Posts tagged nursing home abuse

• Pneumonia- Surprisingly the Most Common Disease in Nursing Homes

  Jeff Rasansky | March 09, 2010 1:11 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...

• Several Cases of Nursing Home Abuse in California

  Jeff Rasansky | February 20, 2009 12:22 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Three former managers at a Kern County nursing home have been arrested in the deaths of three residents who were given needless doses of psychotropic medications. How does this happen? Over 20...

• Sex Offenders in Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | July 11, 2009 10:38 AM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A male resident at La Salle County Nursing Home who molested 10 female residents earlier this year has been moved from the nursing home to an unidentified psychiatric facility. Incidents, such as...

• Abuse at Nursing Home by Teens

  Beth Janicek | December 05, 2008 10:33 AM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  In a horribly shocking story reported today, two teen-age girls are accused of abusing nursing home residents, with four other girls accused of failure to report the abuse. The girls worked as...

• Why Are Nursing Home Conditions so Poor?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 20, 2008 2:22 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Nursing homes are responsible for some of the worst living conditions and abuse in the country. We have reported on several stories where residents have been put through some terrible conditions...

• Nursing Home in Oklahoma Lost its Certification Due to Violations

  Beth Janicek | May 28, 2009 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Care Living Center in Edmond, Oklahoma is having its certification pulled because of deficiencies found by state health inspectors, resulting in more than two dozen Medicare and Medicaid residents...

• Life Care Center Faces Manslaughter Charges

  Beth Janicek | March 18, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  On the morning of Aug. 17, 2004, Julia McCauley, 74, rolled her wheelchair out the front doors of the Life Care Center of Acton, and tumbled down a flight of stairs. She died a short time...

• 89 Year Old Alzheimer’s Patient Freezes to Death

  Beth Janicek | March 05, 2009 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The family of an 89 year old nursing home resident suffering from Alzheimer’s has filed a lawsuit against the facility in connection with her death on February 5th. The family of Sarah...

• Alzheimer’s-Ridden Pro-wrestling Legend Kills Fellow Nursing Home Resident

  Beth Janicek | February 27, 2009 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Verne Gagne, an 82 year old wrestling legend is under investigation after the death of 97 years old, Helmut R. Gutmann, who lived with Gagne in Friendship Village, a Bloomington living facility....

• Nursing Home Neglect Results in Death in California

  Jeff Rasansky | February 16, 2009 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Most of us do not like the thought of placing a loved one in a nursing home. While it is true that many people work to provide the absolute best care possible for patients in these homes, it only...