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6/27/2006 2:43:00 PM | Home slammed in death 
=(0) Pennsylvania State Inspectors found 14 violations in an inspection of the Lackawanna County Health Care Center, a nursing home. Reports are that patients suffered frequent falls, and one woman died after falling twice in one day. Officials say falls are a symptom of staff neglect. Unsanitary conditions were also noted; however the County ...
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6/23/2006 7:18:00 PM | NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Inspectors Find State Home Failed to ... =(0) A nursing home for Veterans in Tennessee is under investigation for negligence. Inspectors found a high incidence of severe bedsores, failure to notify doctors of changes in patients' health, failure to follow doctors' orders, and failure to ensure that staff had proper training. The home must pay $6000 per day in fines and not admit any ...
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6/23/2006 10:22:00 AM | Officials fault nursing home in Jacksonville for death =(0) The State of Illinois has fined two nursing homes for negligence in regard to patient deaths. The ARC of Jacksonville Ltd. was fined $50,000 for failure to monitor a mentally ill patient who refused food and medication. Doctors were not informed until she was brought to hospital and died there. Heritage Manor South-Beardstown was fined $...
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6/19/2006 5:32:00 PM | Government Regulators Suspend Admissions At Memphis Nursing Home =(0) A nursing home in Memphis has been ordered not to admit any new patients and to transfer its existing ones to other facilities, after its Medicare/Medicaid certification was withdrawn for multiple violations. During an inspection, regulators found that basic standards of care and record-keeping were not met, and that patients were not adequate...
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6/19/2006 9:51:00 AM | Nursing home hit with fines =(0) An Indiana nursing home has been fined more than $34,000 and is being investigated for multiple deficiencies in care, including failure to intervene when patients became violent with each other and with visitors. Inadequate documentation of incidents was also noted. Hygiene was also an issue, with staff failing to prevent the spread of scabies...
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6/16/2006 4:40:00 PM | Davis nursing home named in lawsuit =(0) A California nursing home chain, Horizon West, is the target of a class action lawsuit on behalf of its residents. The suit alleges the chain did not provide the minimum patient care required by government regulations, yet billed for services allegedly not rendered. Plaintiffs claim the homes are understaffed and residents do not get the requi...
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6/12/2006 5:23:00 AM | Judge fines nursing home for alleged abuse =(0) A nursing home in Iowa has been fined $2000 for failure to protect a resident from harm. An elderly woman claimed to have been beaten by a male resident with a documented history of violence. A surveillance tape partially backed up her claim, although the home claims her injuries were the result of a fall. A judge found that the nursing h...
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5/24/2006 7:14:00 PM | Hospital faces lawsuit =(0) A hospital and nursing home in Neshoba, Mississippi faces a lawsuit by relatives of two women who died there allegedly as a result of a hepatitis outbreak in 2003. Fifteen of the home's patients tested positive for Hepatitis B after an instrument used to prick fingers for blood tests was found to have been reused many times without sterilizati...
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5/23/2006 6:01:00 PM | Metron Nursing Homes Settle State Lawsuit =(0) Metron, a nursing home chain, has settled with the Attorney General of Michigan after it was found in violation of the law by accepting Medicare payments but not providing a standard level of care. The investigation began when a woman died only 18 hours after arriving at the home because her oxygen tank ran out. The chain must pay costs a...
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5/22/2006 7:18:00 PM | Daughter plans to sue nursing home =(0) A wrongful death lawsuit is planned against a nursing home in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a 66 year old woman with Alzheimer's Disease became locked in a closet for four days, and subsequently died of dehydration and pneumonia. She was reported missing on January 23 by the Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, but was only discovered...
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5/4/2006 11:28:00 PM | Estate of man who died in nursing home wins $20 million verdict =(0) The estate of a man who died in a Kentucky nursing home has won a $20 million verdict against the home for negligence. The home is part of a nationwide chain of 400 facilities owned by Beverly Enterprises Inc. Charges were that the home was understaffed and the patient's calls for help were ignored. He suffered an impacted bowel and subse...
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4/23/2006 7:15:00 PM | Parkinson's 'worsens in hospital' =(0) Research in the UK has revealed that patients with Parkinson's Disease who are admitted to hospital or care homes for any reason, tend to have their Parkinson's worsen. The reason seems to be that medication is not reliably given on schedule. Maintaining the chemical balance in the brain is vital to body functions, including movement and organ...
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4/4/2006 2:34:00 PM | Arthritis Care Falls Short for the Elderly =(0) A new study suggests that the elderly in the US are not generally receiving proper arthritis care. In interviews with over 300 patients over the age of 75, researchers learned that only about half received the recommended treatment for osteoarthritis, and less than half report being informed of their medication's side effects. The elderly are part...
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4/3/2006 8:09:00 AM | Parkinson's often misdiagnosed =(0) The American Academy of Neurology has issued recommendations to doctors concerning the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease. The Academy is concerned about a high rate of misdiagnosis, with doctors both missing the disease and diagnosing it falsely. It is important to consult a specialist in neurology, as primary care physicians...
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3/31/2006 2:35:00 PM | Judge says class-action Vioxx lawsuit can proceed =(0) A wide-ranging class action suit by insurance companies and HMOs was given the go-ahead by a New Jersey appeals court in one of the many lawsuits against the drug company Merck regarding its pain killer Vioxx. (This is not to be confused with the thousands of individual lawsuits against Merck filed by patients claiming harm because they were n...
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3/28/2006 10:26:00 AM | Drug test victims leave hospital - =(0) Six men who took part in a drug research study and became violently ill are progressing well according to hospital statements, and two have left hospital. The medication being studied was a potential therapy for arthritis, leukemia, and multiple sclerosis; however it caused a painful and dangerous rapid inflammatory response in all the men who took...
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3/27/2006 8:07:00 PM | Analysis: Experts split on DTC drug ads =(0) This article addresses the current debate about "Direct to Consumer" drug ads. Some advocate banning the ads which they say do more harm than good; others claim the ads may need more stringent regulating but on the whole are helpful. The concern is that in some cases such as with vioxx, marketing proceeds before safety issues are fully established...
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3/26/2006 2:13:00 AM | Assisted-living home cited in neglect of woman, 87 - =(0) A nursing home in Tucson has been fined and restricted from admitting new patients for 90 days after investigating the case of an elderly woman who was apparently neglected under their care. The home was already on probation for a number of rule violations. A state ombudsman contends that the home has passed other unannounced inspections and that ...
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3/25/2006 6:03:00 AM | Nursing home is sued for $155million in death - =(0) A jury trial is under way in the lawsuit of a Kentucky man against the nursing home where he died in 2002. The home is being accused of nursing home negligence and nursing home malpractice.The family contends the man was neglected because of understaffing to cut expenses and that the true cause of death was covered up; lawyers for the nursing home ...
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3/24/2006 9:09:00 AM | I was defamed: Nursing home carer - =(0) A nursing home in Australia is being sued by a former employee in a strange twist after a negligence case. The home was sanctioned for nursing home neglect; then suspended some employees and put out a newsletter announcing the suspensions; one of these employees is now suing for defamation, claiming she was embarrassed and shamed in the process.......
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