News tagged with 'Nursing Home and Elder Abuse'

Four families in St. Charles County, Missouri settled wrongful death lawsuits Friday with three nursing homes. The families of Joseph Mudd, Mary Ann Grezaffi, Stacey Hillis and Harmon Holmer filed the lawsuits against the nursing facilities after determining their loved ones' deaths were due to poor care at the homes.

A Florida jury recently awarded $2 million to the family of a woman who died due to improper treatment at a nursing home. Sadie McIntosh, 80, was admitted to Pompano Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in 1999 to recover from hip replacement surgery. During her stay, a nursing aide accidentally cut into her surgical in

A jury recently awarded $5.35 million to a 79-year-old woman who suffered severe injuries when she was swarmed by fire ants at a nursing home in Alabama. An employee of Greystone Retirement Community in Huntsville discovered Lucille Devers covered with ants when she entered her room to deliver laundry. Devers was imm

A Missouri nursing home recently paid $275,000 to the family of a woman who died after choking on food that caretakers had been directed not to serve her. In September 2001, Barbara Welch, 48, choked to death on solid food when her diet was restricted to liquids. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed by the woman's mothe

According to a new report published by the General Accounting Office (GAO), many nursing homes fail to report instances of alleged physical elderly abuse and sexual abuse in a timely manner. Investigators claim many facilities across the nation often report allegations of abuse two to three days after they occur. The

A Federal government web site designed to provide the public with information on elder abuse in nursing homes excludes vital facility violation statistics according to a new report released by House Democrats. The "Nursing Home Compare" site provides information on more than 16,000 nursing homes across the country. B

According to a new study released by the Department of Health and Human Services, over ninety percent of America's nursing homes are understaffed. Health officials fear the short supply of medical professionals may lead to substandard care for our nation's elderly. The report revealed that up to 137,000 registered nu

At a time when nursing home abuse and neglect is a growing problem for health regulators, it is no wonder that public officials are taking steps to make sure that America's elderly receive the proper treatment they deserve. For instance, a task force from the Florida attorney general's office recently released a study

"There is too little nursing and it just doesn't feel like home," said Romaine B. Thomas, president of the District of Columbia's AARP organization, after learning that health officials had discovered serious violations at three-fourths of the District's nursing homes. A congressional report prepared by the House Gove

The family of an elderly Texas woman who died from complications following the improper insertion of a suction tube, recently prevailed in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the woman's nursing home. Rose Bonton lived at the Hill Country Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in January of 2000 when she was diagnosed w

An Alachua County, Florida nursing home is in hot water again after the Agency for Health Care Administration discovered new violations during a November inspection. The Alachua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was sanctioned last August after investigators cited the facility for twenty-five incidents of alleged phys

Initial results from a survey conducted by the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging at the University of South Florida in Tampa reveal that twenty percent of Florida's 700 nursing homes do not carry adequate insurance coverage. Researchers say that final results of the survey may bring the number of homes without p

The owner of an Englewood, Florida nursing home was arrested and her assisted living facility was cited with 27 license violations after a patient died from a broken hip. Donald Holden, 89, refused to go back to his room when a night watchman confronted him in the early hours of December 10, 2000. While trying to pun

A State of Florida law that urges nursing home workers and their managers to report unusual or harmful activities is stirring controversy among activists for the elderly. Since the law was approved last spring, employees from the state's 678 nursing homes have submitted over 4,000 reports to the Agency for Health Care

Dawn Brudie, a former patient at Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation, a Massachusetts nursing home, filed a lawsuit against the health care facility after she lost an eye in an August 2001 assault. Sokkohn Chrun, a fellow patient, was charged with assault and battery after he allegedly attempted to fondle Brudie and the