Feb 11, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
The federal government is now using a new alert system to warn people about nursing homes with histories of past abuse and neglect.
Author: Nathan Morabito
Published: 7:33 PM EST February 11, 2020
Updated: 7:33 PM EST February 11, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has flagged more than 50 nursing homes in the Carolinas, including several in the Charlotte-area, in recent months for past abuse and neglect. The allegations range from sexual abuse to a maggot infestation inside a resident’s wound, according to federal inspection records.
From now on, when you use the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ online Nursing Home Compare tool, you’ll find a new icon next to nursing homes with a history of abuse or neglect. The warning, a red circle with a hand inside, is part of an effort by the federal government to better alert the public before a loved one is placed in a nursing home.
Jan 24, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes, Uncategorized
“As a society, I think we have an obligation to protect our elders and our young people who can’t protect themselves,” Jacksonville attorney Fred Abbott said.
Author: First Coast News Staff
Published: 5:23 PM EST January 24, 2020
Updated: 6:33 PM EST January 24, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The On Your Side team spoke with a Jacksonville attorney specializing in malpractice Friday, to find out what you need to know to spot neglect in a nursing home setting.
First Coast News first brought you the story of Frank Wright, 86, and the allegations his daughter Vivian Wright included in a notice of intent to sue Heartland of Orange Park.
Jan 13, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
By Liz Owens |
Posted: Mon 5:10 PM, Jan 13, 2020 |
Updated: Mon 7:45 PM, Jan 13, 2020
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020
News 12 at 6 O’Clock/NBC at 7
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) – Reports of nursing home staff slapping patients, calling them names, and leaving them in their own filth all day.
More often than not, the reports made to law enforcement are taken only for the record. Patients are left relying on the facility itself to report claims of abuse and neglect to state and federal agencies.
We compared police reports at one local nursing home with federal reports over the same 12-month period. What we uncovered is reports going to law enforcement are often for information only.
Jan 7, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect
JONES COUNTY, Ga. — Two nursing assistants at a Jones County nursing home who were arrested for abusing the elderly are set to begin trial this week.
Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday at the Jones County Superior Court for Vonshell Napier and Beverly Burney Jackson.
According to the Jones County Sheriff’s Office, Napier was charged with two counts of causing physical pain to an elder person and two more counts of mental abuse to an elder person and Jackson was charged with one count of causing physical pain to an elder person.
Jan 6, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect
Gaston County DA won’t press charges against abusers
By Nick Ochsner | January 6, 2020 at 11:28 AM CST – Updated January 6 at 6:32 PM
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) – Late this past summer, Renee Herwin had suspicions about the care her 86-year-old mother, Skip MacNally, was getting at the Peak Resources nursing home in Cherryville, N.C. So, she decided to install a hidden camera to find out.
Herwin bought a picture frame with a tiny camera hidden at the bottom. She put it on a counter top in her mom’s room. She had disturbing video of staff at the nursing home abusing her mother almost immediately.
“I put the camera in on August 28. On August 29 I had a video of abuse,” she said. She had a second video within 24 hours of installing the camera.
Dec 31, 2019 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect
By Artie Ojeda • Published December 31, 2019 • Updated at 6:10 am on January 2, 2020
A $50 million lawsuit has been filed against a Hillcrest nursing facility after an 88-year-old resident said she was sexually assaulted in the fall of 2019.
At around 3 a.m. on Oct. 27, Lusean Arline allegedly entered the facility owned by Balboa Healthcare, Inc. unobserved and assaulted a woman on the second floor, according to the victim’s attorney. Arline, 48, was a recently released parolee at the time.
A preliminary hearing was held on Dec. 16, 2019, where “Louise,” the roommate of the victim, told the court she saw a man in their room and then lay naked on top of the victim.
