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• Nursing Home Cameras Expose Abuse - Select nursing homes of Oklahoma are currently in chaos, after two 96 year old residents were found on camera being abused by their caretakers. The two women who were caught abusing the elderly residents, Caroline Kaseke and Lucy Gakunga were arrested by local police in Oklahoma.


• Bookkeepers Stealing from the Elderly - Elderly men and women throughout the US are falling victim to fraud in their nursing homes. Office managers in charge of their resident's funds have been misusing their privileges to steal massive amounts of money.


• WW II Vet’s Death Leads to Another Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit in Saratoga County - Maplewood Manor, the nursing home owned by Saratoga County, NY is now facing its third concurrent nursing home abuse lawsuit.


• Retrial Refused After $90M Nursing Home Abuse Verdict - Heartland of Charleston has been denied a new trial by a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge in W.Va. after an earlier jury trial for nursing home abuse led to an award of more than $90 million to the plaintiff.


• Florida Nursing Home Faces Abuse Lawsuit for Keeping Dying Patient Alive - The Oakbridge Healthcare Center in Lakeland, FL is facing a nursing home abuse lawsuit filed by the daughter of a 90-year-old resident who was resuscitated and kept alive despite there being a verified do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order.


• Late Ernie Tyler’s Family Files Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit - The family of Orioles umpire attendant Ernie Tyler, who died in Feb 2011 at the age of 86, has filed a nursing home abuse lawsuit against the Genesis ElderCare Long Green Center in Baltimore, MD.


• Villaspring Settles Nursing Home Abuse Allegations in Kentucky for $350K - Villaspring Health Care Center, Inc., and Carespring Health Care Management, LLC have settled nursing home abuse charges associated with their facility in Erlanger, KY.


• 90-year-old Suing Car Dealership for Elder Law Violation - Northeast Portland resident Kay Sweeney, 90, is suing a Portland car dealership for what she claims is a violation of elder law.


• Nursing Home in Metro Atlanta Agrees to $613,300 Settlement - Plano, TX-based GGNSC Holdings, which operates Golden LivingCenters in the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area, has agreed to pay $613,300 to settle nursing home fraud charges.


• Hidden Tape Shows Nursing Home Abuse at Mount Pleasant Manor, SC - The nursing home abuse at Mount Pleasant Manor in Mount Pleasant, SC was captured in video and audio footage from a hidden camera.


• Plea Deal Paves the Way for Justice in Placerville Nursing Home Abuse Case - Johnnie Esco is about to get justice for the nursing home abuse that lead to her death. Neither Johnnie nor her husband Don to whom she had been married for 61 years will be around to see the nurses and nursing home director sentenced.


• Florida Threatened with Federal Lawsuit for Nursing Home ADA Violations - The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a written warning to Florida health officials, threatening legal action if they did not act quickly to remove children with disabilities from elder nursing homes.


• Tucson Nursing Home Patient Dies After Being Left Outside - A Tucson nursing home has been is facing a $500 fine for leaving a wheelchair-bound patient outside in 102-degree heat for over an hour, resulting in his death.


• Pennsylvania Court Overrules Nursing Home Arbitration Clause - In what could possibly become a landmark nursing home case, a Pennsylvania trial court in Westmoreland County refused to honor a binding arbitration clause and dismiss a lawsuit filed against Extendicare Homes Inc. after the nursing home company argued that the court did not have jurisdiction.


• Elder Law Rights Abuse Lawsuit for Leaving 89-yr Old in Outside Heat - Loretta Hooker, 89, was admitted to the Sunrise Sterling Canyon Assisted Living of Valencia in July 2007, suffering from weakness, fragility and dementia.


• Rhode Island Nursing Home Sued for Firing Whistleblowers - The Hebert Nursing Home located in Smithfield, Rhode Island is being sued for violating the state's Whistleblowers' Protection Act by three former employees who allege they were fired for reporting abuse at the home.


• Nursing Home Abuse Complaints Uncover Medicare, IRS Fraud - George Dayln Houser of Atlanta, GA and his wife operated three nursing homes.


• Nursing Home Abuse Wrongful Death Lawsuit - It is one thing to prove a nursing home was negligent and violated the regulations of Elder Law, resulting in the death of a loved one.


• The Potomac Center Nursing Home in Virginia Is Subject of Ongoing Investigation - The Potomac Center Nursing Home in Arlington, VA has been the subject of an ongoing investigation that has resulted in one of the largest nursing home abuse cases in history.


• Nursing Home Lawsuit in Tampa - After nursing home lawsuit has gone to trial and ended in the victim’s favor inTampa, Florida.


• Man Chokes to Death in Nursing Home - According to reports, a nursing home lawsuit has arisen following the death of a resident from a choking accident.


• The Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service Pushes for Tougher Nursing Home Abuse Laws - The Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, an agency that fights for the rights of disabled individuals has offered advice to stop abuse and neglect in Michigan nursing homes.


• Nursing Homes Reassess The Need For Medications Used to Control Dementia after Reports Reveal Negative Side Effects - Hundreds of thousands of older nursing home patients remain on antipsychotics, and nursing care facilities around the country are trying to eliminate their use of potentially harmful antipsychotic medications and some said they're noticing remarkable effects.


• Nursing Home Transitions May Cause Severe Stress to Patients Suffering From Dementia - Approximately one in five nursing home facility patients with advanced cognitive and functional disorders who are in their final days before passing away is subjected to a stressful, possibly unnecessary transition in health care


• Nursing Homes In Florida Worried About Budget Reductions - Florida is facing imminent budget reductions in Medicaid reimbursements this month.

Do you suspect an elderly loved one is the victim of nursing home abuse? If so, contact a nursing home abuse attorney in your area to discuss your legal options today.