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Nursing home employee confesses to stealing from residents

Woman admits stealing from Hyde Park nursing home January 14, 2008 A former employee of a nursing home faces prison after admitting in court today she stole more than $8,000 from a resident of the home.  Melissa Johnson acknowledged she had stolen the money by using the woman’s debit card between February and August 2006.

Family wants answers about “disappearance”

Family of man who disappeared sues Gooding nursing home.  The family of a man who allegedly wandered away from the Idaho nursing home five years ago has sued thecorporation that operates the facility. In the lawsuit filed on behalf of Magic Valley Manor resident John Henry Davis allege the home and Northwest Bec-Corp didn’t supervise

Whistleblower given compensation

Indiana Court awarded damages to nursing home whistleblower.  A whistleblower who claimed she was fired in retaliation for reporting an employee who was sexually abusing a patient at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Colfax recieved $17,000. Earlier the state fined Heritage for failing to report the suspected abuse to the state public health department.  Judge

Sexual molestation at nursing home

Dothan, Alabama police have arrested a 68-year-old man and charged him with molesting a woman at the nursing home where he lived last month. Aaron Howell is a convicted sex offender.  Howell violated the state community notification act when he moved into Westside Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center on Nov. 30.  During the month of December

Tort Reform leads to worse health care

We’ve all heard the argument made by the insurance companies and nursing home industry: so-called tort “reform” will lead to better healthcare for everyone. This is the line that the insurance and medical industries have been pushing in states all across the country.  The truth is that patients in states with arbitrary restrictions on their

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