A Bill Allowing the Use of Cameras to Detect Nursing Home Abuse Stalls in the Senate On Thursday, March 20th, a bill that would give families the ability to electronically monitor their loved ones to prevent or detect nursing home abuse stalled in the South Carolina senate. The SC Senate’s Medical Affairs Committee was evenly divided on the bill, 7 to 7, preventing its advancement onto the … [Read more...]
Woman Faces Charges After Elderly Patient Found With Bed Sores
March 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Massachusetts Woman Faces Felony Elder Abuse Charges After Patient Suffers Hypothermia, Severe Bed Sores A woman who worked in a Boston-area rehabilitation facility is facing a serious charge of felony elder abuse after one of the patients in her care was found in a tiny basement room, covered in bed sores and nearly frozen. The 75-year-old victim was discovered in an 8-by-10 foot basement room … [Read more...]
Two Teen Employees Charged with Nursing Home Abuse
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Two Teenage Employees Charged with Nursing Home Abuse and Videotaping the Incident On Friday, March 14th, two teenage employees of an Illinois nursing home were charged with nursing home abuse after they physically abusing a resident and videotaped the incident. South Elgin residents Chemyra Barnett, 18, and Jacqueline Santos, 18, were charged with aggravated battery of a person over 60, and … [Read more...]
SC Senior Center Faces Four Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits
March 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Four Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Filed Against Home in Florence, SC The Emeritus facility at Laurel Gardens, a senior care center in Florence, SC, faces four nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuits filed against the center in February 2014. One of the nursing home abuse claims alleges that one of the residents, who had dementia, was "injured as a result of abuse and neglect." A second claim … [Read more...]
LA County Nursing Home Abuse Investigations Rushed
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Los Angeles Accused of Pushing Nursing Home Abuse Investigations Through Without Completion Los Angeles County public health officials have been accused of rushing nursing home abuse complaints through their investigation system due to a complaint backlog. According to internal memos, the push – called the “Complaint Workload Cleanup Project” – has been going on since 2012. Now, both state and … [Read more...]
New Nursing Home Abuse Law in Oklahoma
March 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Oklahoma Law Could Protect Seniors from Nursing Home Abuse A new law that went into effect on Saturday, March 1st, could help prevent nursing home abuse in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Long Term Care Security Act aims to cut down on nursing home abuse, which is rampant in the state, by performing national-level criminal background checks on potential employees, using fingerprints. The nursing … [Read more...]
Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse Bill Stalls
March 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Nursing Home Abuse Prevention Bill Stalls in Committee, Elderly Reps Speak Out A new piece of proposed legislation to prevent nursing home abuse has stalled in committee in Oklahoma due to disagreements about details. "It's a complex bill," State Rep. David Dank said of House Bill 2901. "It deals with several different subjects, and we're going to get it right when we get it … [Read more...]
Nurse at Bronx Home Arrested for Sexual Elder Abuse
February 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Bronx Nurse Arrested on Sexual Elder Abuse Charges A nurse at a nursing home in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City has been arrested on charges of sexual elder abuse after another attending found him raping a resident with dementia. The 64-year-old female resident was unable to speak and suffered advanced dementia, according to reports. The sexual elder abuse took place around 1 AM on … [Read more...]
Fatal Nursing Home Abuse Leads to Two Lawsuits for Facility
February 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New York Facility Faces Criminal and Civil Charges for Felony Nursing Home Abuse Seven workers from a nursing home in Medford, New York were charged on Tuesday, February 11th with felony nursing home abuse and neglect charges related to the death and subsequent cover-up of a patient at the facility. The same day, a civil lawsuit was also filed against the facility. Attorney General Eric T. … [Read more...]
Banks in Maine Help Stop Financial Elder Abuse
February 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
New Program in Maine Will Help Prevent or Stop Financial Elder Abuse On Monday, February 10th, banks and credit unions in the state of Maine announced that they would collaborate to create a program that should help stop or prevent financial elder abuse. Senior$afe is, according to the Maine Council for Elder Abuse Prevention, the first of its kind in the country. The program will train bank … [Read more...]
