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Elderly Driving – When is it Time to Stop?
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Community Service Ideas for Helping the Elderly
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Health Information and Tips for the Elderly
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A Nursing Home Guide to Care for the Elderly
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Keyboarding For The Young and Elderly
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Senior Emergency Preparedness
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A Senior’s Guide to Computer Basics
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The Benefits of Pet Therapy in Nursing Homes
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A Guide to Preventing Elder Abuse
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Nursing Home Guide: Coping with Death & Grief
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Maryland Nursing Home Bed Sore Case Valuation
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Minimal Fines Little Incentive for Facilities to Improve Patient Care
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Lawsuit Alleges Patient’s Death Due to Nursing Neglect
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Action Against Nursing Home Operator for Systemic Understaffing
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Investment in Nursing Industry Seen as Lucrative. But at What Cost?
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Extendicare Nursing Homes
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Jury Rules in Favor of Skilled Nursing Facility in Pressure Sore Death Case
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Lawsuit Alleges Patient Death Due to Improper Wheelchair Transfer
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Illinois Nursing Complaint Anonymity Bill Threatens Patients’ Rights
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Judge Goes Above and Beyond in Sentencing Nursing Home Rapist
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Don’t Be Lazy When Selecting a Nursing Home
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Nurse Faces Charges Related to Sexual Abuse of Disabled Patient
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When Pharmacists Are Overworked – Problems Abound
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Private Equity Companies See Profits in Nursing Homes
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Facilities to Take a Closer Look at Use of Antibiotics
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Nursing Home Forcing Patients to Stay in Hospitals Indefinitely
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More Unfit Owners Drawn to Nursing Home Ownership
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Evidence That Poor Care Contributed to Deaths of Nursing Home Patients
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When Fines Become Part of the Nursing Home Business
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Push to Ban Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Admissions
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Muscle Loss Contributing to Falls of Elderly
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District Attorney Form Elder Abuse Division
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Grasping the Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes
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Jury Awards $1M in Nursing Home Bedsore Lawsuit
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A Comparison Of Alden Nursing Homes According To Medicare Data
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Decubitus Ulcer Complications: Septic Shock
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Are Nursing Home Owners Putting Their Own Interests First?
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Alzheimer’s Patient’s Family Sues Caregivers
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Bed Sores: The Reason For Nursing Home Lawsuit
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The Residual Pain Following Trauma In The Elderly May Be Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
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Fall Prevention Program Demonstrates Basic Safeguards Work
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Nursing Home Attorneys Witness The Fight Against Understaffed Nursing Homes in Illinois
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Are Fines Enough To Incentivise Nursing Homes To Improve Care?
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The Cost Of Medication Errors In Nursing Homes
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Illinois Nursing Home Administrator Faces Criminal Charges Stemming From Theft of Patient Funds
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Many Wrongful Death Cases Go Unnoticed at Skilled Nursing Facilities
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Illinois Nursing Homes Continue To Accumulate Fines For Providing Inferior Care
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Bed Rail Entrapment Remains a Threat to Nursing Home Patients
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Lack of Care Choices Results in Many Young People Relying On Nursing Homes for Their Medical Care
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Preventing Falls In The Elderly
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Hospice Care May Not Be As Sincere as Families Believe
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Is your loved one being adequately hydrated in the nursing home?
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Why are Nursing Homes Afraid of the Judicial System?
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Nursing Home Slapped With Huge Verdict After They Fail To Summon Medical Care for Patient
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Nursing Home Scrutinized Over the Way They Handle Post-Fall Care of Patient
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Medications Used to Control Pain in Elderly Nursing Home Patients Can Be Fatal If Not Properly Monitored
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Tips For Preventing Nursing Home Abuse
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Poor Communication Alleged in Nursing Home Patient’s Death
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Behind Closed Doors: Sexual Abuse Alleged At Nursing Home
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Recent Nursing Home Fines Suggest General Lack of Patient Oversight
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Nursing Home Falls Can Be Reduced By Implementing Basic Precautions
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Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Reminds Family Members to be Vigilant About Care Of Elderly
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Why Sexual Abuse Happens In Nursing Homes
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What Must Be Proven To Win A Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit?
