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Resident Dies from Choking on Carrot, Home Fined $2,500

Two Connecticut nursing homes have been fined in connection with separate incidents hinting at negligence, a report by CTnow.com says. We want to warn...

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Former Nursing Home Aide Charged with Elderly Sexual Assault

Less than two weeks ago, former nursing home aide Sara Comtois, 23, was arrested and charged with two counts of gross sexual assault of...

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88-Year-Old Man Dies after Ivy Manor Cited for Letting Him Leave without Supervision

An 88-year-old man died Sunday night after walking out of a community-based assisted living facility. Jackson police are investigating the incident, which happened at...

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Video Evidence of Nursing Home Abuse Prompts Kansas Representative to Act

Last year, shocking footage of a registered nurse abusing an elderly patient emerged from a news station in Kansas. Now, state legislators are pushing...

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Nurse Charged with Punching 93-Year-Old Patient in the Face

The former employee of a Tuscaloosa, Ala. nursing home has been charged with punching a 93-year-old patient in the face in October 2014. Sadly,...

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Judge Maggio Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribe in Nursing Home Lawsuit

Former Circuit Judge Mike Maggio pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe in exchange for reducing a verdict against a nursing home found liable for...

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Amid Sex Abuse Allegations, Nurse Continues to Find Work in D.C., Maryland

Jared Kline, 37, was employed as a contract nurse at George Washington University Hospital in May 2013, when he was accused of fondling a...

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Checking Up on Loved Ones in Nursing Homes over the Holidays

Maintaining a close relationship with a loved one who resides in a nursing home can be trying at times. Whether it is physical distance...

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Steps in a Nursing Home Abuse Case

At Pitman, Kalkhoff, Sicula & Dentice, we work hard to keep our clients informed of the processes we go through to fight for their...

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SEC Charges Former CEO and CFO of a Wisconsin Assisted Living Facility With Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Dec. 3 that it filed fraud charges against two former executives of a Wisconsin assisted...

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Families of Nursing Home Abuse Victims Ask, Are Fines Enough?

After a beloved Michigan nursing home resident was killed while being transported to a doctors appointment by a caretaker in 2011, many are still...

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Nursing Homes Grossly Over-Report Staffing Levels, Investigation Finds

An alarming report issued by the Center for Public Integrity has revealed that approximately 80% of all skilled nursing facilities are inflating registered nurses...

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Some WI Nursing Homes Rack Up Federal Violations

WAOW Newsline 9 is reporting that seven homes were officially designated as offering substandard quality of care in 2012. Three homes were given that...

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Facility Cited in Death of Alzheimer’s Patient

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has cited Four Winds Lodge for failure to check on a 93-year-old resident who died of hypothermia last...

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$1.5 million Verdict in Germantown Group Home Death

The following is an article written by Lee Berquist and appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on January 8, 2012. Jurors in Washington County awarded...

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