Category : Nursing Home Abuse
California Department of Public Health Fails to Prevent Nursing Home Abuse
A report in the Contra Costa Times says the California Department of Public Health fails to oversee nursing homes and prevent abuse in these facilities.
Case in point: Diana Harden and her daughter. Last month, Diana Harden went on a shooting spree in a nursing home in Oakland. She shot and killed her disabled daughter who was living at the Oakland Springs Health Care Center and then shot herself. In the letter that Harden wrote to a TV station just before the tragic murder-suicide, she claimed that her daughter, who had brain damage, was being ill-treated at the facility. Harden suffered from health concerns, and worried for the safety of her daughter after her passing.
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California Nursing Home Fined $100,000 for Elder Abuse
A nursing home in Placerville in El Dorado County has been issued a fine of $100,000 for its role in the death of an elderly resident.
Placerville Pines Care Center also received an AA citation from the state, which is the most severe penalty under California law. According to KCRA.com, the fines and citations were announced by the director of the California Department of Public Health. The Department said in a news release that the Placerville Pine Care Center failed to adequately assess the patient’s health, and notify the doctor when there was a change in the patient’s condition. The Department found that the center’s failure to notify the doctor about the patient’s condition, contributed to the patient’s death.
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Nursing Home Abuse Suspect to Testify Against Two Co-Accused
One of three suspects in a shocking nursing home abuse scandal in Kern County has accepted a plea bargain, and will testify against the other two accused. Debbie Gayle Hayes, who is a former pharmacist, has accepted the plea bargain to testify against the two other staff members at the facility where the abuse occurred.
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Nursing Home Residents at Risk for Abuse from Mentally Ill Patients
Across the country, a majority of states including California are seeing an increase in the number of mentally ill patients who are being dumped into nursing homes meant for the elderly. This is placing thousands of elderly residents in these facilities at risk of being abused or attacked by these patients.
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Lemon Grove Nursing Home Cited for Woman’s Death
A Lemon Grove nursing home has been cited for its failure to prevent the death of a 74-year-old woman who suffered burn injuries while smoking at the facility, and later died. The Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation Center received an AA citation which is the most severe that can be given under California law. The facility has also been fined $80,000.
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California Nursing Home Appeals Fine for Resident's Death
This is a classic example of the kind of nursing home abuse that passes for care at some of California’s assisted living facilities. A nursing home in Bakersfield, California that had been fined $100,000 in July for the death of one of its residents from choking on a ketchup packet, has announced its decision to appeal the fine.
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Possibility of Social Security Exploitation Increases Chances of Nursing Home Abuse
A Social Security “representative payee” program that allows a third party to handle and cash checks on behalf of those elderly people who aren’t able to do it themselves, continues to have the potential to result in unchecked nursing home abuse in California, a report in CentreDaily.com says.
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California Cuts Funds That Could Prevent Nursing Home Abuse
As California grapples with a fiscal crisis that has caused the government to cut back on state-funded programs, one of the essential programs that have been axed is an essential one that helps prevent nursing home abuse in facilities across the country.
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Escondido Nursing Home Abuse Case
When 94-year-old Maria Cobian left the Palomar Heights Care Center in Escondido, she was wearing an ankle bracelet that was supposed to alert staff at the facility that she was leaving the premises. With the kind of negligence that was prevalent at the facility, it’s no surprise to anyone that the bracelet either didn’t function, or there was no diligent staff around to hear the alarm, even if it did go off. The result was that the woman, who has been described by her family as “sometimes” not being aware of her surroundings, walked right off the property and onto the road. She was hit by a car, and died instantly. The crash was the first sign that staff at the facility got that one of their own residents was in trouble.
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against DSS for Elder Abuse
When Mary Terry was moved from her home to a Florence hospital, the 62-year-old woman weighed less than 115 pounds, and her body was covered with bedsores. Hospital authorities later estimated she had not been fed in more than 30 days. The house she was living in was covered with human and rat feces, and reeked of urine and filth. Mary didn’t live long after being removed from her horrendous living conditions. She died in the hospital. At the time of her removal from her home, her son, Timothy Sims, and a nephew were caring for her. Both of them have been charged with elder abuse.
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