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Woman’s Death Highlights Risk of Financial Fraud for Elderly
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Documentary Demonstrates Lack of Oversight with Assisted Living Industry
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Recent Court Ruling Expands Protection For Seniors
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Stage Four Pressure Sores: Indication Of Inattentive Care
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Patients Who Wander Require Special Care From Facilities
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Nursing Home Patients Remain Real Victims Of Budget Cuts
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5 Steps To Reduce The Risk of Pressure Sores
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Nursing Home Employee’s Whistleblower Lawsuit Moves Forward
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Alzheimer’s Patients Frequently Victims of Nursing Home Abuse
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As Nursing Home Profits Increase, So Does The Risk of Injury
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Feeding Tubes In Elderly – A Complex & Debatable Procedure
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Elder Abuse: Scary Numbers Substantiate Major Problems
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High Staff Turnover Rates Plague Many Nursing Homes
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Nursing Home Workers Must Be Prepared to Clear Blocked Feeding Tubes
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New Law Allows Families To Make Complaints About Illinois Nursing Homes
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Nutrition Overlooked When Caring For Bed Sore Patients
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Bed Sore Lawsuit: Facility Failed To Identify & Treat Patient’s Wounds
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Nursing Home Manipulate Data For Higher Ratings
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Short-Term Nursing Home Admission Proves Deadly for Patient
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Technology Promises to Reduce Medication Errors in Nursing Homes
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Ignored Alarm On Ventilator Patient Results In Criminal Charges
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Elderly with Hip Fractures in Nursing Homes Face Grim Prognosis
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Hidden Cameras Allow Families To Track Care In Nursing Homes
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Court Slashes Nursing Home Negligence Verdict
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World Elder Abuse Day: Why Bother?
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How Quickly Can Bedsores Develop on a Nursing Home Patient?
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Memory Care Facilities Emerging Specialty In Senior Care Industry
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Mealtimes Turn Dangerous In Senior Care Facilities
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Reports From Nursing Home Inspections Frequently Lag Behind
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Authorities Investigate Rape of Woman In Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Taking Recreational Care Too Far
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Electronic Monitoring of Nursing Home Patients Moves Closer to Reality
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Do Nursing Home Owners’ Assets Need To Be Protected From Lawsuits?
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Study Examines Necessity of Feeding Tubes in Elderly
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Use Of Antipsychotic Medications Soars In Nursing Homes
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Will You Go Broke Paying For Nursing Home Care?
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Jammin’ Grannies: Music Therapy Used To Help Nursing Home Patients
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Not Enough Manpower For The Job. Many Nursing Homes Understaffed
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Abuse Perpetrated By Nursing Home Workers
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Strickland v. Vencor, Inc. (2000 WL 622292 (Minn.App.))
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Assisted Living Facilities To Receive More Regulations
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Immobile Elderly Particularly Susceptible To Dangers In Nursing Homes
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Hypothermia Death Demonstrates Dangers Of Wandering Episodes During Winter
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Computer Tracking Now Being Implemented To Help Heal Patients Bed Sores
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Where is the care in senior care?
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After Allegations Of Poor Care, Does Private Equity Have A Place In Nursing Home Operation?
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Elder Abuse Lawsuits Difficult To Pursue After Patient Dies
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Mainly Unregulated, Assisted Living Facilities Provide Dangerous Care
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After Warnings, Nursing Home Patients Continue To Receive Antipsychotic Drugs
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Failure to Monitor Nursing Home Patient’s Oxygen Levels Results In Death
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Evidence That Regular Turning Prevents Development Of Pressure Sores
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Nursing Home Blamed For Patient’s Burns in Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Operator Agrees To Medicare Fraud Settlement
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Cameras Permitted In Oklahoma Nursing Homes
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Smoking Accident At Chicago Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Fined For Failing To Safeguard Patients
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Poorly Maintained Nursing Home Bed Costs Patient Her Life
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False Claims Act Lawsuit Blames Nursing Home Operators for Defrauding Medicare
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Group Home Named In Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Woman Chokes To Death
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Shocking Example of Nursing Home Abuse Reported At Illinois Facility
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Nursing Home Cited In Sexual Abuse Incident
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Wheelchair Accidents In Nursing Homes Are Pervasive & Dangerous
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Use of Antipsychotic Medication Still a Way of Life in Many Nursing Homes
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Judge Requires Bond While Nursing Home Verdict Is Appealed
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Hidden Camera Catches Care That Family Wishes It Would Have Never Seen
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Home Based Care Options for Seniors Continue To Progress
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The Cost Of Nursing Home Care Is Not Always Covered By Medicare
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Importance Of Assigning A Power Of Attorney For End-Of-Life Care
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Determining When To Involve Authorities In Suspected Elder Abuse
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Correlation Between Caregiver Stress And Elder Abuse
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Jury Holds Nursing Home Responsible For Negligent Catheter Care
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Nursing Home Industry Seeks To Protect itself From Lawsuits Arising Out Of Poor Care
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Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Seeks To Bring Attention To Ongoing Problem
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Dangers Related To Byetta And Januvia Not New
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State Attempts to Make Nursing Home Lawsuits More Difficult to Initiate
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Nursing Home Negligence Verdict To Stand
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Will Privacy Trump a Families’ Right to Protect Their Loved Ones in Nursing Homes?
