Posts tagged nursing home

• California Nursing Home Chain Faces $677 Million for Understaffing

  Beth Janicek | July 09, 2010 11:11 AM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  On Tuesday a jury rendered a verdict in the class-action lawsuit against the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc, based in Southern California. The lawsuit claimed that the nursing home chain, that...

• Video: Nurse Dumps Elderly Resident to Floor

  Beth Janicek | June 11, 2010 1:20 PM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A NYC nurse at the William Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion in Queens has had criminal charges filed against her by the attorney general for dumping an elderly woman in a wheelchair on the floor....

• 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...

• Stabilizing the CNA Workforce

  Beth Janicek | May 25, 2009 9:44 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) handle the direct care of 1.5 million nursing home residents in the United States, providing about 8 out of every 10 hours of resident care. According to the...

• $11 Million Verdict in Assisted Living Case

  Beth Janicek | March 31, 2009 10:11 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  An Arizona jury awarded $11 million, the largest verdict ever awarded against an assisted living facility in the United States, to the widow of a 36-year-old man with a traumatic brain injury who...

• 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...

• Nursing Homes Still Profitable during the Recession

  Beth Janicek | November 18, 2009 3:13 PM | 1 CommentMcAllen, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  To many people our recent recession is old news. By now, everyone is used to the downturn in the economy, the rising unemployment rate, foreclosures, and the stock market falling. Despite the weekly...

• 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...

• Falls in Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | July 09, 2009 4:58 PM | 1 CommentBrownsville , TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  About 1,800 people living in nursing homes die each year from fall-related injuries. Falls can also result in disability, functional decline, and reduced quality of life, while the fear of...

• Nursing Home Patient's Death in Chicago Investigated

  Jeff Rasansky | February 10, 2009 3:55 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An 89 year-old nursing home patient with Alzheimer's is under investigation after her frozen body was found in the courtyard of the facility early last Thursday morning. Sara Wentworth lived at The...