroll data, not self-reports. He states that in the past 10 years, the […]
Friday the 9th
Lafayette, LA – A Breaux Bridge man has been arrested on sexual abuse and battery charges following alleged incidents at two Lafayette elder-care facilities. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Roy Bodoin, 55, on Thursday after receiving reports from the Amelia Manor Nursing Home on Center Street and the St. Gertude Manor apartments on Webb […]
Saturday the 29th
Lafayette, LA – Many in the health-care industry say more oversight is needed of the agencies that provide temporary nurses to medical facilities. While most such agencies are conscientious about checking on the nurses they provide, some do not conduct criminal background checks and drug screening. They are able to ignore such responsibility because the […]
Wednesday the 12th
Shreveport, LA – “I don’t want the next call to be that because of negligence,my mother is dead.” On Thursday, KSLA News 12 told you about Veronica Arnold’s 90 year old diabetic mother who she says went more than 15 hours without eating at the Heritage Manor Stratmore Nursing Home. But Arnold isn’t the only […]
Saturday the 17th
New Orleans, LA – About 36 hours before Bernice Mayeaux was killed at a Mandeville nursing home, staff members had decided to seek a psychiatric evaluation of her roommate, Karolina Glover, 71, whom police say bludgeoned Mayeaux, 95, with a metal drawer handle. But Pontchartrain Health Care Center failed to get in touch with a […]
Sunday the 4th
New Orleans, LA – About 36 hours before Bernice Mayeaux was killed at a Mandeville nursing home, staff members had decided to seek a psychiatric evaluation of her roommate, Karolina Glover, 71, whom police say bludgeoned Mayeaux, 95, with a metal drawer handle. But Pontchartrain Health Care Center failed to get in touch with a […]
Sunday the 4th
Mandeville, LA – A St. Tammany legislator has called on the state for an immediate investigation into last week’s beating death of a resident at a Mandeville nursing home. Karoline Glover, a71-year-old woman with a history of dementia is believed to have clubbed 95-year-old Bernice Mayeaux to death in their room at the Pontchartain Health […]
Monday the 13th
Chalmette, LA – The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were indicted Wednesday on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm.Salvador and Mabel Mangano were initially arrested about two weeks after the Aug. 29, 2005, storm. They own St. Rita’s nursing home in St. […]
Wednesday the 20th
Baton Rouge, LA – A new law will encourage nursing-home owners to diversify the long-term-care options they offer. The measure also requires checking nursing home residents for sex offenses in their backgrounds. (SB272) Read the full text of the article >>
Friday the 24th