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Morphine Overdose Kills Nursing Home Patient
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Time For Nursing Homes To Start Paying More Meaningful Wages To Staff
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Labor Shortage In Nursing Homes Is A Safety Concern
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What Does It Take To Make It to The List Of the Worst Nursing Homes?
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Medical Malpractice Cases Take Work & Time To Settle
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Hospital Blamed For Patient’s Death In Bed Rails
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Repeated Episodes Of Abuse Reported At Assisted Living Facility
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Fresenius Suspected Of Not Warning Dialysis Patients Of Heart Risk
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Nursing Home Cited For Repeated Medication Errors
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Is There A Shortage Of Nursing Homes?
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Lawsuits Mounting Against Stryker Related To Its Defective Hips
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Quick Thinking Senior Captures Evidence Of Sexual Assault In Nursing Home
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Assisted Living Resident Wanders To Her Death
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Fatal Medication Overdose Results In Verdict Against Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Negligence: Man Has Leg Amputated Due To Infected Bed Sores
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Update: $23 Million In Punitive Damages Awarded To Family In Elder Abuse Case
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Jury In Wrongful Death Trial Finds Nations Largest Assisted Living Operator Guilty Of: Malice, Oppression & Fraud
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Keeping The “Heads On The Beds” In Senior Care Facilities
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Listing Of The Best Nursing Homes Released. Is Your Facility On It?
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Bogus Bed Sore Ointment Manufacturer Charged With Medicaid Fraud
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Rapid Deterioration Of Nursing Home Patient Highlights Poor Care At An Illinois Facility
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Nursing Home Chain With Troubled Past Agrees To Hire More Staff
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Nursing Home Finds Itself In Big Trouble ($28M worth) After Failing to Provide Care To Patients
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Is Nursing Home to Blame When A Patient Inflicts Injury on Themselves?
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Can I Get A Lap Dance For The Old Man In Room 202?
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How Much Are DePuy ASR Cases Really Worth?
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Paying for Nursing Home Care
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Nursing Homes Hesitant to Cooperate With the Prosecution of Their Own Staff
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Family Settles Bed Sore Lawsuit Against Chicago Nursing Home
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Appeals Court Concludes Nursing Home’s Lack of Medical Records is Sufficient To Prove Negligence
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$12 Million Bed Sore Verdict Is A Mixed Blessing For Family
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Signs and Symptoms of Hip Implant Failure or Injury
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Nursing Homes Can Improve Care When Given Incentive (Forced) To Do So
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To Turn, Or Not To Turn. Can Nursing Home Patients Effectively Choose To Develop Bed Sores?
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Will More Compassionate Staff Make For Better Nursing Home Care?
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Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Recognizes Most Common Violations
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In Wake Of Patient Fatalities, Bedrails Deserve More Regulation
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Bad Business? Why A Nursing Home Lawyer May Want To Turn Away Cases.
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Jury Recognizes Nursing Home Neglect After Patient Developed Pressure Sores
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Using A Wound VAC To Treat Pressure Sores
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Elder Abuse Infographic: Tips For Families To Identify Cases Of Elder Abuse
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Wheelchair Patients Must Be Supervised To Avoid Injury & Death
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More Disabled Persons Can Now Get The Nursing Care They Need
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Nursing Home Aides Face Criminal Charges After Patient Dies From Injuries After Getting Dropped
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The End Of The Road For Poorly Performing Nursing Homes: Special Focus Facilities
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Compassionate Care Cannot Be Taught To Nursing Home Staff
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Nursing Home Patients Suffer Due To Low Prioritization Of Staffing Needs
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Nursing Home Risks – Is Home Health Care a Safer Option?
