Reckless Indifference
After Melanie Barker died alone in a nursing home, it took nearly a month for her family to be notified of her death.
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After Melanie Barker died alone in a nursing home, it took nearly a month for her family to be notified of her death.
Sierra Sun Times reported another horrific assault of an elderly man. Police arrested Steven Austin Jr for felony elder abuse after a violent assault on a 67-year-old man. On Thursday, July 14th, 2022, at 6:41 P.M., officers responded to a fight in progress. A neighbor intervened and detained Austin. Witnesses reported that Austin punched the victim
Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) went into effect Oct. 1, 2019, and was the biggest change to the nursing home reimbursement system in at least a generation — replacing the previous case-mix classification system, Resource Utilization Group – IV. Under RUG-IV, patients were classified into a therapy payment group. The volume of therapy services provided
KAIT8 reported that Dunklin County Prosecutors Office charged a nursing home resident with the murder of another resident. According to a press release from the prosecutor, Shedrick White, 57, strangled Marvin Hale at the Senath South Health Care Center nursing home. Where were the staff members? How could they allow this to happen? Police discovered
Florida Corruption DeSantis removed safety rules that protected vulnerable adults in Florida’s nursing homes. The legislative handouts to the powerful industry includes: more liability protections; reducing staffing levels; and reducing penalties for neglect and abuse. Nina Kohn is a law professor at Syracuse University and an expert in elder law. She said: “Research shows that
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