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Friday, September 09, 2011

Nevada closes Las Vegas nursing home after reports of abuse, theft

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The state has closed a Las Vegas assisted-living center after charges of elder physical abuse and their money stolen from them. Residents...

CNA charged with theft from 99 year old in nursing home

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A CNA was charged with crime after stealing jewelry from two residents at the Ormond Beach nursing home where she worked, police said. Jenn...

Advocate wants emergency action on nursing care homes

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After the death of a personal care home resident who was brain-injured and a state ward, a leading advocate is calling on Gov. Steve Beshear...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Malpractice awards upheld in NY Stillbirth Malpractice

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In the Bronx, a mother delivered a stillborn child at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center; the staff had overlooked “the ominous patter...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Malpractice Insurance Suits Rampant But Few Plaintiffs Get Pay Outs

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According to this study, only 1.6% of Doctors who had a claim that resulted in an lawsuit payment.This fact and the fact that only 1% of all...

Hospital Errors Affect About 1 In Every 3 Patients In The USA

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Hospital Errors Affect About 1 In Every 3 Patients In The USA
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Jurors deliberated nursing home case

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Jurors heard recent closing arguments in Polk County Georgia for both sides of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Rockmart nursing ho...

Nursing Home Neglect alleged in Investigation - Denver Colorado

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Commerce City, Colo. -- Following a series of CALL7 Investigative reports, the state health department has fined a troubled nursing home in ...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Care home's neglect was fatal, lawyers argue 

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Workers in an understaffed Charleston nursing home failed to properly care for an 87-year-old woman who had stayed ther...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Massachusetts Guide to Stopping Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Available

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Hamill Law Office of Quincy, MA. announces that they have produced a Free Advocacy Guide for Massachusetts victims of Nursing Home abuse ...

Care home providers at the centre of abuse scandal close a second property

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A second care home owned by the company at the centre of allegations of abuse of vulnerable patients is to close, it was announced on Wednes...

Carlyle Nursing Unit to Appeal $91.5 Million Medical Negligence Verdict

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"The Carlyle Group nursing home subsidiary, HCR ManorCare Inc., will appeal a $91.5 million verdict awarded to a man whose mother spent...
Monday, August 08, 2011

Heartland must pay $91.5M in fatal neglect case - West Virginia

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"A Kanawha County jury on Friday awarded an elderly woman's family $91.5 million in damages from a Charleston nursing home , after ...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements - Use a Power of Attorney to defeat?

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Nursing Homes are routinely denying wrongfully injured consumers access to the Courts by inserting mandatory arbitration agreements into the...

Massachusetts Nursing home residents risk losing bed with Medicaid cut

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Massachusetts nursing home residents who are briefly hospitalized or leave to visit their family risk losing their bed under a state fundin...