Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Pressure Sores in Nursing Home Residents

  Frank Bailey | November 13, 2007 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Our frail elderly population is at risk to develop pressure sores in a nursing home environment unless certain rules and protocol are followed by the nursing home staff. Although most pressure sores can be prevented, far too many residents of nursing homes develop pressure sores which go untreated, leading to serious injury, infection and in severe cases death.In hospitals, the incidence of...

• Son and Wife Charged with Abusing and Stealing from Elderly Mother

  Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Beatrice Barker, 90, died in June and now her son and daughter-in-law have been charged with abusing her and stealing from her. Corin Lynn Barker and his wife, Nadine Barker, were charged Tuesday...

• Nursing Home Caregivers Strike

  Billy Cunningham | August 08, 2009 12:45 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Over 300 union members at the four OMNI nursing homes in New Jersey have been without a contract since 2007. Two years ago, the owner of these homes, Avery Eisenreich, walked away from the...

• Agreement to waive jury trial against nursing home may not be a good deal for you

  Steven Schafer | February 25, 2009 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Admitting a member of your family to a nursing home can be stressful. Your grandparent, parent or spouse often needs immediate health care and attention and they can no longer live on their own,...

• Mandatory Nursing Home Insurance Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate

  Jeremy Thurman | March 19, 2008 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The Tulsa World is reporting that an amendment submitted by Sen. Richard Lerblance, D-Hartshorne, to Senate Bill 1549 would require nursing homes to carry at least $250,000 in liability insurance. The Senate approved the bill by Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, 45-0. It now heads to the House. An example of why this is important was placed in the Tulsa World article. The article talked about "Leah...

• Washington Nursing Home Loses License Over Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | March 16, 2008 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsMissoula, MT

  A six-bed nursing home in Yakima, Washington has lost its license to operate following allegations of abuse from a resident. The nursing home abuse happened at Carol's Country Touch group home. State investigators charged the operator Carol Winters with physical and mental abuse of the residents. According to the state, Winters would raise her voice when residents weren't eating fast enough...

• Veterans Home to be Investigated Amidst Complaints of Elder Abuse

  Clayton Kent | September 04, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  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...

• Girard Nursing Home Fined for Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 29, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A nursing home in Girard, Illinois had abuse complaints lodged against it. Investigators found that the workers at Pleasant Hill Village Nursing Home was abusing residents. A fine of $25,000 was levied against the home. A February report by the Illinois Department of Public Health indicated the incidents might have started as early as August 2006.Aides allegedly poked one resident with a pin...

• Nursing Home to Pay $54M For Resident Who Bled to Death

  Ric Davis | August 10, 2007 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  In the largest personal injury verdict in state history, a New Mexico jury awarded $54 million to the family of a woman who bled to death in her nursing home. The plaintiff's lawyer, Carl Bettinger of Albuquerque, was already well-acquainted with the defendant, having previously litigated more than half a dozen similar negligence trials against Manor Care, a nursing home chain based in Toledo,...

• Agency fines Hemet nursing home

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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...