A former employee at Madison Health and Rehabilitation Center in Kentucky has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, claiming she was asked to falsify staffing records where she worked. Her attorney, Justin Peterson, says she raised concerns about improper staffing practices and ultimately resigned after refusing to carry out requests she believed were fraudulent. Peterson alleges facility
The Lund Report had an article discussing the negative effect of private equity ownership of nursing homes. It doesn’t take a detective to find a pattern of neglect across several nursing homes. Another common denominator for abuse, though, is facility ownership by private equity firms. To combat this rising concern within the nursing home industry, Connecticut
A jury in Butler County, Ohio awarded $12.5 million to the family of 83 year old Janice Combs. See full article here. Combs was admitted to Chesterwood Village Nursing Care in June 2023 for short-term rehabilitation after falling down stairs at her home. Family members said she was blind but had been living independently before
McKnight’s had an article about “no lift” policies in assisted living facility. A no lift policy requires caregivers to ignore helping vulnerable adults under their care and supervision. This issue arose after a tragic case in Minnesota. After falling from his scooter in an assisted living facility, Larry Thompson was pinned against the wall. No
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