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Foley Financial Exploitation Targets Four Nursing Home Residents
On Jan. 22, 2020, reporters at AL.com described the arrest of a 19-year-old woman from Foley, South Carolina who was arrested in connection with the financial exploitation of at least four residents of a nursing home that she was employed at. The Foley financial exploitation case, reports say, could result in significant jail time for … Continue reading Foley Financial Exploitation Targets Four Nursing Home Residents
Alzheimer’s Vaccine Offers New Hope For Patients
Over 40 years of research and development into treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has yielded few results, being marked by a string of repeated failures of stage III clinical trials, the final stage of drug testing before Food and Drug Administration approval for market sale. Some experts have gone so far as to describe the lack … Continue reading Alzheimer’s Vaccine Offers New Hope For Patients
Florida Social Security Fraud Sends Former Mrs. Florida to Jail
A former Mrs. Florida faces time in jail after she stole her mother’s social security checks to use for her own gain according to the Naples Daily News. Karyn Turk recently pleaded guilty to the Florida Social Security fraud and now faces one month of jail time, five months of house arrest, and over 100 … Continue reading Florida Social Security Fraud Sends Former Mrs. Florida to Jail
Minnesota Monitoring Law Allows Remote Resident Surveillance
This month, a Minnesota monitoring law has received some much-needed clarification with regard to its jurisdiction over nursing home residents. After an extensive period of adjustment and compromise, nursing home residents are now allowed to install surveillance equipment in their rooms with some restrictions according to the Star Tribune. The Minnesota monitoring law, officially known … Continue reading Minnesota Monitoring Law Allows Remote Resident Surveillance
Neglect Accountability Investigation Shows Lack of Follow-Through
In the last 12 months, Georgia’s WRDW Channel 12 conducted an investigation into the treatment of nursing home neglect and abuse reporting by the police. What the neglect accountability investigation team found was a shocking lack of concern displayed by local, state, and federal regulators of nursing homes. The neglect accountability investigation examined police reports … Continue reading Neglect Accountability Investigation Shows Lack of Follow-Through
New Jersey Staffing Bill Expires in Legislative Limbo
A New Jersey staffing bill designed to combat understaffing in nursing homes was shelved after the State Assembly allowed the bill to expire. The decision was announced on Jan. 6, 2020 by multiple news outlets including NJ.com. Despite the bill passing the Senate, it foundered and will now have to be reintroduced in order to … Continue reading New Jersey Staffing Bill Expires in Legislative Limbo
Palm Desert Theft Deprives Elderly Resident of Over $1800
A 75-year-old woman has spoken out recently about a Palm Desert theft that deprived her of several of her possessions, as well as a significant amount of cash, after a stay at the ManorCare nursing home. The theft has gone on to spark dissent between the resident and the ManorCare company as the struggle to … Continue reading Palm Desert Theft Deprives Elderly Resident of Over $1800
Jones County Abuse Trial Condemns Two Nursing Aides
A Jones County abuse trial concluded on Jan. 7, 2020, with the guilty pleas of two nursing home aides who stood accused of abusing elderly residents at their place of employment. Both Vonshell Laquon Napier and Beverly Burney Jackson submitted guilty pleas in response to multiple felony charges of mental abuse of an elder person, … Continue reading Jones County Abuse Trial Condemns Two Nursing Aides
Oregon Manslaughter Appeal Frees Victim’s Granddaughter
In one of its last acts of the decade, the Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the 2016 manslaughter conviction of a 49-year-old woman from Bend, Oregon, who admitted to smothering her grandmother with a pillow. The Oregon manslaughter appeal succeeded largely due to the legality of allowing the accused’s therapist to testify to statements made … Continue reading Oregon Manslaughter Appeal Frees Victim’s Granddaughter
Crane Nursing Home Assaults Culprit Accepts Plea Deal From Prosecutors
From June 1, 2018, until Aug. 15, 2018, a series of sexual assaults were committed by a resident of Crane, Missouri on two women who were deemed to be mentally disabled. According to reports and court documents gathered by KY3 News, the perpetrator of the Crane nursing home assaults has now accepted a plea deal. … Continue reading Crane Nursing Home Assaults Culprit Accepts Plea Deal From Prosecutors