Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Blog
Covers nursing home abuse, elder abuse, and other elder law issues with a focus on California.
Author: Randall Walton practices at Walton Barber, which has offices in San Diego and Carlsbad, Calif.
Blawg Related Categories: Elder Law • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Blog
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Are Green Houses the Future Nursing Home?
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is donating millions of dollars to build small, home-like nursing homes as an alternative to the large institutional nursing homes we have come to know (and despise). Imagine what it…
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Southern California Nursing Home Citation Watch
This list contains the issuance of citations to Southern California nursing facilities by the California Department of Public Health over the last six months. All the citations listed are issued for reasons related to patient…
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Orange County Jury Awards $2 Million in Nursing Home Neglect Case
A jury in Santa Ana awarded the family of Mary Adams $2 million after the 104-year-old was neglected in a Laguna Hills nursing home. The jury awarded $1 million for the Villa Valencia Health Care's…
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Nursing Home Malpractice
Nursing Home malpractice comes in many forms, and has many names. Some call it nursing home abuse or neglect, others elder abuse, but whatever the name, it’s increasingly becoming a problem in the United States.…
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Nursing Home Rating System to be Unveiled
Yesterday the Bush Administration announced that it will create a nursing home rating system by the end of the year. The criteria for ratings has not yet been established, but will likely be a combination…
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Orange County Nursing Home Fined In Resident Death
A nursing home in Anaheim has received a $50,000 fine in the choking death of a resident. The resident, a brain injured man in his forties who had swallowing difficulty, choked on a piece of…
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DOJ's Nursing Home Iniative Seeks To Protect Elders
The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up efforts to reduce nursing home mistreatment of elders through its Nursing Home Iniative. The iniative focuses on improving enforcement of existing laws, training, attention to medical forensic…
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San Diego County Nursing Home Sued for Wrongful Death
The son of Maria Cobian, the elderly woman who was hit by a car and killed when she wandered away from her nursing home, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Vista Superior Court. The…
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Peer-on-Peer Abuse in Nursing Homes More Common than Believed
Nursing home abuse and neglect is not always perpetrated by staff members. New research from Cornell University suggests that aggression and violence between residents may be more prevalent than abuse or mistreatment from nursing home…
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Antipsychotic Drug Use Dangerous for Elderly with Dementia
New research shows that elderly people suffering from dementia who are given antipsychotic drugs are more likely to end up in a hospital or die, even if the drugs are administered for a very short…