FRESNO, CALIFORNIA – Raintree Convalescent Hospital, a 49-bed nursing home, was recently issued a “AA” citation and fined $80,000 by the State of California, the most severe penalty under state law. According to the Department of Public Health, the facility failed to follow its own policies and procedures for the administration of a prescribed patient [...]
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The Oft Forgotten Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act of 2005
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - The Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act of 2005 is an important piece of legislation that can be used to prevent financial elder abuse. The Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act of 2005 specifically added employees of financial institutions - such as banks, credit unions, and savings and loans - as mandated reporters of financial [...]
Mental Patients a Threat to Nursing Home Residents
A troubling modern trend has recently emerged where younger and stronger mentally ill patients are being housed with the elderly in nursing homes. On some occasions this has resulted in attacks on the elderly by their mentally ill roommates at the nursing homes. The primary reason for this increase has been the financial savings that [...]
Jury Awards $11 Million Verdict in Assisted Living Case
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - An jury awarded a verdict of $11 million today to the widow of a man with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who died after ingesting foreign objects while being cared for by Liberty Manor Residency, an assisted living facility. The verdict included $4 million in punitive damages and is believed to be the [...]
Video-Conferencing Allowed Under New Elder Abuse Law
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - In 2004, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the use at trial of out of court statements made to police by an unavailable witness violated a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him. In Crawford v. Washington, the Supreme Court of the United States barred the [...]
Novato, CA, RN Pleads Guilty to Elder Abuse
NOVATO, CALIFORNIA – Susan Dixon, a registered nurse in Novato, recently pleaded guilty to criminal charges of felony elder abuse for injecting a massive dose of morphine into her 80‑year‑old mother. The acts took place while her mother was under her direct care, and had she gone to trial on such charges and been found [...]
Kern County Nursing Home Used Drugs that can be Deadly for Elderly
LAKE ISABELLA, CALIFORNIA – The California Attorney General’s office investigated the Kern Valley Healthcare District’s skilled nursing facility and found it to be engaging in serious acts of medical mismanagement through the over-prescribing and use of several different drugs. In particular, the use of the psychotropic drugs Zyprexa, Resperidol and Seroquel were being over-prescribed by [...]
American Space Exploration Pioneer Dr. Lawrence Kavanau Suffers Severe Neglect While in California Nursing Home, Resulting in Death
He is in death, just as he was in life, an icon in American History. He is credited as being a pioneer of the current American Space Program – having served as the Co- Director of the United States Apollo Project which, under the direction of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, landed man of the [...]
Misrepresentation by RCFE Leads to Broken Hip: Case Results in $1,000,000.00 Settlement
A VALUEABLE LESSON REGARDING ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT - Michele, the daughter of 76-year-old Irene, diligently researched several local care facilities when her mother’s health declined to a point where she needed living assistance. In an effort to find the right place, Michele looked into several different care facilities, taking tours of the facilities and [...]
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- The Oft Forgotten Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act of 2005
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- Jury Awards $11 Million Verdict in Assisted Living Case
- Proposed U.S. Legislation Seeks to Curtail Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Video-Conferencing Allowed Under New Elder Abuse Law
- Proposed Bills Designed to Protect California’s Elderly
- Novato, CA, RN Pleads Guilty to Elder Abuse
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