Posts tagged Nursing Home

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against California Nursing Homes

  Randy Walton | November 07, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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,...

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

  Laura Blatt | July 20, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Sexual Abuse at Nursing Home

  Chrissie Cole | July 31, 2007 11:23 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Veterans Home to be Investigated Amidst Complaints of Elder Abuse

  Clayton Kent | September 04, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  State Senator Pat Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, has successfully called for an investigation of the California Veterans Home in Yountville as a result of a large number of complaints from residents and veteran residents of the facility. This investigation called for by the Senator is to focus on the medical care provided by the facility to the residents, including staffing issues. Many of the...

• Agency fines Hemet nursing home

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The agency that oversees California nursing homes has fined a Hemet facility $75,000 in connection with a patient's death. ManorCare Health Services in Hemet received an AA citation, which is the most severe under state law, on March 13, the article said. Evaluators from the California Department of Health Services found that an 83-year-old man died at a hospital on Jan. 13, 2006, seven days...

• Nursing Home Abuse Caught on Tape

  Chrissie Cole | September 01, 2007 9:27 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Preventing & Reporting Elder Abuse

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 3:02 PM | 1 CommentLancaster, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A study that was conducted in 2004 by the Adult Protective Services showed that there was a 19.7-percent increase in the combined total reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. For example, in Fauquier County alone, there were 141 cases reported in between June 2006 and May 2007, according to Mittie Wallace who is a program manager for the elderly and disabled for the Fauquier County...

• Indiana nursing home could be placed on probation

  IB Contributor | March 30, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Indiana health officials are considering placing a nursing home's license on probation after a resident with Alzheimer's disease accidentally died last month at the nursing homre, according to an Associated Press news report published in the Indianapolis Star. The Indiana State Department of Health also wants Bradner Village Health Care Center to hire a registered nurse consultant and a licensed...

• Elder Abuse: Nursing Home Neglect Is a Widespread Problem

  Laura Blatt | June 28, 2007 6:21 PM | 1 CommentNovato, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Long-term Care in Nursing Homes

  Rick Patterson | February 14, 2008 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  An overhaul of Tennessee's state services to the elderly and disabled may not be in the too distant future. A long-term care study committee will be drafting recommendations to overhaul the current system. The state could pay Tennesseans to take care of relatives and friends rather than sending them to nursing homes. "Govenor Phil Bredesen said he will work with lawmakers to "fundamentally...