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- 2013.05.22: Carbon County Nursing Home Patient Charged With Homicide in Another Patient's Death
- 2013.05.06: Task Force Formed to Study Senior Abuse and Neglect
- 2013.05.02: Alzheimer's Patients in Nursing Homes May Suffer Prolonged Demise
- 2013.04.29: Recognizing Nursing Home Abuse
- 2013.04.27: Woman Denied Treatment after Collapsing in California Retirement Home.
- 2013.04.09: Alabama Supreme Court Rules Third Party's Signature on Arbitration Contract Nonbinding - SSC Montgomery CCOC v. Bolding
- 2013.03.27: Judge Dismisses Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Against Bucks County
- 2013.03.13: High Court Rules Nursing Home Management Company Bears Substantial Blame for Death - Wilson v. Americare Systems Inc.
- 2013.02.20: Western Pennsylvania Nursing Home Settles Lawsuit Alleging Worker Attacked Patient
- 2013.02.07: West Virginia High Court Finds Arbitration Clause Signed by Health Care Surrogate Unenforceable - State ex rel, AMFM, LLC v. Circuit Court
- 2013.01.24: Eastern Pennsylvania Nursing Home Resident Sexually Assaulted by Fellow Resident
- 2013.01.08: Appeals Court Rules Jury Instructions Proper in Death of Nursing Home Patient - Freudeman v. Landing of Canton
- 2012.12.18: Nursing Home Workers Caught on Camera Manhandling and Taunting Disabled Patient
- 2012.12.04: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Permits Suits Against Nursing Home Parent Company and Affiliates - Scampone v. Highland Park Care Center
- 2012.11.21: Study: Norovirus Outbreaks in Nursing Homes Increase Risk of Death From Any Cause
- 2012.11.06: Mississippi High Court Permits Brother to Substitute for Niece in Nursing Home Death Case - Jaquith Nursing Home v. Yarbrough
- 2012.10.16: Family Alleging Nursing Home Neglect May Make Ordinary Negligence Claim - Southwell v. Summit View of Farragut
- 2012.10.03: Authorities Charge Eastern Pennsylvania Nursing Home Employees With Criminal Neglect
- 2012.09.24: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse: Out-of-State Case Highlights the Horrific Extent of the Problem
- 2012.09.07: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sex Abuse News: Sick Charges against Nursing Home Workers in Nearby Staunton
- 2012.08.16: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse Law, Designed to Limit Punitive Damages, Stalls in the PA Legislature
- 2012.08.06: Philadelphia Nursing Home Abuse News: "Houses of Horror" Are All Over California
- 2012.07.19: As If We Didn't Have Enough Trouble with Pennsylvania Nursing Home Negligence and Abuse: Woman Stole Over $300,000 from 67-Year-Old Resident
- 2012.07.11: Landmark Pennsylvania Nursing Home Case Could Change Balance of Burden: All About Health Care and Retirement Corp of America v. John Pittas
- 2012.06.20: Consolidated Opinion in West Virginia Nursing Negligence Cases: Could Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) Also Impact Your Case?
- 2012.06.07: Guilty Verdict in Nursing Home Manslaughter Case: Nurse Who Gave Alzheimer's Patients Morphine Gets 5 Months Behind Bars
- 2012.05.14: Investigation Finds Nursing Home Overuse of Antipsychotics Correlates With Less Staff
- 2012.04.30: West Virginia Supreme Court Takes Up Appeal by Nursing Home Hit With $91.5 Million Verdict
- 2012.04.17: Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Punitive Damages in Nursing Home Negligence Case - Estate of Gibson v. Magnolia Healthcare
- 2012.04.03: FBI Arrests Five Nurses at Philadelphia For-Profit Hospice, Alleging $9 Million Medicare Fraud
- 2012.03.20: CMS Announces Campaign to Reduce Unnecessary Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
- 2012.03.06: Arkansas Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Family of Nursing Home Negligence Victim - Bedell v. Williams
- 2012.02.21: Philadelphia Nursing Home Worker Caught With Residents' Property During Traffic Stop
- 2012.02.07: Jury Awards $200 Million in Death of Florida Woman From Nursing Home Neglect
- 2012.01.16: Pennsylvania Governor Signs Bill Establishing Informal Review of Nursing Home Violations
- 2012.01.04: Report Reveals Coroners Often Miss Deaths Attributable to Nursing Home Abuse
- 2011.12.12: Florida Supreme Court Rules Courts Must Decide Whether Nursing Home Arbitration Applies - Shotts v. OP Winter Haven
- 2011.12.06: Federal Inspector General Calls for Penalties for Nursing Homes That Overuse Antipsychotics
- 2011.11.29: Ohio Nursing Home Aide Pleads Guilty to Abuse of Dementia Patient Caught on Camera
- 2011.11.23: Pennsylvania Watchdog Raised the Alarm on Unethical Promotions of Risperdal in Nursing Homes
