Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Officials Find "Total Collapse" of Care at Local Assisted Living Facility

  Sandy Grinnell | November 17, 2009 5:21 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  According to the Orlando Sentinel, after seven complaints, officials from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration inspected an Emeritus Properties' assisted living facility called...

• Gov. Crist Calls for Investigation into Caregiver Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | October 21, 2009 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Kudos to the Sun Sentinel for bringing inadequate employment screening for daycare and senior care workers to light. Their in depth article has apparently caught the attention of Govenor Crist who...

• Florida Has Weak Protection Laws for Our Seniors

  Sandy Grinnell | September 28, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orlando Sentinel has an excellent article today on the pitfalls of the state of Florida's control over who is taking care of the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult...

• Alleged Abuse at Pathways to Care in Casselberry

  Mike Damaso | February 29, 2008 5:19 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Channel 9 Eyewitness News website is reporting allegations that an employee of Pathways to Care in Casselberry has been using illegal drugs and abusing patients. The assisted living facility worker is being accused of smoking crack cocaine on the property, stealing prescription medications, and verbally abusing residents.Channel 9 attempted to get a statement from the head nurse at the...

• Nursing Home Patient Had Maggots In His Eyes

  Diego Madrigal | January 23, 2008 6:19 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A nursing home patient who was brought to the hospital with maggots in his eyes and an infected breathing tube died. The Attorney General's office is investigating possible neglect or abuse directed at the man. The man was a resident at University Center West in Deland when he was taken to the hospital with these horrible conditions. He was later moved to a hospital in Jacksonville where he...

• Shocking Nursing Home Abuse

  Ed Normand | September 01, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Right here in Central Florida we have another example of inhumane treatment at a nursing home. The list of alleged abuses is sickening:One resident suffered with an untreated impacted bowel for three weeks until her death.A resident with Alzheimer's fell out of bed. She called for help for an hour until she crawled to a phone and called 911. Firefighters rescued her and found the 3 nursing home...

• Nursing Homes May Be Reimbursed for Employee Screening

  Sandy Grinnell | August 04, 2007 10:51 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A bill submitted by U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) will allow Medicare and Medicaid to pay long term care facilities for the background check of applicants for hire. It also provides for a centralized database from all states from which the background checks can be made. The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007, which is supported by the American Health Care Association, would allow...

• Avoid Muscle Weakness Ailment That Often Leads to Nursing Home Care

  Patricia Doherty | July 12, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The most common reasons senior citizens require nursing home care are muscle weakness, known as sarcopenia, osteoporosis and dementia, like Alzheimer's disease. While there has been publicity on osteoporosis and dementia, Americans know very little about Sarcopenia - age related loss of muscle mass. To minimize muscle loss as you age participate in strength training, eat a healthy diet, low...

• Nursing Home Faces Manslaughter Charges

  Chrissie Cole | June 25, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  If Julia McCauley,74, had been wearing the monitoring bracelet prescribed by her doctor, authorities believe the elderly resident of Life Care Center would not have plummeted to her death down a stairwell on April 17, 2004.Life Care Centers of America was indited with criminal manslaughter charges due to the workers at the Acton Life Care Center acting recklessly by not making sure the woman...