Posts tagged nursing homes

• Sex Offenders in Nursing Homes(2)

  Beth Janicek | June 04, 2011 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  I have previously written about the issue of having people with criminal records working in nursing homes. Recently, a Fort Worth Star Telegram article raised the related concern of former sex...

• Criminals and Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | March 14, 2011 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A federal investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services released last week revealed that over 90% of nursing homes employ workers with a criminal conviction. The study also reported...

• Nursing Home Nurses Dissatisfied with Work

  Beth Janicek | March 06, 2011 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A new study by the Penn School of Nursing reports that 27% of all nursing home nurses are dissatisfied with their jobs. 24% of hospital nurses related similar feelings, while only 13% of nurses in...

• Sexual Abuse And Doctors – A Serious Concern

  Beth Janicek | February 01, 2011 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Antonio Express News recently reported the arrest of a local dermatologist on charges of sexually assaulting a patient. The patient claimed that the 46 year old doctor raped her in...

• 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...

• May 2010 Proclaimed Elder Abuse Prevention Month

  Beth Janicek | May 10, 2010 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Governor Rick Perry has proclaimed May 2010 as Elder Abuse Prevention Month in Texas. In the proclamation he said, “Elder abuse touches all racial, cultural, religious and socioeconomic...

• Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Laws

  Beth Janicek | April 30, 2010 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A study, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently published it’s results on nurse-to-patient ratio safety research. In 1999,...

• Proposed Reforms on Minimum Staffing Levels at Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | April 21, 2010 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Pat Quinn, the Governor of Illinois, is proposing reforms that would raise the minimum staffing levels at nursing homes. There have been several studies that have shown that more nursing hours from...

• Nursing Home Chain Involved in a Staffing Class Action Lawsuit

  Beth Janicek | April 20, 2010 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., the 10th largest nursing home chain in 2009, is involved in a class-action lawsuit currently unfolding in California, which claims that they have put elderly...

• Nursing Homes not required to carry sufficient Insurance

  Beth Janicek | March 05, 2010 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  An article in the Clarion Ledger by Sid Salter, from the talk radio show, On Deadline with Sid Salter, discussed the issue of tort reform and the elderly. He mentioned that when his parents were put...