Legal Rights Restored for Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
As of November 28, 2016, when an individual or a loved one fills out an application for residency in a nursing home, admission will no longer be contingent on signing away one’s legal rights. With a significant new ruling on Wednesday, September 28, regulators for Medicare and Medicaid have barred nursing homes that receive federal … [Read more...] about Legal Rights Restored for Nursing Home Residents and Their Families
Federal Nursing Home Rule Change Restores Residents’ Right to Day in Court
In the most significant change to rules governing federal funding of nursing homes in 20 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will help prevent facilities from blocking claims of elder abuse through arbitration clauses. CMS, an agency within Health and Human Services, controls more than $1 trillion in … [Read more...] about Federal Nursing Home Rule Change Restores Residents’ Right to Day in Court
Illinois Nursing Home Employee Charged in Plot to Film Sexual Assaults on Patients
On January 20, 2016, an Illinois nursing home employee pleaded not guilty to six counts of soliciting to commit sexual assault. Investigators say Channing Butler tried to pay other men to have sex with patients in a memory care facility and videotape it, IllinoisHomepage reports. According to the charges read in court, Butler's … [Read more...] about Illinois Nursing Home Employee Charged in Plot to Film Sexual Assaults on Patients
Nursing Home Abuse Bill Sits in Congress, as Elder Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Congress Drags Feet on Nursing Home Abuse Bill. Abuse of the elderly is a significant problem in our country’s nursing homes. A bill addressing these issues sat in Congress for many years. No one opposed the legislation, however there was no urgency to push the bill through Congress. As Congress rested on the issue, the problem of … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Abuse Bill Sits in Congress, as Elder Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Nurses Admit Elder Abuse In Nursing Home Death
Two Former Nurses Admit Elder Abuse. Two former nurses at a Susanville nursing facility entered guilty pleas last week to charges of elder abuse in the death of Alfred Eilts, 87. On Tuesday, June 22 in Lassen County Superior Court, Former SunBridge Nursing Director Angela Tinsley, of Susanville, pled guilty to felony … [Read more...] about Nurses Admit Elder Abuse In Nursing Home Death
