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Missouri’s Board of Healing Arts – are they watching out for you? According to a recently published St. Louis Post Dispatch article, the answer is “no”


St. Louis Post Dispatch reporters Jeremy Kohler and Blythe Bernhard conducted an investigation that revealed years of accountability failures on the part of the Board and various government officials. The investigation revealed: – The Board...

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The untimely death of a Colorado nursing home resident has prompted an investigation by the Colorado Health Department and Commerce City Police Department


Fifty-seven-year-old Angela Guerra suffered severe injuries to her face in early December, reportedly after running into a wall at the Woodridge Park Nursing Home. Her children are questioning the nursing home’s explanation in light of...

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An eighty-five year old female resident was allegedly assaulted by an employee of the Emeritus Senior Living Center


An eighty-five-year-old female resident was allegedly assaulted by an employee of the Emeritus Senior Living Center, a nursing home facility located in Charlotte, North Carolina. According to a report compiled by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department,...

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Deborah Riggs, a narcotics charge nurse at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Kansas, pleaded guilty on December 13, 2010 to one count of consumer product tampering and one count of adulteration of a drug


Deborah Riggs, a narcotics charge nurse at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Kansas, pleaded guilty on December 13, 2010 to one count of consumer product tampering and one count of adulteration of a drug....

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Ninety-one year old Esther Rannow moved into Benedictine Living Community in February 2007, less than one month after her 91st birthday. In early October 2007, she died after being dropped at the facility


Ninety-one year old Esther Rannow moved into Benedictine Living Community in February 2007, less than one month after her 91st birthday. In early October 2007, she died after being dropped at the facility. On October...

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Sixty-one year old Artestine Ramey and twenty-four year old Jessica Washington targeted seniors, disabled people and nursing home residents in a ID and utility theft scheme that they masterminded


Reportedly, Ramey and an accomplice would set up accounts with utility companies using identities of seniors, disabled individuals, or nursing home residents. Ramey reportedly had access to the victims’ personal information, although how she obtained...

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A ninety-one year old resident of Chino Valley Health Care Center died from injuries he sustained in a brutal attack at the hands of another resident


John Lazzaro was viciously assaulted in his room on November 23 by fellow resident, Matthew Harvey. Lazzaro suffered severe trauma in the attack and suffered facial wounds; his arm had to be amputated due to...

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A twenty-five year old Texas nursing home employee has been charged with the attempted sexual assault of a ninety-one year old female resident


On November 24, 2010, Telesforo Vasquez, III , an employee of Castle Pines nursing home, reportedly exposed his genitals to the woman and ordered her to touch him. When she refused, he forced her down,...

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Hilltop Rest Home, a Kentucky personal care home, is closing


The facility has been cited five with Type A citations, the most serious available, for violations of state regulations since July 2010. The facility’s license is set to be revoked on December 9, 2010. According...

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State Representative Tom Burch (D-Louisville) has pre-filed a bill designed to revamp the system for investigating nursing home deaths in Kentucky


The proposed legislation would require all deaths to be reported to the county coroner within 24 hours by a specific staff member at long-term care facilities and hospices. Current state law only requires facilities to...

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A Kansas nurse accused of tampering with drugs at a Kansas nursing home wants a plea deal


Deborah J. Riggs, 55, has had a previous drug conviction and has had her nursing license suspended twice after allegations of stealing controlled substances. In this instance, Riggs is accused of diluting morphine solutions which...

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A New York nursing assistant was arrested on November 20 for reportedly sexually abusing an elderly nursing home resident under his care


Thirty-year-old Paul Scott was charged with sexual abuse in the first degree of a physically helpless person in the alleged sexual assault of a seventy-seven year-old female resident, who suffers from dementia. The alleged incident...

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