Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Long Shadow Inn Fails Its Residents

  Bob Carroll | February 10, 2006 5:27 AM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  My father lived for more than four years at the end of his life at an assisted living facility in Palm Harbor. He received excellent and compassionate services in a setting that was safe and properly supervised. That same facility has now been shut down by state officials because of health and safety violations. What could have caused the changes at the Long Shadow Inn in the years since my...

• Officials Find "Total Collapse" of Care at Local Assisted Living Facility

  Sandy Grinnell | November 17, 2009 5:21 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  According to the Orlando Sentinel, after seven complaints, officials from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration inspected an Emeritus Properties' assisted living facility called...

• Man’s Wife Moved To Nursing Home 1,000 Miles Away Without Permission

  Eddie Farah | December 25, 2008 11:33 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  This is an incredible story and sounds like it could end up in court for violating the rights of the elderly. A St. Augustine, Florida man says that on Christmas eve, his 65-year-old wife was moved...

• Nursing Homes May Be Reimbursed for Employee Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | August 04, 2007 10:51 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A bill submitted by U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) will allow Medicare and Medicaid to pay long term care facilities for the background check of applicants for hire. It also provides for a centralized database from all states from which the background checks can be made. The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007, which is supported by the American Health Care Association, would allow...

• Nursing Homes Understaffed - Abuses Continue

  Bob Carroll | April 30, 2006 7:26 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Understaffing at nursing homes appears to be the underlying reason for continued problems and abuses according to a just-released national report examining nursing home abuse and neglect. The story is from FortWayne.com:Report IDs roots of elderly neglect"The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes," commissioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform,...

• Gov. Crist Calls for Investigation into Caregiver Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | October 21, 2009 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Kudos to the Sun Sentinel for bringing inadequate employment screening for daycare and senior care workers to light. Their in depth article has apparently caught the attention of Govenor Crist who...

• Nonprofit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care

  Don Greiwe | October 01, 2009 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A group of doctors from around the world have came together to take a hard look at the relationship between nursing homes and profiteering, and the results reaffirm what many of us would have...

• Florida Has Weak Protection Laws for Our Seniors

  Sandy Grinnell | September 28, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orlando Sentinel has an excellent article today on the pitfalls of the state of Florida's control over who is taking care of the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult...

• Silver Alert To Quickly Find Elderly Dementia Patients

  Eddie Farah | December 24, 2008 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  By this time everybody has heard of Amber Alerts – issued by law enforcement as soon as a child is missing. This is the latest twist on an Amber Alert but for people much older. “Silver...

• Guide To Choosing a Nursing Home

  Eddie Farah | December 20, 2008 10:07 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Trying to choose a nursing home for a loved one? Your options might be a little easier with a new online rating system from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which provides ratings...