Feb 20, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
News 12 at 6 O’Clock/NBC at 7
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) — Nursing home staff are legally responsible for investigating claims of abuse and neglect.
However, they’re not trained law enforcement officers and the federal government found nationwide many abuse and neglect claims are not investigated inside nursing homes.
Sixty local nursing home employees so far want help to learn how to spot and investigate neglect in their facility.
The I-Team has spent the last 10 months exposing allegations of neglect and abuse inside area nursing homes and a system which allows it to go unnoticed.
Feb 14, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
Ronald Fletcher taken into custody
Priya Mann, Reporter
Derick Hutchinson, Senior Web Producer
WARREN, Mich. – A Warren nursing home worker has been charged with abusing a 91-year-old woman.
Security cameras were rolling at the Advantage Living Center on 12 Mile Road near Hoover Road as the worker manhandled the 91-year-old resident, according to authorities.
“She’s being muscled, pushed around in her wheelchair,” Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said. “She tries to move, but can’t move.”
The abuse didn’t stop there, police said. Ronald Fletcher, 64, was also recorded holding the 91-year-old victim by the back of her neck, forcing her face down repeatedly, officials said.
Feb 11, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
The federal government is now using a new alert system to warn people about nursing homes with histories of past abuse and neglect.
Author: Nathan Morabito
Published: 7:33 PM EST February 11, 2020
Updated: 7:33 PM EST February 11, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has flagged more than 50 nursing homes in the Carolinas, including several in the Charlotte-area, in recent months for past abuse and neglect. The allegations range from sexual abuse to a maggot infestation inside a resident’s wound, according to federal inspection records.
From now on, when you use the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ online Nursing Home Compare tool, you’ll find a new icon next to nursing homes with a history of abuse or neglect. The warning, a red circle with a hand inside, is part of an effort by the federal government to better alert the public before a loved one is placed in a nursing home.
Jan 24, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes, Uncategorized
“As a society, I think we have an obligation to protect our elders and our young people who can’t protect themselves,” Jacksonville attorney Fred Abbott said.
Author: First Coast News Staff
Published: 5:23 PM EST January 24, 2020
Updated: 6:33 PM EST January 24, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The On Your Side team spoke with a Jacksonville attorney specializing in malpractice Friday, to find out what you need to know to spot neglect in a nursing home setting.
First Coast News first brought you the story of Frank Wright, 86, and the allegations his daughter Vivian Wright included in a notice of intent to sue Heartland of Orange Park.
Jan 13, 2020 | elder-care absue, elder-care neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Nursing Homes
By Liz Owens |
Posted: Mon 5:10 PM, Jan 13, 2020 |
Updated: Mon 7:45 PM, Jan 13, 2020
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020
News 12 at 6 O’Clock/NBC at 7
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) – Reports of nursing home staff slapping patients, calling them names, and leaving them in their own filth all day.
More often than not, the reports made to law enforcement are taken only for the record. Patients are left relying on the facility itself to report claims of abuse and neglect to state and federal agencies.
We compared police reports at one local nursing home with federal reports over the same 12-month period. What we uncovered is reports going to law enforcement are often for information only.
