Sample News Feed
1. CALIFORNIA: "Seniors' dental care discussed;
About three-fourths of those in nursing homes need help,
experts say"
--- The California Task Force on Oral
Health and Aging alleges that an "estimated three-fourths
of older people in California's nursing homes suffer
from painful dental problems that are neglected or ignored
by their caregivers." --
Sacramento Bee
March 19, 2004
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8571105p-9499502c.html 2. FLORIDA: "Judge says man won't stand trial;
Accused found not competent"
--- Two court-appointed doctors have ruled that a 19-year-old
resident of a group home for people with developmental
disabilities is not competent to stand trial in the
death of his 40-year-old roommate from an overdose of
Tylenol. ---
News-Press
March 19, 2004
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040319tylenol_death.html 3. ILLINOIS: "Illinois Nursing Home Fined For Cruel
'Pranks' On Elderly; Investigation Leads To Resignations"
--- A $20,000 fine has been levied against Scott County
Nursing Center for "pranks" employees played
on residents such as barking near a resident who was
afraid of dogs and "frightening another into tears
by convincing her that she was bleeding." ---
NBC 5
March 18, 2004
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2931922/detail.html 4. IOWA: "Care center investigated again"
--- Owners of the Abbey have filed a lawsuit against
Wells Fargo Bank, "charging the company with negligence
and breach of contract for allowing an embezzler [the
former administrator] to set up an unathorized bank
account." The facility, which has had 85 deficiencies
since 1999, is also facing a new investigation into
a death of a resident. ---
Des Moines Register
March 19, 2004
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4780934/23844434.html 5. KANSAS: "Nursing home faces withheld subsidies"
--- Lake View Manor may not be able to get reinstated
to Medicare and Medicaid because the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services has been reluctant to
approve third inspections for troubled homes with uncorrected
deficiencies. ---
Lawrence Journal World
March 17, 2004
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/storypr/164533 6. KENTUCKY: "Kentucky House Approves Greater Controls
on Boarding Houses"
--- House Bill 672 would permit the state to levy fines
of $1,000 to $5,000 against operators of unregistered
boarding homes, jail people that solicit boarders for
unregistered homes, shut down registered homes that
pose health and safety risks to residents, and prohibit
people who have been convicted of abuse from operating
boarding homes. It would also require the state to set
up screening procedures to ensure that residents are
capable of caring for themselves. ---
The Miami Herald
March 18, 2004
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8220497.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp 7. MINNESOTA: "Initiative seeks to stomp out predatory
lending scams"
--- A "coalition of more than 60 organizations have
joined together to create the Don't Borrow Trouble Minnesota
Campaign, a public education initiative aimed at stopping
predatory lending practices." ---
Minnesota Sun
March 18, 2004
http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Shorewood&story=132248 8. NEW HAMPSHIRE: "New charge likely in Gage wife
abuse case"
--- Another charge of attempted murder is likely to
be lodged in the case of a 70-year-old man accused of
abusing his 75-year-old wife for decades. Article also
includes newly-reported details about the alleged abuse.
---
The Union Leader
March 19, 2004
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=34746 9. NEW YORK: "Death ruling riles gran's kin"
--- The family of a 79-year-old woman who died on the
roof of Bishop Charles Waldo MacLean Nursing Home allege
the investigation was "sloppy." Although
the city medical examiner ruled the death accidental,
the family claims the woman was physically unable to
walk up the flight of stairs to get to the roof. ---
New York Daily News
March 19, 2004
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/175126p-152510c.html 10. PENNSYLVANIA: "DA asks state to take case"
--- Criminal cases against two former Penn Lutheran
Village nurses charged in the May 2000 death of an 86-year-old
female resident will have to be "started over" due
to the district attorney stepping aside as prosecutor
due to a perceived conflict of interest. ---
The Daily Item
March 18, 2004
http://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2004/0318/local/stories/05local.htm 11. PENNSYLVANIA: "Complaints not tracked correctly;
South Mountain center audited"
--- A three-year audit of public nursing home South
Mountain Restoration Center has found that more than
700 complaints -- including 15 abuse complaints -- were
not adequately tracked. ---
Public Opinion Online
March 19, 2004
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/news/stories/20040319/localnews/110510.html 12. PENNSYLVANIA: "Woman cared for brother with
basically no supervision"
--- A 36-year-old woman charged with starving her disabled
29-year-old brother to death never filed semi-annual
reports the court demanded when it made her his guardian
in 1996. ---
Tribune-Review
March 19, 2004
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/tribnorth/print_185261.html 13. TEXAS: "Police investigation begins interviewing
assault suspects"
--- The investigation into the alleged sexual assault
of an 86-year-old female resident is proceeding. ---
The Sweetwater Reporter
March 18, 2004
http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/articles/2004/03/18/news/news1.txt 14. TEXAS: "Daughter will appeal jury award for
ant bites"
--- A woman who sued for $2.5 million, alleging her
82-year-old mother's fire ant bites sustained at Gulf
Health Care Center helped lead to her death, plans to
appeal the jury's verdict awarding her $136,000. ---
Houston Chronicle
March 18, 2004
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2454842 15. WISCONSIN: "Nurse who force-fed 79-year-old
patient, who died, gets 13 months"
--- Sharon Dawson,
53, who had pleaded guilty to a felony count of intentional
abuse in the death of a 79-year-old female resident
of Lakewood Health and Rehabilitative Center, was sentenced
to 13 months behind bars and 35 months of probation.
---
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
March 18, 2004
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/mar04/215713.asp
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