Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Home in Oklahoma Lost its Certification Due to Violations

  Beth Janicek | May 28, 2009 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Care Living Center in Edmond, Oklahoma is having its certification pulled because of deficiencies found by state health inspectors, resulting in more than two dozen Medicare and Medicaid residents...

• Stabilizing the CNA Workforce

  Beth Janicek | May 25, 2009 9:44 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) handle the direct care of 1.5 million nursing home residents in the United States, providing about 8 out of every 10 hours of resident care. According to the...

• $11 Million Verdict in Assisted Living Case

  Beth Janicek | March 31, 2009 10:11 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  An Arizona jury awarded $11 million, the largest verdict ever awarded against an assisted living facility in the United States, to the widow of a 36-year-old man with a traumatic brain injury who...

• Life Care Center Faces Manslaughter Charges

  Beth Janicek | March 18, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On the morning of Aug. 17, 2004, Julia McCauley, 74, rolled her wheelchair out the front doors of the Life Care Center of Acton, and tumbled down a flight of stairs. She died a short time...

• 89 Year Old Alzheimer’s Patient Freezes to Death

  Beth Janicek | March 05, 2009 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The family of an 89 year old nursing home resident suffering from Alzheimer’s has filed a lawsuit against the facility in connection with her death on February 5th. The family of Sarah...

• Alzheimer’s-Ridden Pro-wrestling Legend Kills Fellow Nursing Home Resident

  Beth Janicek | February 27, 2009 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Verne Gagne, an 82 year old wrestling legend is under investigation after the death of 97 years old, Helmut R. Gutmann, who lived with Gagne in Friendship Village, a Bloomington living facility....

• Texas Rates 4 in Overall Staffing in Nursing Homes

  Beth Janicek | January 16, 2009 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  As the population ages the quality of care in nursing homes has become a mounting concern at the state and national level. The Federal Government has recently changed its approach of evaluating...

• Jury Awards $1.25 Million to Family of Nursing Home Resident Who Dies Due to Bedsores

  Beth Janicek | January 13, 2009 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Melvin Raybon died four years ago after suffering a great deal of pain. A DeKalb County jury determined that the suffering was caused by neglect at the Tucker nursing home where he lived for...

• Trends in Nursing Home Deficiencies and Complaints

  Beth Janicek | December 30, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  There was a memorandum sent to the Acting Administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from the Inspector General for the Department of Health & Human Services regarding...

• Texas Nursing Homes Get Low Rankings from Federal Government

  Beth Janicek | December 24, 2008 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Making the decision to put a loved one in a nursing home can be extremely difficult and sometimes even more difficult is trying to choose the right nursing home. In a previous post about nursing...