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Iowa Nursing Home is Subject of Lawsuits
Family members of two different elderly women have filed suit against Presbyterian Village, a nursing home, WCFCourier.com reported this month. Both lawsuits allege that inadequate care from the Ackley, Iowa, facility led to the women being seriously injured there and then dying as a result of those injuries, the news…
Read MoreReport: Sex Abuse of Nursing Home Dementia Patients Went Unreported
Investigators uncover shocking allegations: claims that the sexual abuse of nursing home dementia patients went unreported in a local facility. We want to warn you, the details you are about to read are disturbing. If your family member has been sexually abused in a nursing home contact the leading nursing…
Read MoreCONSUMER ALERT: Trek Bikes Recalled After Man Paralyzed in Accident
Nearly one million bicycles from the popular manufacturer Trek are being recalled after the discovery of a defect that may have led to three accident reports including one riders permanent paralysis. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that 900,000 Trek bikes have been recalled from the U.S. and 98,000…
Read MoreMaggio, Judge in Nursing Home Bribery Case, Steps Down
Former Arkansas judge Michael Maggio pleaded guilty to bribery allegations and has now voluntarily surrendered his license in order to avoid a disciplinary hearing. The move comes in response to allegations that Maggio accepted campaign contributions from the owner of Greenbriar Care Center, a nursing home, and an associated lobbyist…
Read MoreState Finds Neglect led to Nursing Home Residents Wandering
An investigative report conducted by the State of Minnesota found the wandering of a Big Lake nursing home resident last January to have been the result of the facility’s neglect. The report was made public April 15, and it concludes that the Cherrywood Advanced Living facility was negligent in its…
Read MoreCONSUMER ALERT: Beech-Nut Recalls Baby Food for Tiny Bits of Glass
Roughly 1,920 pounds of baby food has been voluntarily recalled due to the possibility it may contain small fragments of glass, the manufacturer announced April 13. The recalled product is called Stage 2 Beech-Nut CLASSICS Sweet Potato & Chicken; the 4-ounce jars product number is 12395750815 and the expiration date…
Read MoreResident Dies from Choking on Carrot, Home Fined $2,500
Two Connecticut nursing homes have been fined in connection with separate incidents hinting at negligence, a report by CTnow.com says. We want to warn you the details are disturbing. In one incident, an elderly resident at a Wallingford home was accidentally fed chopped food when instructions specified the patient should…
Read MoreNursing Homes and the Risk of Hepatitis A
Nursing home residents are a vulnerable population. In many cases, these are patients who already have compromised immune systems or difficulties with their health. If assisted living caretakers or nursing home staff members are not careful to protect them from the spread of dangerous illnesses like hepatitis A, it is…
Read MoreGenworth Study Reveals Elder Care Costs Rising
Genworth released its annual Cost of Care Study to continue educating the public on the expenses associated with nursing home and assisted living facilities. Long-term care for the aging population is an increasingly cost-prohibitive service. What Genworths 2015 study found was that the cost of care in certain states has…
Read MoreDeadly Crash Resulted from Running Red Light, Police Say
A tragic and fatal crash that took place April 4 highlights the importance of obeying all traffic signals in our area. Authorities say that at 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, one drivers failure to stop at a red light near the 7600 block of W. Good Hope Road caused a collision…
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