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Poor Conditions in Nursing Homes Lead to Abuse
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Nursing Homes Continually Live In Denial Of Presence Of Violent Patients At Their Facilties
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Information On Sun Healthcare Nursing Homes
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Nursing Home Sanctioned After Patient’s Choking Death
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Accident Attorney Recognizes High Rates Of Staff Turnover As Significant Problem Facing Long-Term Care Industry
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All Bed Sore Cases Are Automatic ‘Money In The Bank’? Right? Wrong!
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For Nursing Home Patients Who Require Assistance, A Trip To The Toilet Requires Company
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What Type of SSDI Cases Win Disability Benefits?
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Medicare Cuts to Nursing-Home Care Take Effect
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Sunrise Senior Living Nursing Homes
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Study Reveals Correlation Between Hospital Bed Sores & Patient Mortality
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The Alden Network Nursing Homes
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Reporting Elder Abuse: It Is An Illinois Law
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Decline In Hand Hygiene In Nursing Homes Puts Patients’ Health At Risk
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Differentiating Degrees Of Deficiency In Nursing Homes
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Early Identification Of Pressure Sores Can Stop Further Development
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Full Disclosure Needed In Nursing Home Records
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How Extensive Is The Elder Abuse Problem?
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Injury in a Nursing Home – Why a Personal Injury Claim Should be Considered.
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Are The New Illinois Laws Enough To Protect Seniors?
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5 Steps Nursing Home Patients Can Take To Reduce Falls
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5 Indicators That A Loved One Is A Victim Of Nursing Home Abuse
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The Fallacy Of A Kennedy Ulcer In Nursing Home Patients
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New Nursing Home App Provides More Access to Data From Facilities
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Should families be concerned when charges of nursing home neglect come forward?
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Want to stay out of the nursing home? Get a good nights sleep!
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Repeated Falls Cause Injuries To Illinois Nursing Home Patient & Leads To Lawsuit Against Facility
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Are The New Illinois Laws Enough To Protect Seniors?
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Incidents of Neglect Higher at Nursing Homes Accepting Medicaid as Payment Provider
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Nursing Homes Cry Poor While Revenues Rise
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Using PT/INR To Manage Coumadin Levels & Prevent Injury In Nursing Home Patients
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Chicago Nursing Home Lawsuit Settles For $102,500
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Nursing Homes Seek Financial Protection From Lawsuits
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Would Nursing Homes Rather Allow A Patient To Die Than Take Responsibility For Their Actions?
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Inclusion of Convicted Felons In Nursing Home Population Puts Patients At Risk For Abuse & Violence
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Pressure Sore Lawsuit Alleges Neglect Resulted In Infected Wound & Amputation of Leg
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The Real Source of Nursing Home Liability: Poor Care
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It Only Takes A Few Seconds Of Inattentive Care For A Nursing Home Patient To Suffer Horrendous Injuries
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Alzheimer’s Patients Wanders Blocks To His Death
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Understanding Pressure Sores In Nursing Homes & Other Medical Facilities
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Nursing Homes Need To Adhere To End Of Life Wishes
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Is Nursing Home Abuse Increasing Or Just Reported More Often?
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How To Select A Good Nursing Home (Even At The Last Minute)
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Antipsychotic Drugs Over-Used In Nursing Home Patients Can Cause Serious Injury & Death
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Nursing Home Alternatives – What Other Options Are Available?
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Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Lawyers
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Resident At Assisted Living Facility Dies From Burns Suffered In Smoking Incident
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Systematic Under-Staffing Alleged In Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit
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No Need For Illinois Nursing Homes To Carry Liability Insurance
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Risk Of Falling Higher For Newly Admitted Nursing Home Patients
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At Home Or In A Hospital, Alzheimer’s Patients Need Specialized Care
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To Care For Others, Nursing Home Employees (and other caregivers) Need To Also Care For Themselves
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Weighing the Costs of Reduced Hospitalizations for Nursing Home Patients
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Death of resident at assisted living facility. Are some ALF’s guilty of trying to do too much?
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Identify If You Are A Victim of Nursing Home Neglect: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Abuse
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Should you allow your loved one to remain in a nursing home or assisted living facility after disturbing care is discovered?
