A woman who says she lost her foot because of poor care at a Lakewood rehab facility has sued the company, alleging she and other residents suffered abuse and neglect. The lawsuit cites a state investigation in which residents described long waits and needing to scream to get assistance, such as with going to the […]
Thursday the 25th
A Bainbridge Island nursing home was fined $117,000 for failing to properly treat residents for pain and in one instance not providing timely medication to a resident suffering from an infection. Read more at www.kitsapsun.com.
Thursday the 27th
An Everett-area man allegedly left his elderly mother on the floor of their filthy home for five days without seeking help for her broken hip, and there are concerns she may not survive the ordeal, according to newly filed court papers. Read more at www.heraldnet.com
Monday the 1st
Sometime after midnight on a chilly morning last October, a resident wandered unseen out the doors of a Bremerton nursing home. At 2:25 a.m. an employee found the man lying in the parking lot with his head resting on a curb. Hours later, he was dead. Read more at www.kitsapsun.com
Monday the 26th
Eleven elderly residents of an adult family home in Auburn were forced out of their facility Thursday night after a caregiver was accused of sexual abuse and arrested, police say. Officers responded to the home, in the 2700 block of Forrest Ridge Drive in Auburn, at about 7:20 p.m. Thursday after the family of an […]
Friday the 28th
One of the nation’s largest nursing home chains has agreed to pay $38 million to settle allegations that it improperly billed federal health programs for the poor and aging and provided unnecessary care, as well as “disturbing” substandard care.
Friday the 17th
A Portland man has been arrested for the alleged rape of a 73-year-old woman who detectives say he met at church before abusing her at her nursing home.
Monday the 28th
Kennewick,WA – Dealing with loved ones in long-term care facilities is hard enough without suddenly learning their care has been so inadequate they need to be moved — immediately. But such was the case recently at the Walla Walla VA Medical Center. In a little more than a year, the center’s nursing home went from […]
Wednesday the 6th
Yakima, WA – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has shut down its 30-bed nursing home in Walla Walla after an outside review raised concerns about the quality of care, and an internal audit validated those concerns. Just 10 nursing beds were occupied. The Long Term Care Institute was contracted by the VA nationally to […]
Thursday the 24th
Seattle, WA – King County prosecutors say they may seek an exceptional sentence against a caregiver accused of raping a disabled woman at a Kent nursing home. "It makes you angry," says Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan. The 31-year-old Kent man, Joseph Thurura, was arrested Wednesday and charged Tuesday with second-degree rape.
Tuesday the 24th