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Medicare Star Rating System for Nursing Homes Fails Patients
Medicare Star Rating System Not An Accurate Measurement of Nursing Home Quality The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has offered a Medicare star rating system, in the style of hotel...
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Nursing Home Charged with Elder Abuse and Medicare Fraud
Elder Abuse and Medicare Fraud Charges for California Nursing Home Federal officials have filed an official complaint against the owners and operators of a California nursing home chain for elder abuse...
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Alabama Woman Charged with Nursing Home Abuse
Former Caregiver Charged with Nursing Home Abuse for “Slapping Around” Patient A former caregiver at a Hoover, Alabama nursing home has been charged with nursing home abuse for “slapping around” a...
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Financial Elder Abuse Fastest Growing Crime in America
Financial Elder Abuse Fastest Growing Crime As Elderly Population Grows A new study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows that financial elder abuse is the fastest growing crime in the...
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Family Files Elder Abuse Lawsuit Against Caregiving Agency
Elder Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Caregiving Agency The family of a 99-year-old man in Staten Island, NY has filed an elder abuse lawsuit against the caregiving agency and three home health aides whose...
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Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Turns to Bankruptcy Trial
Family Members Seeking Justice in Nursing Home Abuse Case Face Shell Companies and Fraud, Now Turn to Bankruptcy Trial The family of a Florida woman who died in 2003 has spent over 10 years trying to...
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Do Cameras in Nursing Homes Prevent Nursing Home Abuse?
Illinois Debates Nursing Home Prevention Versus Privacy Concerns with Cameras in Nursing Homes Lawmakers in Illinois are currently debating the benefits and detriments of placing cameras in nursing...
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Nursing Homes Negligent Installing Sprinkler Systems
Fires at Nursing Homes Reveal Negligence with Building Safety, No Sprinkler Systems Nursing homes have faced heavy criticism in recent years because employees can abuse or neglect residents at these...
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Nursing Home Chain Settles with Feds Over Elder Abuse Charges
Fraud and Elder Abuse Charges Settled Between Nursing Home Chain and Federal Government A nursing home chain that faced numerous federal charges for fraudulent billing, and elder abuse charges has...
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Financial Elder Abuse Scam Lands SC Man in Jail
SC Resident Guilty of Financial Elder Abuse Scam on California Man A resident of South Carolina pleaded guilty in September to charges of financial elder abuse in California after he created a fake...
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Woman Faces Felony Financial Elder Abuse Charges for Embezzlement
Woman Embezzled $460,000 from Nursing Home Residents, Faces Felony Financial Elder Abuse Charges A Michigan woman has been charged with felony financial elder abuse after investigators discovered that...
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Financial Elder Abuse Increases During Medicare Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment Period Can Lead to Financial Elder Abuse The Medicare Open Enrollment periods lasts from October 15th to December 7th, and AARP reports that numerous Medicare scams,...
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Two Employees Charged with Severe Nursing Home Abuse
Two Florida Nursing Home Employees Charged with Battery and Severe Nursing Home Abuse Two nursing assistants at a Winter Haven skilled nursing facility in Florida were charged with battery after a...
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1 in 5 Long-Term Residents Face Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing Home Abuse a Problem for 1 in 5 Long-Term Residents, Study Shows Families struggle to find the best option for elderly loved ones. While many attempt to remain at home, with spouses gone or...
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Nursing Home Abuse Among Residents Could Relate to Bullying Behavior
Patterns of Bullying Behavior Among Residents Could Lead to Nursing Home Abuse A recent study on nursing home abuse found that 1 in 5 residents of a nursing home, long-term care facility, or skilled...
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Extendicare Settles Nursing Home Negligence and Fraud Claims
Extendicare Nursing Home Chain Pays $38 Million to Settle Nursing Home Negligence and Fraud Claims One of the United States’s largest nursing home chains, Extendicare, has agreed to resolve federal...
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Texas Facilities with History of Nursing Home Abuse to Lose Licenses
Texas Senator Moves to Shut Down Facilities with History of Nursing Home Abuse A Texas state senator is pushing his fellow lawmakers to crack down on nursing home abuse and the skilled nursing...
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Nursing Home Bill of Rights Important as Silver Tsunami Approaches
As Silver Tsunami Approaches, Understanding Nursing Home Residents’ Rights is Important Specific areas of the United States are seen as ideal retirement destinations, including South Carolina. As the...
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Overuse of Antipsychotics is Nursing Home Abuse
Several Nursing Homes Practice “Chemical Restraint,” Which Could Be Overuse of Antipsychotics, A Form of Nursing Home Abuse Although federal law prohibits “chemical restraint” – using medications to...
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Nursing Home Abuse Charges Filed Against Former Caregiver
Former Caregiver Faces Nursing Home Abuse Charges for Harm Caused to 96-Year-Old Patient A Florence, Alabama skilled nursing facility employee has been indicted for nursing home abuse committed against...
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