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Nursing Home Sexual Abuse
Housing Mentally Ill in Nursing Homes Sometimes Leads to Violence
Mar 24, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Sadly, it seems that nursing homes are increasingly housing the elderly alongside patients with mental illness. The problem is that, in some...
Study: Standards Needed for Nursing Home Social Workers
Jan 8, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Low federal standards and inconsistent state laws have caused lapses in nursing home social workers’ qualifications. Although social...
Nursing Homes Rated on New Government Website
Dec 22, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a Website ranking nearly 16,000 nursing homes. Reuters Health reports that...
Nursing Home Workers Charged by Attorney General
Oct 8, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Four nursing home workers caught on tape mistreating a patient were charged yesterday with falsifying records and endangering a resident at a...
Majority of Nursing Homes Cited For Safety and Health Violations
Sep 30, 2008
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Nursing home abuse and neglect continues to be a serious problem in the U.S. According to a new report conducted by the inspector general of...
Study: Over 10 Percent Of Older Americans Suffer Abuse
Aug 20, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A new University of Chicago study—the first such comprehensive review of elder mistreatment in the United States—has found that...
Shameful Conditions Continue in Adult Homes
Aug 19, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
We have long been reporting on the horrendous conditions in some of this country’s nursing homes as well as some of the abuses suffered by...
Laws Still Not in Place to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Sexual Assaults
Jul 23, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
A 58-time sexual offender was placed in a Florida nursing home in 2002 at the order of a district court judge. Ivy Edwards, 83, sexually...
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Approved
Jul 17, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law just approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, moving...
Elder Abuse by In-Home Aids a Growing Problem
Jul 16, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Elderly people who want to avoid nursing homes often employ in-home aids to help meet their day-to-day needs. However, in many cases, the...
