Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Attorneys General Request Suspension of Medicare 5 Star Rating System for Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | September 03, 2009 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Thirty state attorneys general have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to suspend and revise its Five-Star rating system. The Five-Star system, launched in December 2008,...

• The Harsh Reality of Nursing Home Abuse

  Emily Mapp Brannon | June 21, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In most cases, the nursing home and elder care facilities that make up the bulk of the assisted living communities across the United States are staffed with well trained, caring and...

• Bedsores Do Not Just Happen to "The Elderly"

  Jim Forde | January 14, 2009 8:02 PM | 1 CommentLong Island, NY

  It is a common misconception that decubitus ulcers (bedsores, pressure wounds) only happen to people of advanced age that are bedridden for extremely long periods of time. While factors like age,...

• 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...

• PA Assisted Living Facility Shut Down after Owner Chokes Patient, 2 Suspicious Deaths

  Mike Ferrara | December 13, 2008 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Willow Crest Manor, a private assisted living facility in Pennsylvania’s Upper Moreland Township, has been closed down by the Department of Public Works after investigations into the...

• Sexual Abuse at Nursing Home

  Chrissie Cole | July 31, 2007 11:23 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  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...

• Conditions in Arizona Nursing Homes Alarming

  Chrissie Cole | June 03, 2007 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ

  Conditions in Arizona nursing homes are so unsafe and alarming that state inspectors will not leave until all the problems have been fixed and are in compliance with state laws.Inspectors discovered nursing home abuse of patients that are unable to get the right medicines and seniors living in fear of being abused by abusive employees. In the past two years the numbers of Arizona nursing homes...

• Nursing Homes Over-Medicate Dementia and Alzheimer's Patients

  Dan Frith | December 05, 2007 6:49 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Does your mother, father, or other family member in a nursing home take Seroquel, Risperdal, Haldol, or other antipsychotics? If so, it is probably because they have a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Why do nursing home patients receive antipsychotics if they do not have a diagnosis of a psychiatric condition? Great question...and the answer is MONEY!Medicaid has spent more...

• 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...

• Bedrails can kill patients

  Steven Schafer | February 25, 2009 10:27 AM | 2 CommentsBoston, MA

  Despite federal safety regulations and an increased awareness of the dangers of using bedrails at long-term care facilities and hospitals, patients continue to die from suffocation, strangulation or...