Prosecutors in the state of Minnesota have argued against the fact that the state does not have a felony statute against elder neglect which resulted in many cases being sent to misdemeanor court for prosecution. In one particular case in 2007, an elderly woman was left in her home with a thin blanket and pajamas in 20-degree weather.
Continue Reading...The Detroit Free Press has chronicled the problems with Michigan's nursing homes in a multipart special report titled "Trust and Neglect." The Free Press is the latest in a string of major metropolitan newspapers to highlight nursing home abuse, bringing growing attention to the problem.
Continue Reading...Nursing home advocates are protesting cuts to the state's Medicaid program that will result in deep cuts in staffing. The advocates claim the cuts will result in a worse level of care and that the cuts in Ohio may be just the beginning of cuts to nursing homes around the country.
Continue Reading...A trial is set to begin in Pennsylvania for three workers at an assisted-living facility who are accused of abuse. The three were arrested after a resident's family member caught them abusing the resident with a hidden camera.
Continue Reading...A member of a volunteer state-sponsored ombudsman program that is supposed to oversee Florida assisted-living facilities claims he was fired for doing his job. This is the latest in an unfolding scandal in Florida that has revealed how state oversight of assisted-living facilities is undermined by politics and industry influence.
Continue Reading...According to new U.S Labor Department statistics, nursing home workers are accidentally injured on the job at a higher rate than workers in other types of professions. The statistics measured the injury rates by the number of injuries per every 100 full-time employees in 2010.
Continue Reading...An 84-year-old woman was being placed on a mechanical lift when she was dropped head first from several feet out of the full body lift. The two nursing home residents who were helping her have been reprimanded for failing to properly strap the woman inside the lift.
Continue Reading...In Owatonna, Minn the death of an 84-year-old man was declared as “natural causes” until it was discovered that the nursing home facility had neglected to give him his crucial anxiety drug for ten days. The nursing home staff then gave the elderly man 10 doses of the medication at once.
Continue Reading...An inspector from the Department of Health and Human Services warned Congress on Wednesday that overmedication and improper use of medication is a major problem in nursing homes and that the federal government's Medicare program should begin penalizing nursing homes that use medication improperly.
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