Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Future of Florida Nursing Homes Looks Bleak Due to State and Federal Budget Cuts

  Council Wooten | August 25, 2011 9:21 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Former Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson paints a bleak picture when it comes to the future of Florida nursing homes. As President and CEO of the American Health Care Association, Parkinson spoke at...

• Long Shadow Inn Fails Its Residents

  Bob Carroll | February 10, 2006 5:27 AM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL

  My father lived for more than four years at the end of his life at an assisted living facility in Palm Harbor. He received excellent and compassionate services in a setting that was safe and properly supervised. That same facility has now been shut down by state officials because of health and safety violations. What could have caused the changes at the Long Shadow Inn in the years since my...

• 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...

• Nursing Homes May Be Reimbursed for Employee Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | August 04, 2007 10:51 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A bill submitted by U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) will allow Medicare and Medicaid to pay long term care facilities for the background check of applicants for hire. It also provides for a centralized database from all states from which the background checks can be made. The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007, which is supported by the American Health Care Association, would allow...

• Nursing Homes Understaffed - Abuses Continue

  Bob Carroll | April 30, 2006 7:26 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL

  Understaffing at nursing homes appears to be the underlying reason for continued problems and abuses according to a just-released national report examining nursing home abuse and neglect. The story is from FortWayne.com:Report IDs roots of elderly neglect"The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes," commissioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform,...

• Choosing A Nursing Home for Your Loved One

  Steve Watrel | April 24, 2012 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  One of the most important decisions you and your family will ever have to make is placing a loved one into a nursing home. The right choice can mean the difference between life or death. The...

• Orlando Assisted Living Facility Decides to Call It Quits

  Sandy Grinnell | July 27, 2010 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  As reported here last November, the assisted living facility Emeritus at Crossing Pointe, owned by Emeritus Properities, had been cited numerous times and had been prevented from admitting any new...

• Nursing Home Problems in the Orlando Area

  Ed Normand | January 15, 2010 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In September 2009, state inspectors investigated Emeritus at Crossing Pointe, an assisted-living facility in the Orlando area, and found a total collapse in the delivery of care to the residents....

• 136 Silver Alerts Issued In 2009

  Eddie Farah | December 27, 2009 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  They are a lot like the Amber Alerts. Since Florida began the Silver Alert program a year ago, 136 alerts have been issued for missing Floridians ages 54 to 94. Some have Alzheimer’s, while...

• Gov. Crist Calls for Investigation into Caregiver Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | October 21, 2009 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Kudos to the Sun Sentinel for bringing inadequate employment screening for daycare and senior care workers to light. Their in depth article has apparently caught the attention of Govenor Crist who...