Posts tagged nursing home abuse

• Nursing Assistant Survey Reveals Problems

  Billy Cunningham | May 23, 2009 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In the April 1, 2009 issue of The Gerontologist published a survey study about Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs). 3,017 CNAs were surveyed in 2004 and 2005 abut recruitment, education, training and...

• Senior surveillance proposed in care facilities

  Billy Cunningham | May 14, 2009 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Nevada’s Legislature is considering a bill that would allow patients in care facilities or their families or guardians install surveillance devices in the patients' rooms. Sen. Barbara...

• Jury Awards Nursing $6.5 million in Nursing Home Patient Death

  Billy Cunningham | May 01, 2009 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Columbus Ohio Dispatch reported that a jury returned a verdict against Whetstone Gardens & Care Center due to the death of Peter Southard by dehydration- lack of water. Mr. Southard had...

• Provisions of the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act

  Billy Cunningham | March 27, 2009 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Last week I wrote a blog on the proposed Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act introduced in the Senate. This week, let’s explore some of the provisions of that bill . It will enable...

• Nursing Home Tranparency and Improvement Act Reintroduced

  Billy Cunningham | March 21, 2009 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While Congress is debating health care reforms, two Senators, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), have reintroduced the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act. This bill would...

• U.S. Senate debates nursing home arbitration requirements

  Wendi Lewis | June 18, 2008 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A special joint meeting of the U.S. Senate Judiciary and U.S. Aging Committee met this morning to discuss the issue of mandatory arbitration. The specific issue at hand was S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act.

• Lawrence Place Nursing Home Ordered to Close

  Chrissie Cole | March 02, 2008 2:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The owners of Lawrence Place Assisted Living have been ordered to close and seek relocation of its residents by midnight, Monday, after allegations of nursing home abuse.A Franklin County Judge ordered the facility to close following an emergency investigation by officials from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) based on complaints that residents were at serious risk of elder abuse...

• Nursing Home Lawsuit Filed After Rape Charge

  Emily Hawk | January 04, 2008 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The family of an Alzheimer's patient who was raped by a nursing home worker filed a lawsuit against the facility Monday. The suit alleges nursing home abuse by the worker and holds the home responsible for not providing job training.The Alzheimer's patient was a resident of the facility for three years and has since been removed. Her family now says she may not be alone. Since she suffers from...

• Alabama State Health Department Investigating Mitchell Nursing Home for Abuse

  Chrissie Cole | October 10, 2007 9:14 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Allegations of nursing home abuse and neglect, in Russell County, are being investigated by The Alabama State Health Department.The daughter of a resident that lives at the Canterbury Health Facility nursing home, in Fort Mitchell, says her mother's care has declined and gotten worse over the past year.The daughter also alleges her mother has fallen several times and suffered bruises all over...