WKRN reported that an audit in Tennessee has revealed thousands of uninvestigated complaints against long-term care facilities; years of abuse and neglect and cover up. Some complaints went over five years without being even slightly addressed. That’s 42% of total complaints filed against nursing homes within the last three years, uninvestigated. The Tennessee Health Facilities
“Nobody should have to see that. It didn’t even look like a person because he had been there for so long,” –Angela Boorn, upon finding her uncle having been dead for four days. People Magazine reported on the tragic case of Gerald McClellan. The 75-year-old moved into the LifeStream at Sun City senior living this
13ABC reported on the tragic case of Sam Ray Jr. For months now, an Ohioan family has been seeking justice for the murder of their loved one at Sylvania Township nursing home. After being hospitalized for a UTI and pneumonia, Sam Ray Jr. was admitted to the nursing home with the promise they’d look after and improve
WSAV reported on the “crap show” that is the operation at Oceanside Care Center on Tybee Island. Constant concerns are being raised about this sorry excuse for a nursing home. Often, the concerns are by the employees themselves. Meanwhile other current employees refer to the facility as a “crap show,” and state, “The bed sheets
WRDW reported the prison sentence for a long term care facility owner. Not only did Estelle Amelia Hutchinson run an unlicensed care home, but she also forced residents to be locked in rooms without access to basic needs. While an unlicensed facility is bad enough, as it skirts health and safety regulations, the residents were
McKnight’s reported that Nevada will finally allow residents to install cameras in their rooms. It is appalling that residents were ever prevented from recording in their own private rooms. Cameras today are used all over the world as a basic form of protection and security, yet many of the individuals who need it the most
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