Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against California Nursing Homes

  Randy Walton | November 07, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A class action lawsuit for substandard nursing home care was filed in Orange County Superior Court against S&F Management Company, Inc.; S&F Management Company, LLC; Windsor Healthcare Management, Inc.; and its 15 skilled nursing care facilities around the state of California.Stephen Garcia, attorney for the plaintiff, alleges in the complaint that Windsor promotes itself in a misleading way,...

• Jury Awards $3 Million for Nursing Home Negligence

  Randy Walton | November 05, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  The owner of two nursing homes was ordered by a jury to pay more than $3 million to the estate of a former resident who developed bedsores on his body while a patient at the two nursing facilities. The resident died in 2004.According to reports, the nursing home the verdict stems from a lawsuit alleging that the nursing staff at Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes were negligent, and...

• Nursing Home Advocates Rip Governor's Veto

  Randy Walton | November 01, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Advocates for nursing home residents were stunned by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of a bill that would have required state nursing home inspectors to complete complaint investigations of abuse and neglect in a timely manner. The bill, which required that investigations be completed in 40 days, had broad support in Sacramento. "I think its garbage," said Pat McGinnis, executive director...

• Allegations of Nursing Home Abuse Surface in Pastor's Death

  David Rowell | November 01, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  The family of Reverend Dennis Graham claims that nursing home abuse led to the minister's death. Dennis Graham died in September 2007 and, according to his family, the cause of his death was abuse and neglect from the nursing home where he was beilng care for. Sherry Cooke, the victim's sister, says that "what happened [to him] there was inhumane and would not be allowed to happen to animals."...

• A Ghoulish Story of Dependent Adult Abuse

  Randy Walton | October 31, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  This Halloween a San Luis Obispo transplant surgeon is accused of dependent adult abuse after allegedly prescribing excessive painkillers and sedatives to expedite the death of a 25-year-old patient with the hope of harvesting his organs.Prosecutors say Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ordered massive doses of drugs to speed the death of 25-year-old Ruben Navarro last year. Navarro was taken to Sierra Vista...

• After Fires Residents Return to Nursing Homes

  Randy Walton | October 26, 2007 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  According to most reports, the evacuation of area nursing home residents occurred in an orderly and safe manner, and in accordance with local disaster planning.Fourteen San Diego nursing homes were evacuated totaling approximately 1,200 patients. In addition, 85 assisted living facilities and two hospitals were also evacuated. While the early news is good, and most of the nursing residents...

• Bill to Protect Nursing Home Abuse Victims Vetoed

  Randy Walton | October 19, 2007 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Only hours before it would become law, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 399, a popular assembly bill that would have required the California Department of Public Health to complete investigations of nursing home neglect and abuse complaints within reasonable time limits and to notify complainants of findings. According to the California Advocates of Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), abuse...

• Nursing Home Neglect: Medicare Patients Not Receiving Quality Care

  Randy Walton | October 17, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A UCLA study has revealed that vulnerable elderly patients receive only 65 percent of the tests and other diagnostic evaluations and treatments for a number of conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.The research was gathered from 100,258 community-dwelling geriatric residents in 19 California counties. All the patients studied were enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, and all a mean...

• Elder Abuse: Nursing Home Standards to be Enforced

  Randy Walton | October 15, 2007 9:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A new California law took effect on July 1, 2007 requiring the Department of Public Health to determine whether nursing homes are complying with California standards that are stronger than federal law. The new law, SB 1312, was introduced after it was learned that the department was ignoring California nursing home reform laws during inspection and elder abuse complaint investigations.For more...

• Bill To Require DHS To Timely Investigate Claims

  Scott Barber | October 02, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A bill which would require the California Department of Health Services (DHS) to investigate the majority of all claims of elder abuse in nursing homes within 40 days, has made it to the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill was sponsored by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and passed the Legislature last month. An article in the Los Angles Times referred to a number of occasions...