Monthly Archives: January 2012
Are Nursing Homes Responsible for Residents’ Weight Loss?
Posted in General on January 30, 2012Unexplained weight loss in nursing home patients can be a very serious problem. Research shows that patients who lose 10% or more of their weight over a period of six months are much more likely to die within a year. One study showed that two-thirds of patients who lost that much weight died within … Read the Rest
Kentucky Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers Call for Independent Inspections of Deficient Nursing Homes
Posted in Featured Articles on January 27, 2012Kentucky lawyer J. Marshall Hughes today cited a new Center for Medicare Advocacy study in calling for independent inspections of deficient nursing homes to replace unreliable self-reporting by the facilities. “The finding that nursing care facilities already under special scrutiny because of … Read the Rest
Nursing Home Update
Posted in General on January 25, 2012The Kentucky Legislative Session is in full swing, and your State Representatives are being placed under a full court press from the National Nursing Home industry! This multi-billion dollar industry is trying to create a bill that will allow Nursing Homes to continue their short staffing, their … Read the Rest
Investment and Reverse Mortgage Scams Can Leave Seniors Bankrupt
Posted in Featured Articles on January 23, 2012Every year, older Americans, including residents of nursing homes and elder care facilities, lose billions of dollars to con artists who have carefully targeted them. In many cases, seniors are living off the savings they’ve built up over a lifetime of hard work. Even though the cost of living goes … Read the Rest
Medical Scams May Target Elders
Posted in General on January 19, 2012One of the most common and insidious forms of elder abuse is financial. Unfortunately, many con artists prey on older people, including residents of nursing homes and elder care facilities In 2010, for example, older Americans lost $2.9 billion to financial abuse — about half of it to members of … Read the Rest
Telemarketing and Internet Fraud Can Rob Seniors of Their Nest Eggs
Posted in General on January 19, 2012Many retired Americans, including residents of nursing homes and elder care facilities, are heavily dependent on their investments and savings. These sums have been built up over the course of a lifetime in order to help seniors pay for day-to-day expenses – such as groceries, utilities or … Read the Rest
Insurance Issues Arise Following the Death of 87-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident
Posted in Featured Articles on January 18, 2012In 2008, Susanna West was an 87-year-old resident at Hearthstone Assisted Living Facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan – until staff left her on a bus for 14 hours in September 2008. West grew so hungry and thirsty that she opened the first aid kit and ate the Tylenol and drank the peroxide, … Read the Rest
Nursing Home Wheelchair Falls Are Preventable Tragedies
Posted in Reported Accidents & Injuries on January 18, 2012Strapped into a wheelchair, 92-year-old Elvira Nunziata, a resident at Pinellas Park Care and Rehabilitation Center in Pinellas County, Florida, fell down the emergency exit stairs in 2004. It took an hour before staff even noticed she was gone. When they found her, she was still in the wheelchair … Read the Rest
Contact the Kentucky Legislature for Nursing Home Protection
Posted in General on January 17, 2012The Kentucky Legislative Session is just around the corner, and lawmakers will begin arguing for the passage of new laws as early as the first week of January. It has come to our attention that the large corporate Nursing Home industry is trying to get our Kentucky legislators to create … Read the Rest
Will Long Wait List For Meals on Wheels Force More Kentucky Seniors Into Nursing Homes?
Posted in General on January 17, 2012In November, an important rally took place in front of the Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky. Nearly 400 older residents and advocates for the elderly came together demanding an end to long waiting lists for home and community-based services such as Meals on Wheels. Representatives of the … Read the Rest
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