the latest legal and medical news related to nursing home abuse and neglect
2 million elderly victims of abuse and neglect
According to the best available estimates, between 1 and 2 million Americans age 65 or older have been injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone on whom they depended for care or protection. Only 1 in 14 incidents of elder abuse in domestic settings come to the attention of authorities.
Posted: 9d 7h 11m ago
Nursing Home Fines and Bonuses
Last year, the state fined 23 Iowa nursing homes $10,000 or more for providing substandard care. Some of those homes were also hit with federal fines and sanctions against their state licenses. Of those 23 homes, 16 stand to collect bonus Medicaid payments this year from state and federal taxpayers. The bonuses are tied to a state program that rewards nursing homes for providing quality, cost-effective care.
Posted: 67d 8h 17m ago
Elderly Man In Nursing Home Neglect Case Dies
Ronald Larsen, the elderly man who was neglected to the point that cancer consumed nearly half his face, has died.
Posted: 107d 8h 46m ago
Nursing Home Neglect Trial Begins
Whether staff at an Evansville nursing home provided appropriate care for an 86-year-old woman who ultimately died is the central question in an ongoing trial in Vanderburgh Circuit Court this week.
Posted: 114d 7h 41m ago
Nursing Home Abuse More People Need to Speak Out
Kathleen Sadlier transferred her mother, Rita, from a hospital to a nursing home, thinking she would get rehabilitation. Instead, her mother received poor care and even an injury.
Posted: 6h 26m ago
Patient in Nursing Home Investigation Vet with Purple Heart
Anthony Digiannurio was admitted for respiratory problems but the hospital staff discovered the elderly man had maggots in one of his eyes, an infected breathing tube, a partially inserted catheter and bed sores on his left elbow.
Posted: 1h 02m ago
Jury Awards $1 Million Over Nursing Home Neglect
The family of an 84-year-old man who died while in the care of a nursing home has been awarded $1 million in damages stemming from a nursing home neglect and medical malpractice lawsuit.
Posted: 5h 46m ago
Jury Awards $3 Milion in Nursing Home Neglect Case
A jury in Platte County, Missouri rendered a verdict requiring the owner and operator of Barry Manor and White Oak nursing facilities to pay more than $3 million to the estate of a former patient who died in 2004.
Posted: 4h 17m ago
Family Blames Nursing Home's Lack of Care for Man's Death
Families who can no longer take care of their loved ones decide to trust their loved one's care to a nursing home, only to have allegations of nursing home neglect appear a few months later.
Posted: 8h 51m ago
Bill to Protect Nursing Home Abuse Victims Vetoed
Only hours before it would become law, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 399, a popular assembly bill that would have required the CDPH to complete investigations of nursing home neglect and abuse complaints within reasonable time limits and to notify complainants of findings.
Posted: 8h 48m ago
Nursing Home Neglect Medicare Patients not Receiving Quality Care
A UCLA study has revealed that vulnerable elderly patients receive only 65 percent of the tests and other diagnostic evaluations and treatments for a number of conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.
Posted: 5h 44m ago
Nursing Home Abuse Neglect & Little known Facts
Would it surprise you to know that nursing home abuse and neglect is more prevalent in facilities that are owned by private investment firms. With many of our elderly in need of nursing homes in terms of business there is big money to be made. And that fact has not gone unnoticed by investment firms.
Posted: 8h 36m ago
Nursing Home Abuse at Privately-Held Facilities Should be Investigated
To US Senators want to know if nursing home abuse and neglect are more prevalent in facilities owned by private Wall Street equity firms, and they are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to find out. Their requests come on the heels of a New York Times investigation that found that the quality of care at nursing homes dropped sharply after they were acquired by private investment concerns.
Posted: 8h 38m ago
