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No Charges Filed In Canadian Nursing Home Abuse Case
A Canadian man became suspicious when bruises and cuts began appearing on the face of his mother, an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient. He placed a hidden camera in her nursing home room and quickly uncovered evidence of nursing home abuse. In … Continue reading
Iowa Nursing Homes Cited In Five Deaths
Five deaths in Iowa nursing homes resulted in fines for the facilities, but there’s little evidence to think change is on the way for the state’s long-term care residents. In two of the cases, according to the Des Moines Register, … Continue reading
Posted in Nursing Home Neglect
Tagged Iowa, Nursing Home Neglect, Terry Branstad, verdicts
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Use of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes Declines, But Falls Short of Goals
Eighteen months ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched an initiative designed to reduce the amount of antipsychotic drugs that were being prescribed off-label to nursing home residents. The early results are in and, while encouraging, still fall … Continue reading
Colorado Nursing Home Aide Arrested On Two Counts of Sexual Abuse
Federal regulations call for a thorough investigation anytime accusations of abuse are leveled against a nursing home staff member. However, it’s up to individual states to ensure that these investigations have been properly managed. For nursing home administrators, these investigations … Continue reading
Family Awarded $1.5 Million After Resident Burned In Nursing Home Fire
A nursing home in Virginia has been successfully sued by the family of a man who experienced severe burns after being left alone to smoke a cigarette. A staff member pushed the wheelchair bound man, a former Marine, outside the … Continue reading
Nursing Home Resident Dies From Malnutrition
An 88-year-old nursing home resident died after a single year living in the Ashbourne Nursing Home. At the time of her death, she weighed just 70 pounds. She was given a dietary review two months prior to her death, but … Continue reading
Three Sentenced in Nursing Home Neglect Death
Three staff members were sentenced for their roles in the death of a Korean War Veteran who died while living at Warner’s Home For the Aged in Altoona, PA. The owner of the home was sentenced to three to twenty … Continue reading
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Tagged Altoona PA, Bedsores, criminal court, Warner's Home for the Aged
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State Nursing Home Report Cards Raise Awareness and Questions
A non-profit “citizens advocacy” group based in Tallahassee, Florida has compiled information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Kaiser Health Foundation Staffing Data, and information from the state Long-Term Care Ombudsman program to compile an A-F score … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Illinois, Nursing Home Neglect, report card
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11 Die In Chinese Nursing Home Blaze
Eleven residents in a Chinese nursing home outside of Beijing were killed in a fire set by one of the residents living in the hospice wing of the facility. The nursing home housed 283 residents altogether. The resident who started the fire was one … Continue reading
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Tagged fire safety, Nursing Home Neglect, nursing home safety
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Kentucky Heads List of Dangerous Nursing Homes
The not-for-profit journalism organization ProPublica has done a fantastic job compiling the national nursing home information available through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For the first time, families have access to a resource that can help them take … Continue reading
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