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Nursing Home Worker Admits Sexual Abuse of Alzheimer’s Patient, Police Say

A nursing home worker in Missouri has allegedly admitted to police that he fondled a 92-year-old Alzheimer’s patient roughly 100 times before he was caught in her bed by other staffers earlier this year. According to the probable cause statement, defendant was a nurse’s aid at the home. Victim, who…

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Advocacy Group to Feds: Stop Funding Predatory Nursing Homes

Mandatory arbitration agreements have become a common staple in the nursing home admissions process. These documents are shoved in front of patients and/or their loved ones with little explanation of the fact that a signature amounts to the loss of significant civil rights in the event the patient is neglected…

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For-Profit Nursing Homes Jeopardize Patient Safety

The patient was not yet 70. He’d had a stroke and was recovering at a Massachusetts for-profit nursing home. A week after he arrived, staffers dropped him while transferring him from a bed to a chair. Staffers called 911, but canceled the call when he seemed to stabilize. That night,…

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Report: Resident-on-Resident Abuse a Pervasive Problem in Nursing Homes

Most families in search of a trustworthy nursing home in which to place loved ones are acutely aware of the possible dangers of abuse or mistreatment by staff. What they may be less attuned to is the danger posed by other residents. They should know it is the duty of…

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Disturbing Video of Nursing Home Abuse Turned Over to Police by Administrators

Usually, when we hear about an incidence of nursing home abuse being revealed after video evidence surfaces, it’s the result of a hidden camera or some investigation by the patient’s family. But in a recent case out of Queens, NY, it was actually nursing home administrators who came forward to…

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Electronic Monitoring in Nursing Homes Approved Now in 5 States

When it comes to neglect and abuse in nursing homes, it can be difficult to confirm suspicions. Patients are often either afraid or unable to come forward about what is happening to them. This vulnerability is what makes them such easy targets in the first place. This is why many…

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Police: Nursing Home Abuse Recorded by Staff on Social Media

Some of the most powerful evidence in a nursing home abuse lawsuit can be video or audio of the abuse actually occurring. This is most often obtained by family members or sometimes residents who install hidden cameras. Sometimes they are looking to affirm suspicions. Sometimes they want proof of what…

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Nursing Home Abuse Discovered With Hidden Camera, 2 Fired and Arrested, 9 Suspended

Nursing home abuse at a center in Minnesota has reportedly been uncovered via hidden camera, resulting in the termination and arrest of two nursing assistance and the suspension of nine others. Family members of numerous family residents collaborated to install cameras in the private rooms of their loved ones. They…

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Report: South Florida Doctors Heavily Prescribe Tranquilizers to Seniors

Excess prescription of powerful tranquilizers in nursing homes and among seniors in general has been identified as a major problem within elder care facilities. A 2014 study by JAMA Psychiatry revealed almost 12 percent of women who are 80 are prescribed benzodiazepines, a class of sedatives and anti-anxiety medications that…

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PA Attorney General Sues 14 Nursing Homes for Negligent Care

The attorney general in Pennsylvania has filed legal action against a large, corporate nursing home provider with 36 locations in that state. Of those 36, Attorney General Kathleen Kain alleges 14 have engaged in deceptive and unlawful business practices, while making a substantial profit off the state. The chain, which…

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