- 2011.11.14: Delaware Supreme Court Resurrects Nursing Home Lawsuit Missing Expert's C.V. - Dishmon v. Fucci
- 2011.11.07: CDC Calls for Increased Strep Throat Investigations After Philadelphia Nursing Home Outbreak
- 2011.11.01: Alabama High Court Remands Arbitration Dispute In Case of Delayed Motion to Arbitrate - Aurora Healthcare Inc. v. Ramsey
- 2011.10.24: Court Upholds Penalties Against Nursing Home That Evicted HIV-Positive Woman - Canal Side Manor v. PHRC
- 2011.10.18: Family in Quadrangle Nursing Home Abuse Case Files Lawsuit Against Nursing Home
- 2011.10.10: Study Finds African Americans Less Likely to Get Flu Shots in Nursing Homes Than Whites
- 2011.10.04: Pittsburgh-Area Nursing Home Sued for Negligence Allegedly Leading to Death From Bedsores
- 2011.09.28: Creditors May Sue Directors of Pittsburgh Nursing Home With Questionable Finances - In Re Lemington Home for the Aged
- 2011.09.20: Eleven People at Two Western Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Develop Legionnaires Disease
- 2011.09.14: Arkansas Appeals Court Denies Charitable Immunity in Nursing Home Negligence Suit - McMullin v. Arkansas Elder Outreach of Little Rock
- 2011.09.05: State of Iowa Nursing Home Inspector Refuses to Turn Over Nursing Home Statistics
- 2011.08.30: Oklahoma Appeals Court Upholds Judgment for Family of Veteran Who Died of Neglect - Lounds v. State
- 2011.08.22: Texas High Court Rules Nursing Home Claim Is Medical Malpractice Under State Law - Omaha Healthcare Center v. Johnson
- 2011.08.15: New Jersey Nursing Home Immune From Lawsuits as Charitable Organization - Griffin v. Bayshore Medical Center
- 2011.08.08: Jury in Nursing Home Abuse Case Awards $91.5 Million to Son of Woman Who Died of Dehydration
- 2011.08.01: Hospices Receive Allegations of Neglect and Abuse Resembling Nursing Home Abuse
- 2011.07.25: Lay Testimony Is Enough to Establish Abuse of Nursing Home Patients - Stone v. Missouri Dept. of Health Services
- 2011.07.18: Woman Fired From Nursing Home for Assisting State Investigation Wins Damages - Williamson v. Ciena Healthcare Management
- 2011.07.11: Nursing Home Need Not Keep Resident Until Medicaid Appeals Are Exhausted - King v. Butler Rest Home et al.
- 2011.07.05: West Virginia Supreme Court Finds State Nursing Home Law Preempted by Federal Arbitration Act - Brown v. Genesis Healthcare Corp.
- 2011.06.27: Court Finds Mental Incapacity Not a Bar to Enforcing Arbitration Agreement- Abell v. Bardstown Medical Investors
- 2011.06.20: Patient Advocates Ask HHS Not to Exempt Nursing Homes From Health Care Reform
- 2011.06.13: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Bill Would Give Homes More Tools for Abuse Allegations
- 2011.06.06: Psychiatrist and Federal Inspector General Debate Use of Drugs in Nursing Homes
- 2011.06.01: Haverford Home Implicated in Nursing Home Abuse Case Gets Provisional License
- 2011.05.23: Some Nursing Homes Want an Exemption From Employer Mandate in Health Care Reform
- 2011.05.16: Pittsburgh Nursing Home Study Finds 1 in 7 Homes Cited for Disease Practices
- 2011.05.09: Family Announces Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Against Quadrangle
- 2011.05.03: Pennsylvania Nursing Home License Revoked After Employees Caught Abusing Woman
- 2011.04.25: Study Finds More Than Half of Those Hospitalized for Medication Errors Are Seniors
- 2011.04.19: Study Finds Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patients Can Lose Memory When Hospitalized
- 2011.04.11: Hidden Camera in Philadelphia Nursing Home Catches Employees Abusing Woman
- 2011.04.05: More County-Owned Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Under Threat of Privatization
- 2011.03.31: Study Finds Typical Antipsychotics No Safer for Elderly Patients Than Atypical Drugs
- 2011.03.21: Western Pennsylvania Man Accused of Physical Abuse of Nursing Home Resident
- 2011.03.14: Drug Maker Settles Charges It Promoted Antipsychotic for Dementia and Hid Dangers
- 2011.03.07: Federal Study Finds 92 Percent of Nursing Homes Have Hired a Convicted Criminal
- 2011.03.03: Judge Declines to Dismiss Johnson & Johnson Kickbacks Lawsuit as New Suit Filed
- 2011.02.22: Pilot Project Finds Behavioral Interventions Drastically Reduce Use of Medications
- 2011.02.15: Patient in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Dementia Ward Beats Another Patient to Death
- 2011.02.09: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Receives Second Round of Citations From State DPW
- 2011.02.01: Pennsylvania Legislature Considers Medicaid Cuts That Could Affect Nursing Homes
- 2011.01.25: Study Finds Unnecessary Treatments for Dementia Patients Drive Up Medicare Costs
