Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Home Workers Charged with Neglect

  Greg Owen | December 20, 2006 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The Price Hill Police Department received a call on Monday at approximately 1:45 a.m. from a nursing home resident inside the home saying that he had been left alone. Since then, 3 employees at the Price Hill Nursing Home located at 584 Elberon Avenue, Price Hill, have been terminated after being charged with neglect of the patients placed in their care. Those employees include Lanetra Smith,...

• Abuse of Elderly Patient at Nursing Home Disturbing

  Christina Cole | December 09, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A nursing home assistant is in jail after State Police say he put a pillow over an elderly man's face and repeatedly punched him. 47-year-old Andrew Thompson of Fort Edward, a certified nurse assistant, will not be able to work with the elderly anytime in the foreseeable future. Thompson is in jail after State Police charged him with abusing 85-year-old Fabian Vega, an Alzheimer's patient.State...

• Fancy Nursing Home, Shocking Death

  Randy Walton | December 20, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Because part of my law practice involves representing seniors in nursing homes who have been subjected to abuse or neglect, I am frequently asked for recommendations for a "good" nursing home. I respond that I don't know any. But on the other hand, I tell the person asking, I don't necessarily know the "bad" ones either. One thing I have learned, in cases against fancy chain homes or the...

• 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."...

• Want to be Profitable? Go Private, Cut Nursing

  Randy Walton | October 01, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  The county-owned nursing home Vermilion Manor in Virginia is looking to increase the bottom line. Last year it lost money, and a consultant hired to address the problem has the answer: reduce the number of nurses. According to the News Gazett, the consultant found that the nursing facility provides daily nursing that exceeds the state and national averages, so cutting nursing hours, he...

• Medicare To Stop Paying For The Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers

  Scott Barber | September 17, 2007 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Medicare to stop paying nursing homes for treating pressure ulcers which they cause. Pressue ulcers are one of the most common bases for elder aqbuse lawsuits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced last month that, it will no longer reimburse hospitals for treating eight "reasonably preventable" conditions as of October 2008. Pressure ulcers are among the most prevalent,...

• Upset about Nursing Home Care? Complain!

  Randy Walton | September 14, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  As a lawyer who sues nursing homes and residential care facilities for the abuse or neglect of their residents, I frequently get calls from people who feel that they or their loved one have been a victim abuse or neglect. When I hear genuine stories abuse or neglect, or of highly questionable conduct on the part of nursing home staff, I always ask whether or not anyone complained about it 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,...

• Bill Would Speed Up California Nursing Home Complaint Investigations

  Laura Blatt | June 18, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  Many California consumer groups are supporting AB 399, a state bill that would require nursing home complaint investigations to be completed within 40 days, and ensure that those who file the complaints receive a written summary of the findings. The proposed legislation would also give the complainant 15 business days, rather than the current 5 business days, in which to request an informal...

• 12 Nursing Homes Accused of Abuse

  Christina Cole | March 18, 2007 12:50 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Elder care facilities accused of abuse and fraud.Over a dozen nursing homes that are run by one of the biggest elder care providers in the country are accused of abuse and fraud in a class action lawsuit that was filed in Orange County Superior Court.The lawsuit accuses thirteen Southern California centers operated by Life Care Centers of America Inc, of having a long history of nursing home...