Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Virginia Beach Nursing Home with Poor Record of Care Set to Lose Medicare Funding

  Rick Shapiro | April 02, 2010 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Beacon Shores Nursing Home, located at 340 Lynn Shores Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) is set to lose its Medicare funding in May. The facility failed to improve its level of treatment and...

• Pneumonia- Surprisingly the Most Common Disease in Nursing Homes

  Jeff Rasansky | March 09, 2010 1:11 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  When you think of the diseases that would be found in a nursing home, you probably think of degenerative diseases like Alzheimers or Parkinson's. But in reality, one of the most common diseases...

• Mass. Nursing Home Residents Given Antipsychotic Drugs Not Intended For Them

  Chrissie Cole | March 09, 2010 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  Powerful antipsychotic drugs, used for treating mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, are also often used by doctors to treat patients with dementia. These types of drugs put the patient at...

• Nursing Homes not required to carry sufficient Insurance

  Beth Janicek | March 05, 2010 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  An article in the Clarion Ledger by Sid Salter, from the talk radio show, On Deadline with Sid Salter, discussed the issue of tort reform and the elderly. He mentioned that when his parents were put...

• Elderly Sexual Assault Victim Gets $12.5M In Suit

  Rick Patterson | March 04, 2010 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A 94-year old woman who was sexually assaulted while she lived in a convalescent home in Santa Clarita was awarded $12.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages by a jury. Sophie...

• $12.5 Million Settlement for Elder Abuse Victim

  Susy Owen | March 04, 2010 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  A 94-year-old woman was awarded $12.5 million after being sexually molested by an illegal immigrant hired as a dietary aide at Oakdale Heights of Santa Clarita, where she was a resident at the...

• Jury Awards Record Damages to 94-Year Old Woman in Sexual Assault Elder Abuse Case

  Greg Owen | March 04, 2010 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  VALENCIA, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a five-week trial, a jury in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, awarded 94-year old Sophie Schwartz $12.5...

• Charges settled in kickback case involving SavaSeniorCare/Mariner and Omnicare, Inc.

  Beth Janicek | March 04, 2010 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The U.S. Department of Justice reached a $14 million settlement with the nursing home chains Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC over the alleged kickbacks from...

• Put in Maryland injury lawyer & Maryland workers comp lawyer Landau...

  Doug Landau | February 28, 2010 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) and Workers Compensation cases Workers Compensation claims now require several steps for completion. In several ABRAMS LANDAU Workers Compensation settlements, the...

• North Carolina nursing home under investigation

  Barry Doyle | February 22, 2010 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to a report from WRAL TV news in North Carolina, a Chapel Hill nursing home has been referred to the State Police for investigation. This was prompted by several residents from the nursing...