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Nursing Home Staff To Receive More Training On Patient Toileting Needs
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Wandering Episode At Assisted Living Facility Highlights Prevailing Theme: Greed
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Nursing Home Patients Continue To Be Victims Of Drug Overdose And Adverse Drug Events
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Choking Deaths Of Nursing Home Patients Should Simply Not Happen
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Abuse Of Resident At Assisted Living Facility Demonstrates Why ALF’s Need More Regulation
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Wired-In Seniors Represent Growing Demographic On Internet
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Manorcare Of Libertyville
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U.S. Renews Commitment To Fighting Alzheimer’s
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Chicago Nursing Home Patients Suffer Due To Legislative Budget Cuts
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Unregulated ‘Personal Care Homes’ Pose Major Threat To Vulnerable People Residents
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How Nursing Homes Mislead Ownership To Protect Themselves From Liability
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As Large Nursing Home Chains Re-Located To Different States To Find More Favorable Jurisdictions, Should We Feel Sorry For Them?
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Is The Care Provided In Nursing Homes Actually Getting Worse?
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Bed Sore Risks Increase With Use of Feeding Tubes
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Is it possible to provide good nursing home care?
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Senators Call for New Rules Concerning Use of Anti-Psychotics in Nursing Homes
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Smaller, Friendlier and More ‘Homey’— Green Houses May Be One of The Most Important Developments In The Nursing Home Industry In Years
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Nursing Home Abuse? Or Perfectly Adequate Care? Is There Any Way To Reconcile The Divergent Views Of Juries & Investigators
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Will Nursing Homes Start Looking To Children To Pay For Parent’s Care?
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A Prime Example Of How Not To Treat An Injured Nursing Home Patient…. Ignoring Them
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Assisted Living Facility Blamed For Death Of Resident Who Was Struck By Car
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“They’ve Got to Be of the Devil” – Woman Describes Mother’s Assault in Nursing Home
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Ban Lifted on Nursing Home: Despite Numerous Violations, State Says Issues are “Corrected”
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Nurses Canned After Faking Insulin Test Results For Elderly Nursing Home Patients
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New Technology May Help In The Prevention Of Pressure Sores In Nursing Home & Hospital Patients
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Dangerous Joliet, IL Nursing Home Loses License Following Pattern Of Poor Care
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Inadequate Nursing Home Fines: Officials Need A Lesson From The NBA
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Failing To Intervene With Violent Patients Is No Different Than Neglecting Other Necessities
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Jury Awards Family Of Deceased Nursing Home Patient $3.2 Million In Response To Bed Sore Lawsuit
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British Medical Journal: DePuy Knew About Faulty Hip Implants as Long as 7 Years Ago, Even Though Product Was Only Recalled in 2010
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Sloppy Transfer From Wheelchair To Bed Claims The Life Of Nursing Home Patient
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Nursing Homes Need To Do A Better Job Identifying Abusive Employees
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Manor Court of Clinton; Clinton, IL
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Is Chicago Nursing Home Bullying Its Way Around Patient Safety Measures?
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Why Do So Many Nursing Home Patients Suffer Fall-Related Injuries When Preventative Techniques Are So Easy To Implement?
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Many Suspicious Elder Deaths In Nursing Homes & Hospital Go Un-investigated
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Keeping Elderly Patients Mobile During Short Hospital Stays May Save Lives
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Parkshore Estates Nursing & Rehab; Chicago, IL (Previously known as “Kenwood Healthcare Center”)
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Number of Preventable Hospital Deaths Remains a Mystery, Says Leading Medical Journal
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Former Nursing Home Resident Becomes First Person With Expressive Aphasia To Testify in Court
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State Supreme Court Absolves One-Person Nursing Home Board From Lawsuit
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Music & Cognitive Improvement In The Elderly
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Belhaven Nursing & Rehab Center – Chicago, IL
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Strength In Numbers: How Multiple Complaints Can Direct Needed Attention To Problems At Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities
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Is The Nursing Home Industry To Blame For Sending Elderly Away From Home-Based Care?
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Failing To Report Nursing Home Violence Results In Sanctions Against Facility
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Video Interview: Discussing the DePuy Hip Replacement Recall with LXBN TV
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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits & Hospital Acquired Pressure Sores
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Momence Meadows Nursing & Rehab; Momence, IL
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Recent Disclosures Reinforce DePuy’s Intent To Put Corporate Profits Ahead Of Patient Safety
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Bed Alarms In Nursing Homes: Is Staff Indifference Resulting In Episodes Of Delayed Response To Emergency Situations?
