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Ohio Nursing Home Has 4 Times as Many Health Citations as State Average

Eaglewood Care Center, a nursing home in Springfield, Ohio, has been cited 31 times for health violations, which is four times the state average...

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Police Arrest Four Nursing Home Employees in Georgia and Wisconsin

Last week, three nursing home staff members in Georgia and one in Wisconsin were arrested and charged with a variety of crimes, including murder...

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Man Killed After Wandering from an Assisted Living Group Home

A 65-year-old man was fatally struck by a motor vehicle after wandering from a Milwaukee assisted living group home. The victim was struck outside...

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Employee Discusses Poor Care at Shutdown Nursing Homes

In a recent local news interview, an anonymous employee discussed the conditions at two assisted living facilities that were shut down by the Colorado...

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Senior Care Worker to Serve Three to Six Months in Jail for Elder Neglect

A senior care home operator at a facility in Rohnert Park, California, will serve a three to six-month jail sentence and be put on...

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Illinois Department of Public Health Cites Seven Nursing Homes for Violations

Earlier this month, the Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) annual report revealed numerous violations at seven Quad-Cities-area nursing homes. The violations involved abuse...

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What You Should Know About Home Health Care Abuse

As the population ages, more people are turning to home health care as a way to maintain some level of independence. Patients receive care...

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Analysis Shows Outsourcing Nursing Home Services Causes Poor Care

An analysis by Kaiser Health News (KHN) reveals that more than 11,000 nursing homes from across the nation are outsourcing a variety of goods...

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Five Charged with Homicide Over Two Deaths at Colorado Long-Term Care Facilities

The Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office charged five people with homicide over two deaths in 2014 and 2016 at two long-term care facilities, the...

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94-Year-Old Resident’s Face Covered in Bruises After Fall at Oklahoma Nursing Home

A 94-year-old resident of the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Oklahoma, has a broken hand, purple bruises all over her face and one eye...

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Federal Government Reduces Use of Fines for Nursing Home Violations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is discouraging federal regulators from issuing fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them at...

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Pennsylvania Department of Health Fines Nursing Home Close to $800,000

St. Francis Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare in Darby, Pennsylvania, is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines from the Pennsylvania Department of...

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Police Arrest Retirement Home Staffer for Elderly Neglect After Patient Death

Last Thursday, an administrator from the Good Samaritan Retirement Home in Williston, Florida, was arrested for elderly neglect. The woman is accused of failing...

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What Is a Special Focus Facility?

Nursing home facilities are regularly evaluated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). When facilities perform poorly, they are closely watched by...

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Investigation Reveals Many Calls for Help from In-Home Hospice Care Patients are Mishandled

Reporters from Kaiser Health News recently conducted an investigation of in-home hospice care and discovered more than 700 complaints about the way hospice agencies...