In two separate incidences, The California Department of public Health has fined a nursing home a total of $120,000, the maximum allowable amount, for deficient patient care. In one of the cases, the inadequacies in patient care were a “direct…

Jurors returned a guilty verdict Thursday in the trial of a former nurse assistant at a nursing home who was accused of striking a disabled resident in the groin and forcing water down his nose into his lungs through his…

A state has fined a hospital after state health investigators confirmed that substandard postsurgical care resulted in a patient developing a bed sore (pressure sore, pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer). The investigation by the state Bureau of Health Care Quality and…

A nursing home has been sued after the death of one of its residents who suffered multiple falls while at the facility. During December 2004 until July 2005, the woman fell several times. In the final fall she sustained fractured…

A former licensed practical nurse at a nursing home has admitted she abused two patients, requiring one of the two to be hospitalized. The 46-year-old caregiver pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of felony abuse of a vulnerable adult. She…

Today, June 15, 2009, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  On this day, communities all over the USA and the world will sponsor events to shed light on the growing and tragic issue of elder abuse.  The U.S. Administration on…