Nursing home residents are often isolated and forgotten by the public. They shouldn’t be.
Caterina Ieronimo· 13 hours ago If I had any enthusiasm for life prior to this week, all the news from the past seven days has killed it. Particularly tragic is the news that earlier this month, as coronavirus spread throughout the United States, a nursing home — the...
CMS Suspends Nursing Home Inspections, Offers Guidance in Wake of Coronavirus
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suspending non-emergency inspections of nursing homes so inspectors can focus on the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). CMS also announced guidance for controlling COVID-19 in...
Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
PITTSBURGH — On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady joined U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
This initiative is focusing on some of the worst nursing homes around the country and the department has already initiated investigations into approximately 30 individual nursing facilities in nine states as part of this effort.
Learn more about the Justice Department’s Elder Justice Initiative at http://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/.
Monterey police arrest nursing home employee for sexual battery, elder abuse
By THOMAS WRIGHT | twright@montereyherald.com | Monterey Herald
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2020 at 5:27 a.m. | UPDATED: March 4, 2020 at 5:28 a.m
MONTEREY — Officers arrested a nurse assistant at Cypress Ridge Care Center on sexual battery and elder abuse charges Saturday.
According to the Monterey Police Department, officers were dispatched to the nursing home at 1501 Skyline Dr. at 11:07 p.m. for a report of sexual battery against a patient. When they arrived, they contacted and arrested nurse assistant Kelven Ferolino, 38, of Gonzales. He was transported to Monterey County Jail and his bail was set at $300,000.
