Archives
- 2012.02.06: Bronx Nursing Home Employees Prosecuted For Falsifying Medical Records
- 2012.02.03: Hamptons Nursing Home Cited By NYS DOH For Medication Error
- 2012.01.25: Smithtown Center For Rehab In Suffolk County Nursing Home Fails to Meet DOH Standards
- 2012.01.24: Port Jefferson Station Nursing Home Cited in Deficiency Report
- 2012.01.20: Bronx Nursing Home Fined More Than $55,000
- 2012.01.19: Government Report Documents Under-Reporting of Hospital Errors
- 2012.01.03: N.Y. Nursing Home Fall Attorney Report: Rockland Nursing Home Cited in May Deficiency Report
- 2011.12.28: Nurse At Farmingdale Nursing Home Sentenced To Probation For Falsifying Chart After Fall
- 2011.11.29: Aide, Supervisor Terminated After Beating / Attempted Cover-Up at Staten Island Nursing Home
- 2011.11.22: NYS Department of Health Cites West Babylon Nursing Home For Failing to Monitor Effectiveness of Meds
- 2011.11.22: Huntington, NY Nursing Home Cited for Deficiencies in June Survey
- 2011.11.07: Center Moriches Nursing Home Fails To Safeguard Resident Information
- 2011.11.07: Suffolk County, NY Bedsore Attorney Report: Petite Fleur Cited for Failing To Prevent Bedsore
- 2011.11.03: Suffolk County Bedsore Attorney Report: Momentum at South Bay Citations Almost Double The Statewide Average
- 2011.11.02: Nesconset, Long Island Nursing Home Surveyors Find Deficiencies For Failing to Prevent Accidents
- 2011.11.01: Long Island, NY Nursing Home Found Deficient
- 2011.11.01: Suffolk County Nursing Home Cited for Multiple Deficiencies
- 2011.10.19: Three Workers at Senior Living Facilty Arrested, Charged with Assault
- 2011.10.05: Panel Declares Nursing Home Worker's Apology Should Have Been Suppressed
- 2011.09.28: Two Staten Island Nursing Home Nursing Staff Members Lose Licenses After Elder Abuse Incident
- 2011.09.27: Two Ferncliff Nursing Home Aides Punished For Trying to Cover-up Fall
- 2011.09.14: White Plains, NY Elder Lawyer FAQ: What Is Medicaid Planning?
- 2011.09.13: White Plains, NY Elder Lawyer FAQ: What Is a Guardianship?
- 2011.09.13: Westchester County Surrogate's Court Rejects Will And Grants Summary Judgment in Will Contest
- 2011.09.13: White Plains, NY Elder Lawyer FAQ: What Is Power of Attorney and When Is It Necessary?
- 2011.09.12: White Plains, NY Elder Lawyer FAQ: What Is a Health Care Proxy and When Is One Necessary?
- 2011.09.08: Medicare Fraud Crackdown Leads to Charges Across US
- 2011.09.08: Risk of Dementia Possibly Lessened by Aerobics
- 2011.08.18: 22 New York Nursing Homes Cited By Federal Government For Failing To Comply With Quality Of Care Requirements
- 2011.08.17: Rockland County Nursing Home Fined $24,000 For Various Violations
- 2011.08.17: Elant at Newburg Hit with $72,000 Fine for Multiple Deficiencies
- 2011.08.16: Long Beach, NY: Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Fined by DOH
- 2011.08.16: Department of Health Eliminates Medicaid Program from Soundview
- 2011.07.26: Cayuga County Nursing Home Found Deficient For Failing To Prevent Bedsores And Accidents
- 2011.07.20: Second Department Upholds Trial Court Decision Compelling Nursing Home To Turn Over Patient Information
- 2011.07.20: Study Finds Black Residents More Likely To Develop Bedsores (Pressure Ulcers, Decubitis Ulcers)
- 2011.07.09: Despite Regulations, Abuse Still Rampant in State-Run Group Homes
- 2011.07.08: New NYS DOH Certification Survey Published for Elant at Newburgh
- 2011.07.07: Certified Nursing Assistant Breaks Resident's Arm in Bronx Nursing Home
- 2011.06.22: NY Bedsore Attorney Report: Jury Awards $5.4 Million in Staten Island Bedsore Suit
- 2011.06.21: New York Nursing Home Attorney Report: New York Nursing Homes And Its Employees Cited For Neglect/Abuse
