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Nursing Homes and Elder Rights

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Caregiverlist Announces May 2015 Annual Cost of Care Index

Wisconsin seniors needing long-term care in a nursing home should expect to pay approximately $76,301.43 per year for care. The most recent average cost...

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Maggio, Judge in Nursing Home Bribery Case, Steps Down

Former Arkansas judge Michael Maggio pleaded guilty to bribery allegations and has now voluntarily surrendered his license in order to avoid a disciplinary hearing....

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State Finds Neglect led to Nursing Home Residents Wandering

An investigative report conducted by the State of Minnesota found the wandering of a Big Lake nursing home resident last January to have been...

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Nursing Homes and the Risk of Hepatitis A

Nursing home residents are a vulnerable population. In many cases, these are patients who already have compromised immune systems or difficulties with their health....

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Genworth Study Reveals Elder Care Costs Rising

Genworth released its annual Cost of Care Study to continue educating the public on the expenses associated with nursing home and assisted living facilities....

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Guardianship Sought by Nursing Homes Looking to Collect on Debts

A disturbing trend has come to light in the nursing home industry, and that is facilities seeking guardianship of incapacitated residents in order to...

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Employees at Two Alabama Nursing Homes Charged with Abuse, Theft

Two employees at separate Bessemer, Ala. nursing homes are facing charges for crimes against the elderly residents they were hired to care for: one...

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Survey: Adult Children Spending Retirement Savings on Elderly Parents

A survey conducted by financial services group PNC sheds light on an unsettling trend in eldercare: one-third of Americans who are caregivers for an...

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Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Residents at Watertown Nursing Home

Thomas Spiess, 64, was charged with two counts of fourth degree sexual assault, as well as two counts of intentionally subjecting an individual at risk...

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Iowa Receives “F” in Quality of Care Survey

A recent survey conducted by Families for Better Care, a Florida-based advocacy group, gave the state of Iowa an F grade in a recent...

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Assisted Living Facility Employees Photograph Elderly Residents Naked

Two Brookview Meadows employees are facing criminal charges after taking nude or semi-nude photos of elderly residents and then sharing those photos with others...

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Iowa Nursing Home Administrator Faces Sanctions

Susan Julifs, former administrator at the Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy, Iowa, faces a charge of professional incompetence from the Iowa Board of Nursing...

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Georgia Man Defrauds Medicare & Medicaid of $32 Million

An Atlanta nursing home owner and his wife have been convicted on charges to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs by billing them for...

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Voluntary Nursing Home Improvement Plan Disappoints

CMA Alert Many nursing facilities that are identified by the federal government as among the facilities providing the poorest quality of care to residents...

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Seniors May Get Incorrect Meds From Nursing Homes

HealthDay reported a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggesting that nearly 40 percent of American seniors who receive medical care from...