Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By
Lois McCallister now lives with her daughter after she was abused in a nursing home , but she still begs her family not to hurt her every night. Mary and Paul French, Lois's daughter and son-in-law, ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By
Sepsis occurs when an infection reaches the blood stream. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria and can begin in most any organ of the body. Once the infection moves from the place it ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2011 By
Earlier this month a judge in England acquitted four care workers of nursing home neglect in the case of Edna Barnes. Mrs. Barnes suffered from dementia and relied on the nursing home employees to ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By
Many families, facility managers, and law-enforcement officials have turned to hidden cameras to uncover nursing home abuse and mistreatment. According to the Seattle Times , specialists in the ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By
In the last blog entry , I mentioned one solution to the lack of autonomy of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is to move it out from under the umbrella of the Department of Elder Affairs. The ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By
Last month the federal government issued criticism of Florida's Department of Elder Affairs and its oversight of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The Long Term Care Ombudsman is essentially a ...
Continue reading "Federal Report Questions Florida's Oversight of Department of Elder Affairs and Sparks Investigation of Ombudsman Program" »