Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Sprinkler Systems in Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | August 15, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I live in Virginia and our state law requires sprinkler systems in nursing homes and other long term care facilities...I thought all states did...but I was wrong. Even the federal government doesn't...

• Nursing Homes Just Can't Kick You Out!

  Dan Frith | August 09, 2008 6:18 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article on August 7 about America's nursing homes wrongfully discharging residents. The article states that one in seven discharges from Washington, DC...

• Sexual Assault in Nursing Home

  Dan Frith | August 06, 2008 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This is a disturbing report! An employee at an Alice, Texas nursing home reported to police that a 64-year-old male resident was seen sexually assaulting a 65-year-old female resident. This is bad...

• Maryland May Get Tough on Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | June 17, 2008 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Maryland is studying whether restrictions should be placed on large corporate ownership of nursing homes as regulators face criticism that private equity groups make it more difficult for the public...

• Elopement in Minnesota

  Dan Frith | June 16, 2008 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Why does this tragedy repeated happen? An individual is placed in a nursing home due to advancing dementia or Alzheimer's disease. The family is worried that dad or mom will become disoriented and...

• Ken Conner and the GOP's Nursing Home Dilemma

  Dan Frith | June 14, 2008 6:56 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  Ken Conner, the conservative Christian Republican trial lawyer came to Washington to testify in support of a bill that would ban the use of mandatory binding arbitration clauses in nursing home...

• Virginia Police Investigate Nurse Concerning Nursing Home Resident's Death

  Dan Frith | May 16, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This is kind of scary! A nurse who gave unauthorized medicine last week to a nursing home resident who later died has been fired, and now the local police are investigating. The resident was given...

• Nursing Homes, bringing you the very worst care

  Lauren Ellerman | May 16, 2008 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Not surprising, but when feds report 20% of Nursing homes (a conservative estimate) provide sub-standard care, something needs to be done.... "A total of 20% of nursing homes deliver care that is...

• FOR PROFIT v. NON PROFIT

  Lauren Ellerman | May 14, 2008 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Did you know that most nursing homes are owned by stockholders? Does that matter when you are choosing a long term care facility for your family member? It should. Although there may not be a great...

• Nursing Homes Hiding Assets To Avoid Victim Negligence Liability

  Rick Shapiro | May 05, 2008 8:25 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Note: see also Medical Malpractice category. One of the legislative changes that many states need to enact is to require a minimum amount of insurance for all medical professionals, hospitals and nursing homes. It appears to me that the states are going to catch up fast with these nursing homes that are hiding all of their assets and keeping inadequate insurance limits. The bottom line is that the tort reform medical malpractice "crisis" has been a massive sham that has used falsehoods to influence the public.