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...

• 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...

• Another Shut down Due to Nursing Home Abuse

  Rick Patterson | April 17, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Another nursing home in Michigan is being shut down. This comes on the heels of the most recent accusations from the state that patient care is substandard and at times, patients have been put in outright danger. Just since their last inspection alone, they have been sited an additional 29 times. Accordingly, the state feels it is necessary to take these measures to ensure an immediate shut...

• Nursing Home Settles Extreme Patient Abuse Whistle-Blower Claim

  IB Contributor | February 25, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  $1.6 Million settlement included fraud allegation.Maxwell Manor nursing home admitted nursing home abuse, in settling a federal lawsuit. They admitted permitting routine sexual assaults, theft and improper medical care, as well as billing federal and state governments for care that was never administered, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune."It was an atrocious case," said an attorney...

• Nursing Home Attempted Murder

  IB Contributor | February 19, 2007 4:05 PM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Break-in at Costa Mesa nursing home.According to Costa Mesa's Mesa Verde Convalescent Home they not only have had no formal complaints filed against their AAA rated, government certified nursing facility, in the last four years, but they offer such amenities as: bingo and ice cream; movies with popcorn; and smiling strolls. Unfortunately this nursing home doesn't offer one important amenity and...

• Riverside County Nursing Home Fined After Death of Resident

  Walton Barber, LLP | December 03, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Our firm represents individuals and families all over Southern California in cases involving nursing home neglect and abuse, and has seen first hand just how bad care can be in certain nursing homes. But I still get shocked at some of the carelessness that occurs by those taking care of some of our most fragile citizens. Take this story elder neglect just up the freeway in Fontana.Regulators...

• Seniors Fear Nursing Homes More Than Death

  Randy Walton | November 14, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Studies show that elderly people fear moving into a nursing home and losing independence more than they fear death. Are you surprised to read this? I'm not.A study called "Aging in Place in America" found that seniors, when asked feared losing their independence most [26%], and second moving into a nursing home [13%]. Only 3% of seniors said that death was their greatest fear. Here are some...

• 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...

• Nursing Home Abuse in Wisconsin

  Rick Patterson | March 13, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  At Ridgewood Care Center nursing home in Racine, Wisconsin, an 85-year-old man suffered such terrible damage to his ear that it required 19 stitches to repair his torn ear cartilage. Medical staff said the injuries could have been caused by a fingernail but could not have been self-inflicted. It seems obvious that the perpetrator of the abuse is Amelia J. Clay, 20. She faces charges of abuse and...