Blog Posts in April, 2010

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Third Lawsuit Against Nursing Home

Another woman is filing a lawsuit against a nursing home claiming that the staff failed to halt the abuse of a former female resident. The woman is seeking at least $100,000 for failing to protect the ...

Former Employee Found Guilty of Torture and Elder Abuse

A man who worked at a California nursing home has been found guilty of torture and elder abuse for assaulting elderly residents and laughing as he attacked them. Some of the patients he attacked ...

Financial Abuse at Chicago Nursing Home

Investigators have discovered that a nursing home doctor who has treated Chicago nursing home residents was using referrals to gain kickbacks and monetary bribes, endangering the safety and well-being ...

Nursing Home Cited in Elder Abuse Investigation

A nursing home has been cited in an elder abuse investigation for serious lapses in care of the elderly patients. Despite efforts to improve standards at the nursing home, the nursing home is still ...

Nursing Home Gives Up License

A Chicago nursing home that has had some difficulties with nursing home abuse claims has paid $20,000 in fines and given up its license. The nursing home recently closed after housing more than 300 ...

Nursing Home Facing Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

A nursing home in Illinois is being sued for failing to protect one of their residents from being sexually assaulted by another resident. The nursing home lawsuit is seeking $50,000 in actual damage ...

Nurse Acquitted of Nursing Home Abuse

A jury has acquitted a nurse of kneeing an elderly man in the ribs at a nursing home. They found the nurse not guilty of two charges after a three-day trial. The man was charged with aggravated ...

Woman Arrested for Elder Abuse

A woman has been arrested for grand theft embezzlement and financial elder abuse . The woman worked at a nursing home where the executive director believed her to be an embezzlement suspect. The ...

Drugs Missing From Nursing Home

At a nursing home, a delivery of the drug oxycodone has gone missing. The painkiller was delivered to a licensed practical nurse who signed for the 30 tablets, but then became distracted. She says she ...

Nursing Home Operators Plead Not Guilty

Two former nursing home operators in Georgia have pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the state's Medicare and Medicaid programs of more than $30 million in the years of 2004 to 2007. ...

Nursing Home Residents Assaulted by Another Resident

In an Ottawa, Illinois nursing home, it has been reported that a number of female residents were assaulted by a male resident who had a past history of sexual offenses. It is believed that ten women ...

Nursing Home Abuse Case Ends in $2.6 Million Settlement

A nursing home abuse case has been settled for $2.6 million in which a resident was attacked by a certified nursing assistant. This attack resulted in the nursing home resident suffering an ...

Elder Abuse Going Unnoticed

It is estimated that 11% of Americans age 60 and up have suffered some form of abuse in the last year. Many times though, elder abuse goes unnoticed and unrecognized. The Elder Justice Act is ...

More Abuse Allegations at Rehabilitation Facilities

More abuse allegations are being brought forth against a group of rehabilitation facilities in New York. Patients are claiming that nurses would give them shots when they didn't need any. Some ...

Nursing Home Supervisor Charged With Vowing to Fire Whistle-Blowers

A nursing home supervisor is being charged with allegedly threatening to fire any colleagues who reported quality-of-care concerns to state inspectors. The woman is being charged with the misdemeanor ...

Elder Abuse Allegations Should Require Police Investigations

Advocates for nursing home residents are pushing for tougher oversight of abuse cases, saying that investigations need to be coordinated better. They want police to receive more training and to be ...

Nursing Home Group Facing Six Lawsuits

Six lawsuits are being brought against three nursing homes run by Evergreen Healthcare. The lawsuits allege wrongdoing and/or inadequate and negligent care of residents. Some of the claims include a ...

Choosing a Safe Nursing Home

It's important to fully research any nursing home you are considering for your loved one. You need to be involved in this process and in knowing information about the nursing home. You will want to ...

$1 Million Recovered in Nursing Home Abuse Case

A $1 million settlement has been recovered in the case of a nursing home resident who was neglected. The case centered around a short-term care resident who fell from a bed and suffered a subdural ...

State Veterans Home Under Investigation after Elder Abuse Claims

It has been reported that abuse has been occurring at a state veterans nursing home in Texas. Reports of abuse include a certified nurse aide who was seen by a coworker grabbing a patient from his ...

Nursing Home Employee on Trial for Abuse

A nursing home employee will be on trial for allegedly assaulting elderly patients. The man is being charged with seven counts of elder abuse and one count of torture . The man reportedly jumped off ...

Nursing Home Accused of Neglect and Abuse

A nursing home is being accused of abuse and neglect after a patient complained to her family that her call light to get help was being ignored. The family also noticed that the woman was left in wet ...

Nursing Home Abuse and Cover-Up Charges

Eight staff members at a nursing home are being charged with patient abuse and falsification of medical records. Officials found that the nursing home employees were failing to deliver medical care ...

Minnesota Nursing Home Cited for Abuse

A nursing home has been cited for abuse and mistreatment of several residents with dementia. The abuse is allegedly occurring by at least 20 nursing assistants who are belittling elderly patients. ...

Nursing Home Staff Faces Abuse Charges

Fourteen nurses and aides are facing charges of endangering the welfare of an elderly resident at a nursing home, as well as felony falsification of business records and multiple misdemeanor ...
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