Elder Care Articles

Record-Setting Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit

February 6, 2012. By Heidi Turner.

St. Petersburg, FL: A nursing home abuse lawsuit has resulted in a $200 million verdict against a Florida nursing home. Like other lawsuits alleging elder care neglect, this nursing home injury lawsuit alleged an elderly woman received inadequate care at the hands of those who were supposed to protect her.

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Questionable Deaths Reported in Florida's Assisted Living Facilities

May 11, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.

Miami, FL: A report by NPR and the Miami Herald has revealed that state regulators in Florida are not adequately protecting residents of assisted living facilities. According to their report, dozens of deaths in Florida state records appear questionable.

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Nursing Home Abuse Criminal

April 27, 2011. By Jane Mundy.

Washington, DC: More than 90 percent of US nursing homes have at least one employee who has been convicted of a crime, and five percent of all nursing home employees have at least one criminal conviction, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to this new report (March 2011), it comes as no surprise that nursing home abuse is rampant: Some nursing home employees had been convicted of assault.

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Families Should Be on Guard for Nursing Home Neglect

February 4, 2011. By Brenda Craig.

New York, NY: Families of nursing home residents need to be on guard says personal injury and medical malpractice attorney Paul Dansker. "There are a few basic problems that occur over and over again," says Dansker. "And those problems can be very, very dangerous."

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Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Raping a 94-Year Old Nursing Home Resident

January 29, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.

Santa Clara, CA: A Mexican man living in the US illegally has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for elder abuse after he attacked a 94-year old woman who lives in a nursing home in Northern California.

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Sexual Violence Against Female Residents of Chicago Nursing Homes

January 28, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.

Chicago, IL: Authorities in Chicago are reporting the investigation of 86 cases of sexual violence against elderly residents of nursing homes in the city. Some crimes reportedly go back to July 2007.

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Second Suspect Arrested in Care Facility Abuse Case

January 19, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.

Los Angeles, CA: Detectives in Los Angeles have arrested a second suspect who they believe was assaulted mentally and physically handicapped women while working at a residential care facility in 2007.

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Victim Barred from Testifying in Nursing Home Abuse Case

November 3, 2010. By Charles Benson.

Framingham, MA: A new decision from a Framingham District Court judge means that a woman who allegedly suffered from nursing home abuse will not be allowed to testify in the trial of her alleged assailant, according to the MetroWest Daily News.

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Attorneys Unravel Nursing Home Debacle

September 15, 2010. By Brenda Craig.

Valencia, CA: Attorneys at Owen, Patterson & Owen thought they were looking at a nursing home abuse case and found a ruthless Ponzi scheme that put greed far ahead of the safety and well-being of patients. And it was this callousness, says lawyer Greg Owen, that left 92-year-old dementia patient Sophie Schwartz alone and unguarded one night in December 2007.

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Alleged Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Not Reported to Victim's Family

August 23, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.

Hazard, KY: An elderly resident of a nursing home in Kentucky was allegedly sexually assaulted on two separate occasions in 2009 by a male resident of the facility. The family of the woman at the receiving end of the alleged nursing home abuse was not told of the incidents.

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• Ohio Woman Withdraws Guilty Plea in Nursing Home Abuse Case By Charles Benson (Jul-13-10)
• The Dangers of Corporate For-profit Elder Care By Brenda Craig (Jul-12-10)
• New Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Filed in Illinois By Charles Benson (May-12-10)
• Richmond Woman Faces Charges of Nursing Home Abuse after Alleged Kidnapping Plot By Charles Benson (Mar-29-10)
• Three Elder Care Homes Fined in Iowa By Gordon Gibb (Mar-22-10)
• Two Minnesota Law Firms Launch Case over Nursing Home Abuse By Charles Benson (Feb-2-10)
• New York Nursing Home Loses $19 Million Lawsuit Charging Elder Care Neglect By Charles Benson (Jan-2-10)
• Nursing Home, Nurses' Aides Sued for Nursing Home Abuse By Gordon Gibb (Dec-5-09)
• Nursing Home Abuse Threatens Vulnerable Patients By Heidi Turner (Oct-23-09)
• Ex Cons Caring for our Elderly in Florida By Gordon Gibb (Sep-29-09)
• Bad Behavior Returning to the Nursing Home Business By Brenda Craig (Sep-29-09)
• Maggots in Leg Wound Seen as Nursing Home Negligence By Gordon Gibb (Jun-11-09)
• Nursing Home Neglect Affects the Most Vulnerable By Gordon Gibb (May-1-09)
• Nursing Home Abuse Continues to be a Scourge By Gordon Gibb (Mar-30-09)
• An Emerging Form of Nursing Home Abuse By Gordon Gibb (Feb-27-09)
• When Mean Girls Lurk in the Nursing Home By Gordon Gibb (Dec-18-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse: When Elder Care Isn't There By Gordon Gibb (Nov-16-08)
• Nursing Home Giant Focus of Class Action Lawsuit By Gordon Gibb (Oct-23-08)
• Nursing Home Evictions Equated to Human Dumping By Gordon Gibb (Aug-11-08)
• Nursing Home to Pay for Alleged Abuse By Gordon Gibb (Aug-11-08)
• Nursing Home Negligence: Tyranny in a Care Giver's Clothes By Gordon Gibb (Jul-21-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse of the Worst Kind: Rape By Gordon Gibb (Jun-19-08)
• Loss of Dignity: Sum of $904,200 Awarded in Eldercare Lawsuit (May-21-08)
• Nursing Home Owner Charged with Neglect (Apr-24-08)
• Family to File Lawsuit against Nursing Home for Death (Apr-9-08)
• Death of Elderly Mother Due to Arsenic Death Causes Daughter to File Suit (Mar-16-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse: Organizations Defend Seniors By Heidi Turner (Mar-9-08)
• Blossom South Nursing Home Sued By Ginger Gillenwater (Mar-3-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse: "Common but Underreported" By Heidi Turner (Feb-24-08)
• Shocking Cases of Nursing Home Abuse By Heidi Turner (Feb-10-08)
• Nursing Home Nurse Accused of Abusing Patients (Feb-7-08)
• Nursing Home: "Abuse Used to get Residents to Comply" By Heidi Turner (Feb-1-08)
• More Lawsuits Filed Against Nursing Homes Alleging Abuse By Heidi Turner (Jan-20-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse: An Overview By Heidi Turner (Jan-12-08)
• Beaten Down: Nursing Home Abuse Citations on the Rise By Gordon Gibb (Jan-9-08)
• Nursing Home Abuse: When Assisted Living, is Anything But By Gordon Gibb (Jan-7-08)
• Nursing Homes: Residents 'Cash Cows' By Jane Mundy (Dec-22-07)
• Nursing Home Abuse: Beware of the Bullies By Gordon Gibb (Dec-5-07)
• Nursing Home Abuse: More People Need to Speak Out By Heidi Turner (Nov-30-07)
• Nursing Home Fraud, Neglect & Abuse Much Too Common By Evelyn Pringle (Sep-24-06)

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