Mar 3, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
As many as 5 million elders are abused each year.
Author: Kylie Ambu
Published: 7:28 PM EST March 3, 2020
Updated: 7:28 PM EST March 3, 2020
MICHIGAN, USA — Michigan lawmakers proposed a new bill that would allow cameras to be installed inside nursing home rooms. The action is an effort to combat elder abuse.
The bill, which was proposed by Republican Michigan Sen. Jim Runestad, would allow a resident’s loved ones to oversee their treatment. Patients would have to give their consent for the cameras to be placed. If the patient is in a shared living space, all roommates would also have to give their consent before a camera is permitted. If a patient was not coherent to make the decision, the resident’s power of attorney could authorize camera use.
Mar 2, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
Published March 2, 2020 By Devon Marshall Health inspectors are being sent by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to nursing homes as well as hospitals to check on the practices in place for infection control. The main attention is going to areas where...
Feb 26, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
FEB 26, 2020 CLARK KAUFFMAN IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH A Dallas County nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring an unlicensed caregiver, failing...
Feb 26, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
FEB 26, 2020
CLARK KAUFFMAN – IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
A Dallas County nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring an unlicensed caregiver, failing to protect residents from sexual abuse and allowing a kitchen worker to supervise its dementia ward.
Financial troubles at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry have been so severe in recent years the home was unable to buy bottled oxygen for the elderly residents who needed it simply to breathe, according to state records.
The home is now on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Special Focus Facilities list. The national list was created to identify those homes that have an established pattern of numerous, serious violations related to resident care. The home is currently operating on a conditional license from the state.
Feb 20, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
News 12 at 6 O’Clock/NBC at 7
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) — Nursing home staff are legally responsible for investigating claims of abuse and neglect.
However, they’re not trained law enforcement officers and the federal government found nationwide many abuse and neglect claims are not investigated inside nursing homes.
Sixty local nursing home employees so far want help to learn how to spot and investigate neglect in their facility.
The I-Team has spent the last 10 months exposing allegations of neglect and abuse inside area nursing homes and a system which allows it to go unnoticed.
Feb 14, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
Ronald Fletcher taken into custody
Priya Mann, Reporter
Derick Hutchinson, Senior Web Producer
WARREN, Mich. – A Warren nursing home worker has been charged with abusing a 91-year-old woman.
Security cameras were rolling at the Advantage Living Center on 12 Mile Road near Hoover Road as the worker manhandled the 91-year-old resident, according to authorities.
“She’s being muscled, pushed around in her wheelchair,” Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said. “She tries to move, but can’t move.”
The abuse didn’t stop there, police said. Ronald Fletcher, 64, was also recorded holding the 91-year-old victim by the back of her neck, forcing her face down repeatedly, officials said.