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Communication Is Crucial To Prevent Short-Term Nursing Home Admissions From Turning Into Long Term Nightmares
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Enough Is Enough. Recently Filed Illinois Nursing Home Lawsuit Highlights The Problems That Accompany ‘Difficult’ Residents
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Episode Of Sexual Abuse By Nursing Home Employee With A Questionable Past Highlights The Need For Nationalized Database For Healthcare Workers
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Delay In Providing Care For Patient With Pressure Sore Results In Fines Against Facility
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Failure To Detect Problems With Oxygen Tank Results In Lawsuit Against Nursing Home
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Elder Abuse Charges Brought Against Nurses For Their Role In The Death Of A Nursing Home Resident During Short-Term Admission
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Another Nursing Home Patient Dies Related To Violence Perpetrated By Peer
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Lawsuit Blames State For Keeping Disabled Children In Nursing Home
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Meth Cooking Nursing Home May Be Shut Down By State
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Nursing Home Found Not Negligent In Civil Lawsuit Following Murder Of Patient
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The Silver Lining: When Nursing Homes Improve Care Following Tragedies
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Jail Time For CNA Who Posted Photos Of Nursing Home Patients On Facebook
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Man Wanders From Illinois Nursing Home With Dangerous Track Record Of Patient Care
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What the? Huh? Fire Starts In Nursing Home After Meth Lab Created In Patient’s Room!
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Will Illinois Get Serious About Improving Nursing Home Care?
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Authorities Beginning To Look Up The Food Chain Towards Nursing Home Administrators When Sexual Abuse Occurs On Their Watch
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Trouble At Chicago Nursing Home Caring For Minorities
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Learning About Your Nursing Home: Medicare Ratings- Part 1
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Are We Expecting Too Much From Home Care Workers?
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Nursing Home Fined For Poor Care Of Patients’ With Feeding Tubes
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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company v. Care Management, Inc. (2010 WL 744994 (Ark.))
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Spunt v. Oak Hill Nursing Home, Inc. (509 A.2d 463)
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Mannion v. Manor Care, Inc. (2006 WL 6012873 (Pa.Com.Pl), 4 Pa. D. & C. 5th 321)
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Gunn v. Hi- C- Home, Inc. (260 Or. 404, 490 P.2d 999)
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Smith v. Iowa Department of Human Services (755 N.W.2d 135)
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Atterholt v. Robinson (872 N.E. 2d 633)
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Newkirk v. Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC. (898 N.E.2d 299)
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Whitaker v. Hill Nursing Home, Inc. (210 P.3d 877)
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Salas v. Grancare, Inc. (22 P.3d 568)
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Montoya v. Trinidad State Nursing Home (109 P.3d 1051)
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Bell v. Williams Care Center, Inc. (226 Neb. 1, 409 N.W.2d 294)
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Sababin v. Covina Rehabilitation Center (144 Cal.App.4th 81,50 Cal.Rptr.3d 266)
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Beebe Medical Center, Inc. v. Bailey (913 A.2d 543)
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A Little Digging Can Reveal Lots About Your Nursing Home
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Double Standard Applies To Sex Crimes Perpetuated Against Nursing Home Patients
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Illinois Lawmaker Seeks To Tighten Reigns On Nursing Homes
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New Device Hold’s Promise For Preventing The Development of Pressure Sores In Immobile Patients
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History Of Errors Discovered At Illinois Nursing Home Where Patient Wandered To His Death
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Winning Is The Easy Part. Collection Of Nursing Home Judgments May Prove Impossible When Assets Are Shielded Behind Complex Corporate Structures
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Resident Interviews Proving To Be Too Burdensome For Nursing Home Staff
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Little Evidence That Poorly Performing Nursing Homes Are Improving
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$8 Million Verdict Handed To Nursing Home After They Play Dumb About The Origin Of Patient’s Injuries
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Patient Beaten To Death In Chicago Nursing Home
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Was Nurse’s Need To Rush Through Job Responsibilites To Blame For Death Of Patient?
