Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Home Abuse

  Rick Patterson | September 02, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  An Oklahoma judge sentenced a former nursing home aide to a six-year prison sentence for scalding two residents of a nursing home. She was charged with two counts of neglect. Paula Marie Drew, a 41 year-old, worked at Green Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Apparently, she put two residents in an overheated shower, which resulted in severe burns. Unfortunitly, nursing home neglect is all too...

• Nursing Home Abuse Caught on Tape

  Chrissie Cole | September 01, 2007 9:27 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  A hidden video camera captured a home caregiver abusing the 90-year old man she was supposed to be caring for.The man's daughter suspected nursing home abuse and neglect and set up a hidden camera. The video was horrific as you might imagine..."She takes her fist and hitting him in the chest. She was hitting him in the stomach. Hitting him in the arm, and when we look back a few days before, she...

• The Cost of Nursing Home Care

  Rick Patterson | August 11, 2007 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Nursing home chain, Manor Care, is the largest nursing home chain in the United States. This year a private equity group purchased the chain. That transaction made Manor Care's CEO Paul Ormond between $118 and $186 million richer. As is the case with all nursing home chains, most of Manor Care's revenues come from public programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Toby S. Edelman of the Center for...

• Sexual Abuse at Nursing Home

  Chrissie Cole | July 31, 2007 11:23 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Following the arrest of a nursing home worker brought up on sexual abuse charges, several more victims are coming forward, according to Salt Lake Police.In less than one day they have received over a dozen calls from people who may not have been taken seriously in their original complaint against the worker.Detective Jared Wihongi says, "Some of the calls have involved people with elderly...

• Many Pleasant Care Facilities Sell at Auction, Despite History of Nursing Home Violations

  Laura Blatt | July 20, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  Twenty-one California nursing homes owned by the bankrupt Pleasant Care Corp. were sold at auction earlier this month, despite their history of violations and substandard care. The buyers included LifeHouse Retirement Properties, Bina Bhatia and HC Management."You won't see any cutbacks in care, although there might be changes made to improve efficiency," said the CEO of LifeHouse, Lou...

• Nursing Home Sexual Abuse

  Susy Owen | July 14, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In a Utah case Jacob Bolith was booked on sexual abuse charges. He was accused of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman at a Salt Lake nursing home. The police say more and more people are now coming forward with similar charges."Detective Jared Wihongi says, "Some of the calls have involved people with elderly parents that for some reason or another didn't take seriously the complaints the...

• Preventing Nursing Home Abuse

  Susy Owen | July 06, 2007 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It is sad to say that nursing home abuse and neglect is an even bigger problem that many may realize. The truth is, by both witness accounts and survey results it seems that the problem is underreported. When you take into consideration the rise in our elderly population and the fact that more and more elderly will seek nursing home care in the coming years, staff shortage is sure to add to the...

• Pleasant Care Bankrupt After Numerous Nursing Home Violations and Fines

  Laura Blatt | June 29, 2007 12:23 AM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  Last week, I wrote about Emmanuel Health Care, a California nursing home that was fined $80,000 in the death of one of its residents. Now, its parent corporation, Pleasant Care Corporation, is selling 30 California nursing homes, including Emmanuel, as part of a bankruptcy proceeding (Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 23, 2007). The auction will take place this coming Monday and Tuesday, July 2 and...

• Elder Abuse: Nursing Home Neglect Is a Widespread Problem

  Laura Blatt | June 28, 2007 6:21 PM | 1 CommentNovato, CA

  A nursing home is guilty of neglect when it fails to fulfill its duties to its residents. These obligations can range from providing special diets to taking a frail, elderly person to the toilet at appropriate times. Refusing to answer a resident's page or failing to call his or her doctor may also be neglect. A bedridden nursing home resident should be repositioned at least every two hours to...

• Nursing Home Violations: California Nursing Home Fined for Death of Resident

  Laura Blatt | June 21, 2007 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  Emmanuel Health Care Center, a nursing home in Norwalk, California, was fined $80,000 for its role in the death of a 54-year-old resident almost two years ago. The man had fallen and hurt his head, but the nursing home staff did not call his doctor until a full day had passed. At that time, he was transferred to a hospital, where he died from his injuries."If somebody died because of neglect,...