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A search ensued when a 94-year-old California nursing home resident went missing on October 28, 2010


The woman, a resident of Silverado Senior Living in Calabasas, California was located standing in the facility’s walk-in freezer. After a hospitalization, the woman is back at the facility. The California Department of Social Services...

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A Kentucky nursing home was hit with a $42,750,000 verdict yesterday in a nursing home wrongful death and negligence lawsuit


A Hopkins County Circuit Court jury found in favor of the plaintiff and against Harborside Healthcare, a Kentucky nursing home case. The case involved Mr. James Offutt, a 92 year old resident of the facility....

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Westwood Health Care Center, a St. Louis Park nursing home, has been cited for neglect after a dementia resident fell down a flight of stairs


The incident happened in July 2010. The injured resident was found at the top of a stairwell the day before her accident. She was fitted with an electronic wristband that automatically locks exit doors as...

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Sadly, after a mere nine days at Ridgeland Point Senior Living Community, Merle Fall suffered a fatal injury


Eighty-three-year-old Merle Fall suffered from lung cancer and advanced dementia. She was admitted to Ridgeland Point Senior Living Community on February 25, 2010, after wandering away from her home. According to her daughter, Diane Phillips,...

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A Belleville, Illinois nursing home was sued recently, accused of breaking the leg of a resident and then failing to obtain medical assistance for her


The Lincoln Home, Inc. and Weiss Management Group, Inc. were named defendants in a lawsuit filed by Lillie Avant on October 12, 2010 in St. Clair County Circuit Court. Lillie Avant was injured on the...

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Another California nursing home has received a AA citation, the most severe citation available under California law, and hit with a $100,000 fine in the death of a resident


A 58 year-old resident of Browning Manor Convalescent Hospital was fatally injured in June 2009 after a fall from his nursing home wheelchair. He rushed to the hospital with a fractured spine and brain injury;...

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Gramercy Court, a California nursing home facility, was cited with a Class AA citation, the most severe citation possible, and fined $90,000 in connection with a 2007 fatal fall


A 97 year-old nursing home resident was injured when she fell from her bed to the floor after a nurse had turned her back to the resident. The resident was rushed to the hospital with...

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An Arkansas jury returned a $10.45 million verdict in Valentine vs. Little Rock Health and Rehab and Heartland Personnel Leasing, Inc.


Seventy-three year old Minnie Lee Valentine was a resident of Little Rock Health Care and Rehab for a mere three months. During her residency, she suffered excruciating pain from bedsores, urinary tract infections, and MRSA...

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His diaper was saturated, not changed in over 12 hours. His dentures were never removed, never cleaned. His body was dirty, his fingernails long. No one shaved him.


His diaper was saturated, not changed in over 12 hours. His dentures were never removed, never cleaned. His body was dirty, his fingernails long. No one shaved him. The list of indignities goes on for...

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A Texas nursing home caregiver was recently arrested for a September 2010 sexual assault of a nursing home resident in Pflugerville, Texas


Mario Rojas Lara was charged with aggravated sexual assault and forgery. According to authorities, Rojas reportedly used false documentation during the April 2010 hiring process at Pflugerville Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. In fact, authorities...

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