- 2011.06.20: LTCCC Study Finds Problems With Oversight Of Assisted Living Facilities In New York
- 2011.06.15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Week
- 2011.06.01: Prison Sentence After Conviction in N.Y. Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Case
- 2011.05.15: New York Nurse Sentenced To Six Months Incarceration After Cover-up Of Medication Error
- 2011.05.06: Study Suggests Newfound Danger to Elderly Taking Narcotic Painkillers
- 2011.05.03: Bronx, NY Nursing Home Aides Lie about Elopement of Schizophrenic Patient
- 2011.04.27: Upstate New York Nursing Home Fires Two Employees After Disturbing Sexual Incident
- 2011.04.18: New York Nursing Home Lawyer Report: C.N.A. At Meadowbrook Care Center Has To Forfeit Certificate After Falsifying Records
- 2011.03.15: Worker at CA Nursing Home Charged with Elder Abuse and Battery
- 2011.03.04: Film Legend Mickey Rooney Discusses Experience With Elder Abuse
- 2011.02.23: NY Nursing Home Attorney Report: Brooklyn Nursing Home Cited After Elopement Incident
- 2011.02.22: NY Bedsore Attorney Report: Queens Nursing Home Cited for Numerous Deficiencies
- 2011.02.03: Elant at Newburgh Cited for Multiple Violations by Department of Health
- 2011.01.28: Fieldston Lodge Care Center Cited in Department of Health Deficiency Report
- 2011.01.13: Medicaid Fraud Investigators Bring Civil Suit Against New York City Government
- 2011.01.11: Northern Riverview (Haverstraw, NY) Cited By NYS DOH Surveyors
- 2011.01.08: Northern Metropolitan (Rockland County, NY) Cited: Pressure Sore Prevention Lacking
- 2011.01.07: NY Bedsore Attorney Report: Pine Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Receives Statement of Deficiency
- 2011.01.06: Paying for End of Life Planning Amended in Revised Medicare Regulation
- 2011.01.05: Elder Abuse More Widespread Than Reports Indicate
- 2011.01.04: New York Bedsore Attorney Report: Gold Crest Nursing Home Receives Lowest Possible Rating From CMS
- 2010.12.22: Settlement Approved in Brighton, New York Fall Case
- 2010.12.14: New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: NYS Aide Forced To Surrender Her License After Causing Fall
- 2010.12.10: NY Nursing Home Neglect Attorney Report: Long Island Nursing Aide Punished For Improper Transfer And Documentation
- 2010.11.30: Long Island Man Left with Brain Damage After Nurses Ignore Alarm
- 2010.11.19: Jury Returns $42.75 Million In Nursing Home Neglect Case Involving Bedsores
- 2010.11.06: Two Rockland County Nursing Homes Receive Low Ratings From Medicare
- 2010.10.10: Bronx Nursing Homes To Avoid: Nine Bronx Nursing Homes Receive Lowest Grade From Medicare
- 2010.10.02: Grandell Rehabilitation Fined For Failing To Provide Adequate Supervision To Resident Known To Have Suicidal Ideations
- 2010.09.14: New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: CA Jury Awards $12.5 Million To Resident Attacked By Cook
- 2010.08.27: New York Nursing Home Found Liable For Falls And Fractured Hip By NYC Jury
- 2010.08.11: Nurse At Medford Multicare Center Sentenced After Neglecting Resident And Falsifying Medical Records
- 2010.08.10: New York Nurse Aide Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Nursing Home Resident
- 2010.08.05: Newburgh, New York: Elant At Newburgh Nursing Home Fined Heavily For Failing To Prevent Bedsores
- 2010.08.04: Excellent Video Regarding The Need For Lawyers
- 2010.08.03: New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Two Suffolk County Nursing Home Employees Sentenced For Abuse/Neglect Of Residents
- 2010.08.02: Fall At New York Nursing Home Results In Probation For C.N.A.