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Take This Job & Shove It! Disturbing Insights Concerning Working Conditions At Large Nursing Home Chain
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Nursing Home Negligence: Don’t Always Point The Finger At The Staff
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Legal Blogs Offer Insight On Elder Abuse & Beyond
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Once Praised Nurse Finds Herself Behind Bars After Abusing Disabled Nursing Home Patient
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No Training Will Prevent Situations Involving Stupidity From Occurring At Some Nursing Homes
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Lexington Health Center; Bloomingdale, IL (Also Known As “Lexington of Bloomingdale”)
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Jurors Recognize The Sad Emblem Of Nursing Home Neglect: Pressure Sores
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Family Resources To Assist With The Aging Process— And Beyond
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Gentle Massages Help Seniors Feel Less Pain; More Connected: Techniques You Can Learn To Calm Your Loved One
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2 Women Charged With Neglect After Elderly Relative Found With Toes Eaten
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Nursing Home Spotlight: Champaign County Nursing Home; Urbana, IL
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Study Concludes Nursing Home Patients With Dementia Are Far More Likely To Suffer An Injurious Fall When Taking Common Antidepressants
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Illinois To Receive Big Bucks To Improve Nursing Home Safety. Will It Help?
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8 Resources To Help Families Transition Their Loved One To A Nursing Home
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Lots Of Information On Nursing Homes Is Out There— It Frequently Is A Matter Of Knowing Where To Look
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The influx of felons into main-stream nursing homes. It may be legal, but does it pose a threat to granny?
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Metolazone? Methimazole? What’s the difference? For nursing home patients, a lot!
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Failure To Provide Blood Thinning Medication Results In Stroke & Subsequent Death Of Nursing Home Patient
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Illinois Officials Begin Examination of Nursing Home Procedures Following Elopement Of Alzheimer’s Patient
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Nursing Home Blamed For Un-checked Urinary Tract Infection
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Nursing Home’s Conduct In Wrongful Death Case Angers Jury—- To The Tune Of $200 Million
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New Facility Promises To Put the “Home” in “Nursing Home”
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Family Sues Illinois Nursing Home Over Relative’s Death Related To Bed Sores & Infection
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Ohio Nursing Homes Forced to Shed 2,800 Jobs; Gov’t Budget Cuts to Blame
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Investigation Initiated After Suspicious Nursing Home Death, Involving Patient Wandering and Drowning
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The True Costs of Caring for a Loved One With Alzheimer’s
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Veterans Nursing Home Ends Wheelchair Program After Resident Falls
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Nursing Home Chain Information: Illinois
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British Poll Says Nurses Are More Reluctant Than Ever to Report Abuse
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Terms To Better Understand Your Nursing Home
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Illinois Bill Seeks to Give Families Easier Access to Medical Records
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Illinois Nursing Home Quarterly Violations: Second Quarter 2011
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Don’t Forget The Enduring Damage Nursing Home Neglect Leaves Behind
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Nursing Home With History Of Problems Now Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit Related To Poor Care of Patient With Tracheostomy Tube
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Death Of Nursing Home Patient Attributed To Fall From Mechanical Lift
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Metal Hip Failures, Lots Of Problems, Billions In Health-Related Costs
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Do highly rated nursing homes give families a false sense of security?
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Minnesota Nursing Home Blamed for Resident’s Choking Death
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Registered Sex Offender Attacks Fellow Resident in Iowa Nursing Home
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Making the Most of Holiday Visits to Dementia Sufferers
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Nursing Home Lawsuits: Do they represent isolated events or are they representative of poor care?
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Financially Troubled Nursing Home Charged Cited For Discontinuing Dietary Supplement In Patients With Severe Weight Loss
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Innocent Mistake? Or Was Nursing Home’s Delay In Notifying Health Department Of Norovirus Outbreak Intentional?
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Is Assisted Living Facility To Blame For Murder Of Patient?
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Florida Supreme Court Upholds Rights Of Nursing Home Patients In Striking Arbitration Clauses
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Episode Of Medical Errors Demonstrates Incompetance Of Nursing Home Staff In Dispensing Medicine
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Wheelchair Patient Falls To Death Down Un-secured Staircase In Nursing Home
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Second Choking Event At Illinois Nursing Home Results In Fine From State
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Bed Sores Are Amongst Most Common Hospital Errors
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Largest Nursing Home Chains Provide Inferior Care & Have More Problems Related To Patient Care
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Caught On Tape: CNA Pleads Guilty To Abuse Of Elderly Nursing Home Patient
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Common Medications Used By The Elderly Must Be Properly Monitored To Keep Patients Safe
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Are too many nursing home patients receiving psychiatric drugs?
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