What Happened: A resident at Red Wing Health Center, a for-profit nursing home facility, suffered from dementia and had a history of serious falls at the nursing home facility. The resident had a care plan which specifically mentioned the need for a special wheelchair with a chair alarm and lap belt, to help prevent future…
Ronald Corn visited his mother twice a week at the Sunrise Sterling Canyon Assisted Living Center in Valencia, California (CA). His mother, Loretta Hooker, moved into the Los Angeles County nursing home in 2007 after developing mild dementia. Her dementia got worse, and she was moved in 2010 to a section of the facility with…
When nursing home owners accept assistance from Medicaid and Medicare, they agree to provide a safe environment and quality care for their patients. But when owners chose to pocket the cash instead of provide basic necessities for their residents, neglect and abuse are bound to occur. One such man has been convicted in Atlanta, Georgia…
A Martinsville, Virginia (VA), criminal court jury found the owner of a small chain of nursing homes guilty of abuse and neglect in relation to the death of a 57-year-old resident of one of the group homes operated by the Claye Corp. Jurors determined that the disabled patient, Joseph Tuggle, died because he developed a lung…
An 84-year-old nursing home resident who fell while getting out of bed and suffered injuries that required incurring nearly $75,000 in treatment expenses has won a multimillion award against the owner of the long-term facility in Roanoke, Virginia (VA), where she was hurt. According to a report in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, $5 million of the…