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Federal Government Discourages Penalties for Nursing Home Abuse Despite Report Calling for More Oversight

New York, NY: Since 2017, the Trump administration has been rolling back Obama-era rules intended to protect patients from elder care neglect. Since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, has been making rules that prevent victims of nursing home injury from bringing civil lawsuits to recover damages for neglect and abuse. Then in 2017, CMS discouraged its regional offices from fining care centers for one-time violations and issued a memo discouraging directors of state agencies from issuing daily fines for certain violations.
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- Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Raping a 94-Year Old Nursing Home Resident By Lucy Campbell (Jan-29-11)
- Sexual Violence Against Female Residents of Chicago Nursing Homes By Lucy Campbell (Jan-28-11)
- Second Suspect Arrested in Care Facility Abuse Case By Lucy Campbell (Jan-19-11)
- Victim Barred from Testifying in Nursing Home Abuse Case By Charles Benson (Nov-3-10)
- Attorneys Unravel Nursing Home Debacle By Brenda Craig (Sep-15-10)
- Alleged Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Not Reported to Victim's Family By Gordon Gibb (Aug-23-10)
- 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 (Apr-30-09)
- 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-15-08)
- 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-10-08)
- 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-20-08)
- Nursing Home Owner Charged with Neglect By Ginger Gillenwater (Apr-24-08)
- Family to File Lawsuit against Nursing Home for Death By Ginger Gillenwater (Apr-8-08)
- Death of Elderly Mother Due to Arsenic Death Causes Daughter to File Suit By Delsia Hartford (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 By Ginger Gillenwater (Feb-6-08)
- 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)