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Iowa nursing home fined for indifference to sexual abuse claims
An Iowa nursing home has been ordered to pay $7,000 in federal fines for not investigating complaints from staff and residents about sexual abuse from a male nursing aide. Eight separate incidents of abuse against different residents had been made
Nursing home fires CNA weeks after allegation of sexual assault
Family members of one of three female nursing home residents are accusing the nursing home where they lived with trying to cover up incidents of sexual abuse, according to Keloand Television. The victims all were residents of Castle Manor Nursing
Nursing home corporation faces manslaughter charges
No one disputes that 74-year-old Julia McCauley, a resident at Life Care Center of Acton in Massachusetts rolled her wheelchair outside the front door of the home where she had lived five years. She had done it on more than
Bill protects nursing home residents from signing arbitration clauses
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would protect nursing home residents and their families from losing their right to hold long-term care facilities accountable for negligent and abusive care.
Aide arrested for wrong death of nursing home patient
The secret of Robert Young’s death was almost buried forever with the nursing home resident who suffered from cerebral palsy. But his family kept asking questions. A year later, Young’s body was exhumed from his pauper’s grave and an autopsy
Illinois nursing home advocates fight proposed bill to refund fines
State Sen. Dan Kotowski said he had good intentions when he sponsored a bill in the Illinois General Assembly that would refund fines paid by nursing homes that promised to use the money to improve care at their facilities. But
Staffers leave nursing home residents unattended
The elderly man at a Nova Scotia nursing home had fallen to the floor in his bathroom during the overnight hours of May 5-6. No one knows how long he had been lying there, but the light from the bathroom
State attorney hopes to form nursing home death review team
DuPage County, Illinois officials are stepping up their investigations into allegations of physical abuse of elderly in nursing homes and in-home health care settings, spurred in part by the horrifying story of a nursing home resident who froze to death
Nursing home resident, wrestler not likely to face charges in death case
The former football player and amateur wrestling legend was likely reliving his old days when he grabbed his nursing home roommate and pushed him to the floor. The force of the fall fractured the victim’s hip and injured his head,
