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   TELL YOUR STORY!"Saving Grace" is compiling an archives of nursing home abuse stories gleaned from individuals and newspapers. Help us, in our endeavor to bring more awareness to this issue by sending us your accounts, testimonials and stories. Tell your story so that awareness grows about the widespread nature of this problem and so others can know they are not alone. Many of us have experienced the denial of the nursing homes and the system to this problem and in sharing our stories we can help bring this widespread problem out of the closet. If nothing changes, nothing changes, and it is our belief that unless those of us who care do not take action, nothing will really change. Thank you for your support. Linda "Saving Grace" CONTACT grace@vcn.com PLEASE SEE "SAVING GRACE"   NURSING HOME STATUS 2000 PAGE see SENIOR SUPPORT NETWORKWARNING: THIS SITE CONTAINS GRAPHIC PICTURES AND IMAGES OF NURSING HOME NEGLECT AND ABUSE OR TELL YOUR STORY HERE! NURSING HOME AWARENESS At THE ELDERLY PLACE Provides real stories about nursing homes from observers http://www.geocities.com/~elderly-place/^p THE SENIOR JUSTICE LEAGUEOTHER SITESSENIOR CRIME WATCHSEE "SAVING GRACE" PAGE NURSING HOMES "STATUS 2000" |
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| NURSING HOME ABUSEKELN ABUSE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING ADMINISTRATION ON AGINGTITLE VII--VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES INSTITUTIONAL ABUSEread thisVulnerable in a Safe Place: Institutional Elder Abuse D. Wierucka & D. Goodridge Abstract ANTSAnts Bite Elderly Woman 1,625 Times From Washington Post.com The Associated Press Thursday, May 25, 2000; 1:07 p.m. EDT ON RESTRAINTSHealth Facilities Division Brochures Restraints Have Risks -- Make the Right Choice One Quarter Of Elderly With Cancer Given No Pain Medication "Daily pain among elderly nursing home residents with cancer is widespread and often untreated, especially among older and minority patients, according to a new five-state study." ABOUT.COMABOUT COMADVOCACY TIPNURSING HOMES MAY BE LIABLE FOR FALLSResearch has been done on nursing home abuse in different states. Although some of this is state-specific, it is worth reading to find information that might be helpful to those who would like more information on this topic. SIGNS OF ABUSECALIFORNIAStudy on California nursing homes and the inadequacy of HFCA and state monitoring and evaluating programs California specific but worth reading as many of the problems addressed in the California situation are also true of other states. |
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Two weeks ago in an extremely conservative, Georgian County (Coweta) Ed Kellogg of Kellogg Saccoccia and Sigelman and Mike Cam of Cam & Ebersbach obtained a 3.3 million dollar verdict (550,000 compensatory and 2.7 mill punitives) against Care More Management, Inc. Case was Mary Roden b/n/f Doris Lasseter v. Care More Management, Inc, Civil Action # 00SV152, State Court Coweta County. After several complaints against the home due to the proximity of wall heaters to the resident's beds, Ms. Roden sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns from the heater. She laid in agony without assistance as her temperature rose to 104. Hours later she was finally rushed to the hospital. Coincidentally, that same day, DHR inspected the home, but, of course, there was no mention of poor Ms. Roden. There were other assorted complaints, 30 skin tears, dehydration, pneumonia etc., etc...2 week trial resulting in what many believe is the highest verdict in that county (and perhaps in Georgia for a nursing home case). Susan Guberman-Garcia, Attorney at Law Phone: 510-792-2639 Fax/voicemail: 510-405-2016 Email: susangg@megapathdsl.net "Litigation is just another form of class struggle.." WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMANSTAFFING "Staffing Rules Advocated for nursing Homes"By Dave Umhoefer Milwaukee Journal NEGLIGENCE CALIFORNIA The Associated Press State & Local Wire June 18, 2000, Sunday, BC cycle HEADLINE: County official says nursing home where two died was unprepared for heat wave "A nursing home where two patients died, possibly of heat-related causes, did not have air conditioning or an emergency plan to keep patients cool, a county health official said." "The deaths came one week after a congressional report found that one-third of the 288 nursing homes serving Medicare and Medicaid patients in the San Francisco Bay area had violations that harmed residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury."  FLORIDA Associated Press Nursing home operators agreed to pay $10 million after they were found negligent in the death of Marion Heide, 88 By Robert Tanner / Associated Press Convict Hired in Nursing Home Gets 2 1/2 YearsJudge Lashes Out at Home for Hiring Woman NEW HAMPSHIRE TEN O'CLOCK NEWS Nurse's aide gets 4-5 years for elder abuse She kicked, dragged, and spat on elderly patients AIDE GETS PRISON FOR ELDER ABUSE OKLAHOMA ttp://search.tulsaworld.com/archivesearch/default.asp?wci=displaystory&ID=000511_Ne_a1carem,Health Department Probe: Care management alarm sounded~ By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau 5/11/00 (from TulsaWorld.com) |
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| IN THE NEWS PLEASE SEE "SAVING GRACE" PAGE ON APE ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION OF THE ELDERLY NEWS UPDATE FROM ILA SWAN NURSING HOME ADVOCATE The Ten Worst Corporations of 1999 By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Guardian Postacute: Maggots everywhere "After learning that of Guardian Postacute Services Inc., a San Francisco Bay area nursing home chain, had permitted dirty feeding tubes to be installed into patients who then became infested with maggots, had permitted patients to lie for extended periods in their urine and feces, and had failed to take strong action against an employee who sexually abused patients, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Randy Hey has filed criminal charges against Guardian." CBS NEWSTracking Abuse In Nursing Homes Many Homes Cited For Serious Violations One Woman Accused Caretaker Of Abuse  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NURSING HOMESLinks to News on Elderly Issues ADVOCACY ALERTREAD THISReform of Nursing Home Care in the Commonwealth of VirginiaA Call to Arms for NH Improved Care and Greater Accountability by Larry W. Bryant READ THISNEED FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY NURSING HOME WILL NOT RELEASE MOTHER FROM NURSING HOME Baby Boomers -- An AlertAbout Medicaid and Your Parents! Social workers, employed by the government, can legally place your elderly parent in a nursing home without first notifying you and without your parent's permission! NEW YORKTaxPac USATHIS MONTH'S FEATURED ARTICLE "DRUGGING GRANNY" AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF GOVERNMENT'S ABUSE OF Taxpac's IRENE WILLIAMS AND THE ONGOING BATTLE TO OVERCOME INJUSTICE! A MUST READ! PO BOX 2652 LONG ISLAND NEW YORK USA 11703-0652 IN THE MEANTIMEVisiting Often is one of the most important things any family member can do to try and ensure that abuse and neglect does not happen> For the long-distance caregiver of somone in a nurisng home, that can be very difficult. We do what we can! LadyChristian Courtesy Letter Writing |
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