There is an article in an Ohio newspaper that discusses an alleged rape of a male resident at a nursing home. After visiting her fiancé Saturday night at Concord Care and Rehabilitation Center, Linda Monegan knew something was wrong. Unable to talk or see after suffering a stroke, her 55-year-old fiance nodded his head to
Four women were in a Louisville courtroom Tuesday morning answering to charges from manslaughter to tampering with evidence and perjury. This after a resident died from falling from her wheelchair. The hearing was nothing more than a formality. It lasted less than five minutes and four not guilty pleas were entered. But it is a case of life
Although there is a concern regarding privacy issues, many families use hidden video cameras to document neglect by nursing home employees. These cameras are useful especially when the nursing home denies neglect or fails to supervise employees apporpriately. I ran across an article that illustates my point perfectly. An ex-employee of a Rochester nursing home
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is trying to prevent abuse by insituting a national system for criminal background checks on nursing home employees. Please contact your Senators and encourage them to support this legislation. Sen. Kohl says the best way to protect our elders from physical abuse is to institute a national system for background checks to determine