Category : Nursing Home Abuse

Do Nonprofit Nursing Homes Deliver Better Patient Care?

January 10th, 2012
nonprofit nursing homes

A new study finds that nurses at nonprofit nursing homes tend to be happier and more satisfied with their jobs.

A new study finds that nurses at nonprofit nursing homes tend to be happier and more satisfied with their jobs, and therefore are capable of delivering higher-quality care to residents than nurses at nursing homes run for profit.

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Learn to Look for Signs of Elder Abuse This Week

June 27th, 2011
Signs of Elder Abuse

There are many signs of potential elder abuse.

Last Wednesday, was marked as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day across the country.  This week, Los Angeles nursing home abuse lawyers would encourage Californians to become aware about the signs of Elder abuse.

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Bullying in Nursing Homes Could be an Indicator of Elder Abuse

June 8th, 2011
Bullying in Nursing Homes

Children are not the only vicitims of bullying…

Bullying, it appears, exists not just in California schools but also in its nursing homes.  The New York Times is shedding light on a phenomenon that is increasingly being seen in nursing care facilities, where some elderly residents bully others.

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California Nursing Home Patients at Risk of Over Medication

May 27th, 2011
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Are nursing homes over medicating patients?

An overwhelming majority of nursing home residents may have been administered anti-psychotic medications.  This is in spite of the fact that the nursing home industry and pharmaceutical companies have known for long that the use of antipsychotic medications in patients with dementia can possibly be lethal.  That information comes from a new report by the US Health and Human Services Inspector General’s Office.

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San Francisco Nursing Home Fined in Resident’s Death

May 20th, 2011
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Had a resident there been suffocated with a pillow by the staff?

A San Francisco nursing home has been handed a stiff penalty of $100,000 in connection with the death of a patient.  The nursing home, Convalescent Center Mission Street, which has since changed its name to San Francisco Nursing Center, has been handed down the stiffest penalties that the state regulatory agencies can hand down.  The nursing home has also been given the agency’s most senior AAA citation.

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Elderly in California at Risk of Abuse from In-Home Caregivers

May 3rd, 2011
In-House Elder Abuse

It can happen anywhere, not just in nursing homes.

More and more members of California’s senior population are choosing in-home care instead of admission into a residential facility.  Caregivers can help elderly citizens with routine activities, including bathing and dressing themselves.  However, many of these people may be at risk of abuse from in-home caregivers because the state does not regulate them.

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California Nursing Home Beating

October 19th, 2010

California Nursing Home BeatingCalifornia investigators are looking in to the death of a Laguna Hills nursing home resident.  The 94-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his 81-year-old roommate.

According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect William McDougall allegedly used a bar that was used to hang clothes from a closet, and beat his roommate to death.  The victim was found with severe head injuries, and was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead.  The incident occurred at the Palm Terrace Healthcare Center, a 99-bed nursing home facility in Laguna Hills.  Investigators are still trying to find a motive for the California nursing home beating.

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Will Nursing Home Lawsuits Improve Safety?

September 14th, 2010

Nursing Home Lawsuits To Reduce Nursing Home Deaths and Increase Awareness
Will nursing home lawsuits be the key to safe nursing homes? Last month, a jury in Humboldt County California shocked the nursing home industry nationwide by handing over a verdict of $677 million against a nursing home charged in the death of a patient.  As expected, the verdict has galvanized the tort reform lobby into stoking fears about the death of the nursing home industry from such large verdicts.  However, California nursing home abuse lawyers welcome the verdict, and believe that it sends out the right warning to these facilities.

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Number of Elder Abuse Lawsuits Drops Under Current California AG

August 24th, 2010

Elder Abuse Lawsuits Declining with new Attorney General
Under the current Attorney General of California, there have been more dismissals of elder abuse lawsuits and a rollback of surprise inspections of elder care facilities.  It is a situation that should cause California elder abuse lawyers great concern because it directly impacts the safety of thousands of elderly residents in the nursing homes.

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Sacramento Jury Hits Nursing Home with $28 Million Punitive Damages Verdict

May 17th, 2010

A nursing home in Rocklin got an unexpected verdict this week. The nursing home has been slapped with a $20 million verdict for punitive damages in the death of a resident. The nursing home Colonial Healthcare of Auburn as well as its parent company, Horizon West of Rocklin, were both found guilty of elder abuse.

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