Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Selecting The Right Nursing Home-It Can Make A Big Difference

  M. Brandon Smith | March 18, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Deciding whether to place a family member or a loved one in a nursing home or long term care facility can be a very stressful time if you do not know where to find all the information you need to make the best possible decision. Many people simply rely on what other people say and think about specific nursing homes when making their decision to place a loved one there. While this may be a good...

• Sex offender in Peoria nursing home

  Barry Doyle | March 18, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Peoria nursing home which housed 6 convicted sex offenders was fined by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to prevent and properly monitor the actions of one of them for inappropriate behaviors towards his fellow residents. The sex offender, 56 years old, had been admitted to the nursing home for treatment of conditions relating to a stroke and mental illness.The actions...

• 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...

• Chicago Ridge nursing home fined in choking death

  Barry Doyle | March 17, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  The Illinois Department of Public Health fined a Chicago Ridge Nursing Home after a resident there was served solid foods. The resident had recently received a g-tube to provide him with nutrition and was not supposed to receive solid foods. The g-tube was placed because the resident was no longer safe to swallow solid foods.The CNA on duty provided the resident with a meal tray, even though...

• Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in NH Admission Contracts

  Jacob Diesselhorst | March 15, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Flores v. Evergreen at San Diego, LLC, No. D048002 (Cal. 4th App. Dist. March 13, 2007)This case was decided by the 4th District yesterday here in California. It invalidated an arbitration agreement in a SNF admission contract, signed by a husband on behalf of his wife, who was being admitted to the SNF. The husband did not have power of attorney, and they rejected the argument that simply...

• Nurse Charged After Patient Injured

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 2:38 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A health care worker employed by Conway Manor, an assisted living center, was charged with nursing home abuse on Wednesday.She was arrested by Georgetown Police while working at the Georgetown Health Care Assisted Living Center. On January 20th a patient at Conway Manor was found with a broken arm according to an incident report filed with Conway Police Department that led to the arrest of the...

• Leg amputation leads to lawsuit against nursing home

  Barry Doyle | March 14, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Boston-area nursing home has been sued for neglect after untreated pressure sores led to the amputation of a resident's leg. The staff had advised the resident's family that the decline in their mother's health was due to her body shutting down as she was near death.After she was admitted to a hospital, the family discovered that their mother's decline in health was due to untreated pressure...

• 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...

• Fire in North Carolina assisted living facility

  Barry Doyle | March 13, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  One resident was killed and several residents were injured when fire swept through a North Carolina assisted living facility. Initial reports about the incident described the fire as an explosion.Besides the fatality, several residents were taken to hospitals for burns and smoke inhalation.Assisted living facilities are similar to nursing homes but are not designed to provide the same level of...

• Failure To Monitor Nursing Home Resident's Infection Alleged In Lawsuit

  David Lowe | March 12, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The daughter of a 77-year-old nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit alleging nursing home negligence in the care of her mother. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home employees failed to report an infected ankle wound, which later required the resident to undergo amputation of the leg. The wound went unnoticed by the daughter because the resident, who suffers from dementia, was unable...