Posts tagged nursing home neglect

• Jury Awards $1.25 Million to Family of Nursing Home Resident Who Dies Due to Bedsores

  Beth Janicek | January 13, 2009 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Melvin Raybon died four years ago after suffering a great deal of pain. A DeKalb County jury determined that the suffering was caused by neglect at the Tucker nursing home where he lived for...

• Nursing Homes Bad List

  Beth Janicek | February 15, 2008 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Centers of Medicare Services published its nursing home bad list. The list includes bad nursing homes from all over the nation and including eight nursing homes in Bexar County. The following are on the list; Buena Vida Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of San Antonio; Leon Valley Care Center; Mayfield Care Center; Meridian Care; Princeton Place Rehabilitation & Healthcare Bander; Regent Care...

• Nursing Home Population Gets Younger In Texas

  Beth Janicek | February 21, 2011 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Antonio Express News reported Monday that over the last 8 years, more individuals aged 31-64 have entered nursing homes than the traditional population of elderly residents. In Texas, those...

• Centers of Medicare Name Worst Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | February 14, 2008 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Here is the list of the worst nursing homes.

• Autistic Boy Wanders Off From Facility and Dies

  Beth Janicek | January 29, 2008 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A 10-year old autistic boy who was cared for at Howell Care Centers-Clear Creek facility wandered off on Sunday morning. The boy was able to just walk away from the facility. Searchers were found him about an hour later in a pond about a quarter mile away. He was taken to the local hospital but did not survive. The facility has approximately 100 mentally disabled residents. Howell Care...

• 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...

• Nursing Homes Making Money while Providing Less Care

  Beth Janicek | September 30, 2008 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A recent New York Times article exposes some scary numbers regarding nursing home care. They report 94 percent of for-profit nursing homes were cited for deficiencies of care last year. This raises...

• Elder Abuse: "Everyone's Business"

  Beth Janicek | September 23, 2008 5:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Most people are aware of Child Protective Services and the duty of doctors, caregivers and others to report suspected child abuse and/or neglect. It is unlikely, however, that the same people know...

• Caretaker Guilty Of Elderly Abuse

  Beth Janicek | March 12, 2008 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  On March 10, 2008, Alma Berlanga was found guilty of elderly abuse. Ms. Berlanga was the caregiver to Ofelia Escobar who is a bedridden 83 year old woman with Alzheimer's. The family had concerns about Ms. Berlanga's treatment to their mother and installed a hidden camera. The video tape showed Ms. Berlanga slapping and force-feeding Ms. Escobar. The jury took five minutes to convict Ms....

• Overuse of Antipsychotics in the Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | March 11, 2008 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Antipsychotic drugs are over prescribed to all the elderly including those in the nursing homes. Medicaid sent out a mandate last year to nursing home inspectors to crack down on the over prescribing of the antipsychotic drugs. Of the state's 398 nursing homes, 38 percent were cited last year for using such medications inappropriately, up from 27 percent in 2006.The drugs are often precribed...