- 2010.07.24: $114 Million Verdict After Nursing Home Bedsore Trial
- 2010.07.19: $29 Million Nursing Home Abuse Verdict Upheld
- 2010.07.03: Explanation Of CMS Special Focus Facilities Initiative
- 2010.06.15: New York Certified Nurse Aide Sentenced To Probation For Leaving Resident Alone On Toilet
- 2010.06.14: Nurse At Bronx Nursing Home Charged With Physically Abusing 75 Year-Old Resident
- 2010.05.31: New York Nursing Home Cited For Medication Error
- 2010.05.23: Westchester County NY Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Elant At Bradywine In Briarcliff Manor Fined $38,150 After Elopement Incident
- 2010.05.15: Oneida County New York Nursing Home Employee Placed On Probation After Investigation Reveals Abuse Of Elderly Resident
- 2010.05.14: Jury Returns $29.1 Million Verdict In Elder Abuse Case
- 2010.05.12: Jewish Home And Hospital In Bronx (NYC) Hit With $50,000 Fine Due To Substandard Care
- 2010.04.29: New York Nursing Home Settles Case For $190,000 After Resident Suffocates
- 2010.04.26: Plaintiffs Claim CA Nursing Homes Putting "Profit Over People" By Failing To Provide Adequate Staff
- 2010.04.04: 22 New York Nursing Home Staff Members Arrested And Accused Of Neglect
- 2010.03.31: New Rochelle Nursing Home Receives $32,630 Fine For Substandard Care
- 2010.03.30: Family Claims Nursing Home Failed To Monitor Dangerous Resident Leading To Sexual Assault
- 2010.03.25: 20 New York Nursing Homes Cited By Federal Government For Failing To Comply With Quality Of Care Requirements
- 2010.03.19: Bedsore Verdict Includes Punitive Damages
- 2010.02.28: Settlement Reached In Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Involving A Fall And Multiple Bedsores
- 2010.02.17: Nursing Home Complaints Receiving More Attention
- 2010.02.10: Bronx (NYC) Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Long-Term Care Hospitals Receive More Than Double The Citations Of Mainstream Hospitals
- 2010.01.29: New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Two NY Nurses Arrested After Failing to Seek Medical Attention For Injured Resident
- 2010.01.07: NYC Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: $19 Million Verdict After Brooklyn Nursing Home Allows 20 Bedsores to Develop And Falsifies Records
- 2009.12.28: New York Nursing Home Abuse Attorney Report: Queens (NYC) Nursing Home Receives Deficiencies For Failing To Keep Facility Accident Free
- 2009.12.19: Bronx (NYC) Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: Resident Dies After Bronx Facility Fails To Monitor Lab Values
- 2009.12.18: Elder Abuse Attorney Report: Support The Elder Justice Act
- 2009.12.17: New York Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Report: JAMBDA Study Finds Problems With Nutritional Care At Nursing Homes Go Largely Undetected By Surveyors
- 2009.12.12: New York Elder Abuse Lawyer Report: $7.75 Million Verdict In Nursing Home Abuse Case
- 2009.12.02: NYC Nursing Home Rivington House Fined $45,750 For Wrongful Death Of Resident
- 2009.12.01: 89 Year-Old Nursing Home Resident Freezes To Death After Sounding Alarm
- 2009.11.20: NY Elder Abuse: Attorney General Uses Hidden Cameras To Bring Charges Against Four Long Island (NY) Nursing Home Employees
- 2009.11.20: Suffolk County (NY) Nursing Home Fined For Cover-up And Falsification Of Records After Resident Breaks Hip
- 2009.11.18: Bedsore (Pressure Sore, Decubitis Ulcer) Trial Postponed
- 2009.11.17: Sepsis And Its Relationship To Bedsores (Pressure Sores)
- 2009.11.09: Bedsore Lawsuit Against Orange County (NY) Nursing Home Settles For $525,000
