Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Senator Proposes Bill To Track Elderly Abuse

  Chrissie Cole | August 05, 2009 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  In 2008, there were more than 30,000 reported cases of elder abuse in New York State, according to a newly released report. The report, commissioned by State senator Jeff Klein...

• Two Health Care Workers Arrested for Elder Abuse

  Chrissie Cole | January 29, 2009 6:50 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Two local health care workers have been arrested for abusing elderly residents in two area nursing homes, announced New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Monique Jones, 32, of...

• Officials Investigating Sexual Abuse At Shore Winds Nursing Home

  Chrissie Cole | December 30, 2008 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A Shore Winds nursing home patient is at the hospital and unable to return to her home for her own safety, following allegations of sex abuse by a staff member, according to News 10NBC. A...

• Four New York Nursing Homes Cited

  Chrissie Cole | November 21, 2008 2:01 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Four nursing homes in the Mohawk Valley have been cited by the state for failing to provide adequate and sufficient health care to its residents. The findings, from the Long Term Care Community...

• Western New York Nursing Homes To Be Monitored By Hidden Cameras

  Chrissie Cole | October 25, 2008 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo recently announced that his office will be using hidden camera technology in Western New York nursing homes to detect and prosecute the abuse and neglect of...

• 94 Percent of Nursing Homes Violated Federal Standards in 2007

  Chrissie Cole | September 30, 2008 7:12 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Nine out of 10 nursing homes in the U.S. last year were cited for violating federal health and safety standards, says a recently released report by the Department of Health and Human...

• Study: Nursing Home Residents Involved in Altercations More Often

  Chrissie Cole | June 04, 2008 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A recent study found nursing home abuse among residents is becoming increasingly more violent – both physically and verbally - on a more frequent basis, than earlier studies indicated, according to...

• Washington County Nursing Home Found Negligent

  Chrissie Cole | May 14, 2008 11:26 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The State Department of Health has been busy investigating several complaints of negligence and wrongful death at the Eden Park Nursing Home in Glen Falls. After a five day trial, a State Supreme...

• Schumer Fights for Elder Abuse Law

  Chrissie Cole | February 20, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Senator Charles Schumer recently visited Syracuse to discuss a congressional bill intended to fight financial and physical abuse of senior citizens.In 2007, 8,693 cases of elder abuse were reported in New York, according to the State Office of Children and Family Services. A study by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging shows that more than 80 percent of elder...

• Serious Nursing Home Violations Increase by 22 Percent

  Chrissie Cole | December 22, 2007 1:42 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Serious conditions and citations at U.S. nursing homes rose by 22 percent from 2000 to 2006, according to analysis by USA Today."It's not that the quality of care has gone down but we are being more rigorous in our enforcement," Jeffrey Hammond of the New York health department told USA Today. The U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, who regulates nursing home, shows citations for...