A recently-released Minnesota State Health Department report revealed new information about a questionable choking death in a Mahnomen nursing home. According to the report, 82-year-old Keith H. Johnson was a resident of the Mahnomen Health Center, when he was served a deadly meal of solid foods on Dec. 13, 2010. The decision to serve solid… Continue Reading
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Registered Sex Offender Attacks Fellow Resident in Iowa Nursing Home
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultA registered sex offender living at an Iowa nursing home is now under extremely strict watch, after an eight-year-old girl witnessed him sexually assaulting a female resident. The attack took place on August 21 at the Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy. The girl, who was visiting relatives, says she witnessed 83-year-old William Cubbage standing over… Continue Reading
Is It Time For Nursing Homes To Implement More Safety Measures To Protect Patients From Visitors?
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultWould you open your front door and simply welcome in any visitor? I don’t know where you live– but I surely wouldn’t! However, many nursing homes pretty much have an ‘open door’ policy when it comes to granting visitors access to their facility. Sure some facilities have a check-in desk where visitors can sign… Continue Reading
Illinois Attorney General ‘Cracks The Whip’ At Violent Criminals Living Amongst Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseShesshh…. Don’t let the violent offenders living amongst innocent nursing home patients in Illinois know that the Attorney General and local police agencies may soon be hunting them down! Seriously, as Illinois gets ready to introduce new nursing home safety bills, law enforcement facilities have announced a renewed push to track down unregistered felons, sex… Continue Reading
Drugs, Criminals & Violence. Welcome To The ‘Psychiatric Ghetto’ Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesBlog reader Rebbecca Young recently commented on a recent post, Do Former Inmates Deserve To Be Living In Nursing Homes? "Deserve? So… what, once they’ve served their sentence and justice has been done they shouldn’t have the same range of choices available to them as to any other citizen? Is being institutionalized supposed to be a… Continue Reading
New Website Provides A One-Stop-Shop For Families In Need Of Assistance Selecting A Nursing Home
Posted in Help For Residents & Families, Illinois Nursing HomesI’m all for any tools that can help families make important decisions relating to nursing home care. Too often I see families walking around with huge stacks of reports on nursing homes from various websites. Not only is the the cross-referencing of websites difficult, much of the information is not current. The best site I’ve… Continue Reading
Man Who Crashed Car Into St. Louis Nursing Home Had History Of Problems
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesDennis Long’s relatives confirmed that he was indeed the man who drove his car through the front entrance of St. Sophia Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Louis, MO last Friday. Apparently Long drove his car into the facility out of anger. He was banned from visiting his mother who was an Alzheimer’s patient at… Continue Reading
Nursing Homes For Alzheimer’s Patients. What To Look For?
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's Patients, Selecting a Nursing HomeThe following is a recent article I authored for the Senior Home Care Blog. Senior Home Care Blog is a valuable source of information for caregivers to people who suffer from Alzheimer’s, stroke, MS and other brain impairing conditions. I highly reccommend this blog as a great resource to all home care providers and nursing… Continue Reading
New Version Of Nursing Home Transparency Act
Posted in Legislation For Nursing HomesA new version of the Nursing Home Transparency Act and Quality Act of Care has been proposed in the House of Representatives by Pete Stark (D- CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D- IL). The new version of the legislation is a modification of an earlier bill proposed by Senator Herb Kohl (D- WI) and Charles Grassley… Continue Reading
Cocaine Kingpin Found In Florida Nursing Home
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesYou never know who may turn up at your local nursing home…unfortunately. 68-year old, David ‘Daddy Dave’ Green was recently discovered as a resident at Florida nursing home. Mr. Green had been on the run for 8years following his escape from an Ohio jail. Mr. Green is not your ordinary nursing home resident, as he… Continue Reading
Government Funding Pulled On Dangerous Nursing Home
Posted in MedicareThe Green Meadows Health Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky has lost its Medicare and Medicaid funding after repeatedly putting their residents at risk for danger and not investigating resident injuries. No specific act of wrong doing is cited in the denial of government funding. Rather, the nursing home has received numerous type ‘A’ citations. Type… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Inspectors To Seek New Jobs Following Discovery Of Dangerous Living Conditions
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesCincinnati City Council members are requesting that the city get out of the nursing home inspection business following the discovery of ‘crack house’ conditions at Westside Health Center and Terrace Assisted Living Facility. The council members suggest the investigatory responsibilities be turned over to the Ohio Department of Public Health to improve the quality of… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Rapist In Custody
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse40-year-old, Roberto Cruz Recendes, was extradited to the United States and placed under arrest for the 2002 beating and rape of a 94-year-old woman in a Palo Alto assisted living center, according to Palo Alto Police. The arrest stems from a May 10, 2002 incident at an assisted living facility. Police responded after a… Continue Reading
Solution To Sex Offender Problem- Separate Them
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseRecent congressional testimony has highlighted the presence of sex offenders and other violent offenders amongst the general nursing home population. The American Health Care Association asked Congress to help improve the tracking of sex offenders and develop a definition of “sex offender” in an effort to improve residents’ safety. Oklahoma State Representative Kris Steele, who… Continue Reading