- 2009.11.04: East Haven Nursing Home In Bronx (NYC) Receives Lowest Rating From CMS
- 2009.11.01: Nurses Cite Link Between Short-Staffing and Medical Errors And Falls In Nursing Homes
- 2009.10.27: Bedsores - Frequently Asked Questions (Part I)
- 2009.10.20: Bronx (NYC) Nursing Home Cited For Allowing Resident To Elope For Twelve Hour Period Without Being Noticed
- 2009.10.19: Nursing Home Neglects Dying Man
- 2009.10.14: New York Medicaid Fraud Unit Vows To Protect Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents From Abuse And Neglect
- 2009.10.07: Plaintiff Awarded $2.2 Million After Bedsores Develop At Westchester County Hospital
- 2009.09.25: Queens, NY Nursing Home Cited For Providing Substandard Care And Placing Residents In Immediate Danger
- 2009.09.24: Nathan Miller Center For Nursing Care In White Plains, NY Fined $45,565.00 For Malfunctioning Call Bell System
- 2009.09.17: Elder Abuse Charges Filed In New York Local Court: Nurse Allegedly Ignored Nursing Home Resident's Pleas For Help
- 2009.09.14: Bronx Resident Sues Westchester County Nursing Home After Mother Dies From An Infected Bedsore
- 2009.09.09: Nursing Home Administrator Charged With Elder Abuse
- 2009.09.05: Nursing Home In Newburgh, NY Cited For Actual Harm Or Immediate Jeopardy
- 2009.09.04: Three Families Claim Long Island New York Rehab Facility Failed To Monitor Loved Ones
- 2009.09.02: New York Nursing Homes Identified As Special Focus Facilities By CMS
- 2009.09.01: Exposing The Medical Malpractice Myth
- 2009.08.26: Recreational Leader At Somers Nursing Home Accused Of Sexually Abusing Resident
- 2009.08.25: NY Nurse's Aide Photographs Genitals Of Brain Damaged Nursing Home Resident
- 2009.08.18: Nassau County Assisted Living Employee Ignores Mother In Pain On Kitchen Floor For Two Days
- 2009.08.13: Video Clip Explains Importance Of Preventing The Development of Pressure Sores (Bedsores, Pressure Ulcers, Decubiti)
- 2009.08.12: Brief Overview Of New York Public Health Law Section 2801-d
- 2009.08.11: Westchester County Nursing Home Aide Sentenced For Abuse Of Resident
- 2009.08.06: Choking Incident At New York Nursing Home Handled Inappropriately By Staff Causes Death
- 2009.08.04: Closet Falls On 90 Year Old Nun At Rockland County Run Nursing Home
- 2009.08.04: Over 30,000 Incidents Of Elder Abuse In New York In 2008
- 2009.07.29: Sutton Park Nursing Home In New Rochelle New York Receives Lowest Possible Overall Rating
- 2009.07.28: Medical Records Falsified At New York City Hospitals
- 2009.07.22: Rochester New York Nurse Accused Of Elder Abuse
- 2009.07.14: Ramapo Manor Center For Rehab In Rockland County Receives An Overall Rating Of "Much Below Average"
- 2009.07.12: Erie County Jury Awards $1,500,000 In New York Nursing Home Neglect Case
- 2009.07.09: Bedsore Leads To Infection and Wrongful Death In Georgia Nursing Home
- 2009.07.09: Abuse At Assisted Living Facility Results In $11,000,000 Jury Verdict
- 2009.07.06: Gold Crest Nursing Home In The Bronx Fined For Substandard Care
- 2009.07.05: $1.34 Million Dollar Verdict In Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Case
- 2009.07.02: Glendale NY Nursing Home Fined For Failing To Toilet Residents
- 2009.06.30: New York Researchers Find Instances of Medical Malpractice
- 2009.06.30: Study Finds That Walking Aides May Be Hazardous For Elderly
- 2009.06.29: Families Of Elder Abuse Victims Using Technology To Spread Awareness
- 2009.06.28: Connecticut Has Highest Rate Of Reported Elder Abuse Cases
