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Colorado
| May 18 2003 |
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Rating America's nursing homes; state high in violations; facilities doubt data |
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Local follow up article to Gannett News Service study. |
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Coloradoan
www.coloradoan.com
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| Author: |
Michael de Yoanna
MichaeldeYoanna@coloradoan.com |
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| March 18 2004 |
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Caretaker charged in rape of developmentally disabled woman |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Prosecution
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A 58-year-old suspect, a former employee at the residential facility where the woman lived, has been charged with raping and impregnating a woman with profound mental retardation. The suspect received a year of supervised probation after assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1992. |
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KOAA
http://www.koaa.com/news/view.asp?ID=2011
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| July 30 2004 |
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State investigating new EMT complaints |
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"Responding to complaints of patient abuse, state health authorities said they are investigating 12 new cases against emergency medical technicians working throughout Colorado." |
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2303451,00.html
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| September 07 2004 |
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Caregivers' backgrounds unchecked |
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There are about 150 Colorado agencies offering personal care and homemaker services, and none is required to check the criminal backgrounds of employees. "State records [also] show that two-thirds of the complaints against personal-care providers were dismissed in the past three years, and no agencies lost their certification." |
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2384472,00.html
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David Olinger
dolinger@denverpost.com |
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| September 24 2004 |
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Editorial: State should act now on benefits glitches |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Services
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Adult protective services is one of many state programs that has been incorporated into a controversial, buggy new consolidated computer system. This editorial calls for quick action so that benefits can be provided to some 500,000 people. |
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~2422441,00.html
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| October 07 2004 |
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Putting price tag on life? Lawyers: State places severely disabled in jeopardy to save cash |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Prosecution
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Lawyers for "medically complex and critically ill tracheostomy patients" that were moved by the State from a rehabilitation hospital to a nursing home are filing suit. "Within months…all three were dead or dying of respiratory problems." "This egregious conduct [transferring some patients to nursing homes] is part of a pattern and practice of placing severely disabled Medicaid recipients at life-threatening jeopardy to save money." |
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Rocky Mountain News
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3236105,00.html
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Ann Imse
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| November 01 2004 |
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Our elders' keepers; Knowing when they need care and what kind to offer |
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Article hooked on November as National Caregivers Month notes that a recent Harris study found "75% of seniors polled didn't want to ask for help from family members." One expert "says there are many telltale signs that an older relative might need help: an unkempt house, a pile of unpaid bills, deterioration in conversational skills, reluctance to leave the house, lack of interest in preparing and eating meals, decline in personal hygiene, dents or scratches on the car, scorched pots and pans, lack of interest in activities, sleeping a lot, evidence of missed doctors' appointments and social engagements, and disorganized pill bottles or other evidence of losing track of medications." |
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Rocky Mountain News
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/family/article/0,1299,DRMN_107_3295059,00.html
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Janet Simons
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| November 10 2004 |
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Patient stays in rehab hospital, judge orders |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Prosecution
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A severely disabled woman whose tracheostomy tube must be checked every 1/2 hour has won a lawsuit barring the state from transferring her to a nursing home from her rehabilitation hospital. Three other similarly-disabled Medicaid patients initially transferred with her died at the nursing home. |
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Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3317326,00.html
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Ann Imse
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| November 11 2004 |
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Ex-operators of care center named in suit; Officials at O'Hara accused of Medicare and Medicaid fraud |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
- Prosecution
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Owners of an O'Hara rehabilitation center that "went out of business in December 2000 under the weight of lawsuits filed after a series of allegations that substandard treatment led to the deaths of six patients and injuries to 17 others" have now been sued for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Authorities are seeking $5 million paid to the owners over a 2-1/2-year time span. |
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Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3320963,00.html
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Kevin Vaughan
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