Nursing Home Assistants Get Jail Time for Elder Abuse “Prank”
Posted on September 2011
Five nursing home workers who participated in a November 2009 prank involving elderly dementia patients in a Ukiah, Calif., nursing…
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Hidden Between the Sheets: When Elder Abuse is Sexual
Posted on July 2011
It’s difficult to say that one type of elder abuse is more abhorrent than another. Yet when elder abuse takes…
Read More →Ky receives federal grant to allow fingerprint checks of prospective nursing home workers
Posted on July 2011
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has received a $3 million federal grant to bolster background checks of those applying for jobs…
Read More →Nursing Home Bill Clears PA Senate Panel
Posted on June 2011
Long-term care nursing homes would have another avenue to challenge state findings of deficiencies or safety violations under a bill…
Read More →Wrongful Death Complaint Filed in Hudson County, New Jersey Resulting from Alleged Nursing Home Resident Abuse Captured on “Granny Cam”
Posted on June 2011
A wrongful death complaint resulting from the death of Modesta Alvarado-Vega, 87, a former resident of the Harborage Nursing Home…
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