- 2009.06.27: Dehydration Can Result In Infection/Death In Nursing Home Setting
- 2009.06.26: Protesters Say Closing Of New York City Shelter Amounts To Elder Abuse
- 2009.06.24: New York Times Reports: 94% Of Nation's Nursing Homes Cited For Deficiencies In 2007
- 2009.06.23: Nursing Home Owner Found Guilty Of Abuse And Neglect - Resident's Death Caused By Infection
- 2009.06.20: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 2009.06.19: Elderly Victim Abused Financially By Family On Long Island
- 2009.06.17: Orange County NY Nurses Cited For Falsifying Nursing Records
- 2009.06.17: Failure to Meet Minimum Standards In New York Nursing Homes Leads To Fines And Sanctions
- 2009.06.16: NY Nursing Home Employees Disciplined In Death Case
- 2009.06.15: Eastchester Rehabilitation & Health Center In Bronx Cited For Abuse
- 2009.06.12: National Center On Elder Abuse Website
- 2009.06.11: Fines Levied Against Nursing Homes For Wrongful Death Of Residents
- 2009.06.11: New York Times: Private Investors Put Profits Over People In Nation's Nursing Homes
- 2009.06.10: Sarah Neuman Nursing Home In Mamaroneck New York Failed to Treat Pressure Sores
- 2009.06.10: Immediate Jeopardy Finding In Bronx Nursing Home
- 2009.06.09: Bed Sores Prevalent In Orange County New York Nursing Home
- 2009.06.07: Nursing Home In Queens Cited For Repeat Deficiencies
- 2009.06.06: Nursing Home In Queens Found To Be The Worst In The County At Preventing And Healing Pressure Sores
- 2009.06.05: Westchester, New York Nursing Home Fails To Prevent/Heal Pressure Sores
- 2009.06.04: Brooklyn Nursing Homes Fined For Instances Of Neglect
- 2009.06.03: 89 Year-Old Resident Freezes To Death In Nursing Home Courtyard
- 2009.06.01: Brooklyn Nursing Facility Cited For Failing To Provide Adequate Supervision
- 2009.05.31: Bronx Center For Rehabilitation And Health Center Fails To Meet Professional Standards
- 2009.05.29: Bainbridge Nursing Home In The Bronx Rated Much Below Average
- 2009.05.26: New York Times Article Highlights Team Approach To Treating Bedsores
- 2009.05.24: Are Bedsores An Epidemic?
- 2009.05.16: Upstate New York Nurse's Aide Accused Of Abusing 88 Year-Old
- 2009.05.14: Nursing Home Allegedly Tries To Cover-Up Elder Abuse
- 2009.05.13: New Guidelines For New York Nursing Home Surveyors
- 2009.05.12: Neglect Leads To Wrongful Deaths In Nursing Home Setting
- 2009.05.10: Pressure Sore Stages Revised
- 2009.05.07: Attempt To Cap Nursing Home Damages Fails
- 2009.05.06: Upstate New York Nursing Home Employee Faces Charges For Abuse of Residents
- 2009.05.05: Elderly In New York To Benefit From "Silver Alerts"?
- 2009.05.04: Long Island Nursing Home Aide Charged With Abuse
- 2009.05.01: New York Nursing Home Employee May Have Swine Flu
- 2009.04.29: Nursing Home Staff Abuses Residents By Taking Inappropriate Photos
- 2009.04.27: Bronx Nursing Home Settles Case Involving Falls
- 2009.04.25: New York Guide To Recognizing and Acting Upon Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
- 2009.03.03: Nurse Charged With Elder Abuse and Assault
- 2009.02.01: Two Nurses Arrested For Elder Abuse In New York
- 2009.01.05: Federal Government Implements Rating System For New York Nursing Homes
- 2008.11.26: Nursing Home Employees In Rome, New York Arrested For Stealing Resident's Engagement Ring
- 2008.09.03: New York Nursing Home Cited For 30 Deficiencies
- 2008.06.23: Sobering Facts Regarding The Elderly And Elder Abuse
- 2006.03.23: Nursing Home In California Fails to Conduct Daily Blood Tests Resulting in Wrongful Death