- 2011.01.19: Study Finds Health Care Underfunded by Medicaid in Pennsylvania and Other States
- 2011.01.12: Wilkes-Barre Police Find No Evidence for Nursing Home Patient's Sexual Assault Claim
- 2011.01.04: Article Reminds Pennsylvania Nursing Homes to Beware of Spreading Viruses in Winter
- 2010.12.21: Study Finds Disclosing Errors Won't Create More Pennsylvania Nursing Home Lawsuits
- 2010.12.14: Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Overuse of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
- 2010.12.07: Worker Sentenced for Abuse at Nursing Home Owned by Philadelphia Company
- 2010.11.30: Family Settles With Philadelphia Home That Allowed Patient to Wander in Icy Weather
- 2010.11.23: Pennsylvania Facility Narrowly Avoids Losing Medicare and Medicaid Eligibility
- 2010.11.16: Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Law Intended to Help Locate Missing Elderly People
- 2010.11.11: Nursing Home Criminal Background Checks Help Pennsylvania Families Stay Safe
- 2010.11.05: Study Finds Link Between Profits and Pennsylvania Nursing Home Quality Ratings
- 2010.10.29: Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Vulnerable to Poor Regulation Because of Politics
- 2010.10.22: Politics Can Affect Quality of Pennsylvania Nursing Homes and Their Caregiving
- 2010.10.15: Study Shows Pennsylvania Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers Essential to Protecting Seniors
- 2010.10.08: Many Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Score Poorly in Federal Quality Ratings
- 2010.09.30: Maggot Infestations in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patients Should Prompt Families to Investigate Nursing Homes
- 2010.09.17: Pennsylvania Families Cannot Trust State Regulators as Sole Watchdogs of Nursing Homes
- 2010.08.31: Pennsylvania Families Can Use Nursing Home Compare to Avoid Unsafe Homes
- 2010.08.18: Jury Awards $400,000 to Victim of Negligence by Nursing Home Company Operating in Pennsylvania
- 2010.08.03: Pennsylvania Family Fights Back Against Scranton Nursing Home's Alleged Negligence
- 2010.07.20: Erie, Pennsylvania Man's Family Recovers $6.5 mil in Fatal Resort Accident
- 2010.07.20: Budget Cuts Mean Pennsylvania Families Must Watch for Nursing Home Negligence
- 2010.07.09: Pennsylvania Families Should Look Carefully at Nursing Home Staffing Levels
- 2010.06.24: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Uses Baby Seal Robot to Comfort Dementia Patients
- 2010.06.08: Article Highlights Dangers of Poor Hygiene to Pennsylvania Nursing Home Residents
- 2010.05.27: Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Rated Dangerous Places to Work
- 2010.04.04: Technology for Incontinence Management Could Help Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patients
- 2010.04.02: Pennsylvania Families Should Beware of 'Worthless Services' in Nursing Homes
- 2010.03.31: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Employees Threaten Strike Over Pay
- 2010.03.29: Pennsylvania Families Should Be Alert to Sexual Abuse of Nursing Home Patients
- 2010.03.27: Philadelphia Nursing Home Run by Repeat Offender Shut Down for Safety Reasons
- 2010.03.25: Pennsylvania Families Should Take Note of Financial Abuse Schemes in Nursing Homes
- 2010.03.23: Dangerous Negligence Attributed to Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Hospital Company
- 2010.03.21: Pennsylvania Families Should Monitor Nursing Home Patients' Care
- 2010.03.19: Story Ends With Ray of Hope for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Neglect Victims
- 2010.03.17: Pennsylvania Families Should Take Note of Serious Problems in Nursing Homes
- 2010.03.15: Treatment Plans are of Vital Importance for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Patients
- 2010.03.13: Nursing Home Company Operating in Pennsylvania Allowed Delusional Patient to Sign Binding Arbitration Agreement
- 2010.03.11: Dementia Predicted to Rise Among Very Elderly in Pennsylvania Nursing Homes
- 2010.03.09: Report Shows 90 Percent of Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere Had Violations in 2007
- 2010.03.07: Nursing Home Chain Operating in Pennsylvania Settles Kickbacks Case
- 2010.03.05: Nursing Home Director Charged With Neglect for Ignoring Suspicious Patient Deaths
- 2010.03.03: Study Finds Pneumonia Drug Used in Pennsylvania Nursing Homes May Harm Patients
- 2010.03.01: Supreme Court Turns Down Appeal of Pennsylvania Nursing Home Rights Verdict
- 2010.02.27: Beware of Binding Arbitration in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Contracts
- 2010.02.25: Long-Delayed Federal Database of Dangerous Pennsylvania Caregivers to Be Released
- 2010.02.23: Nursing Home Residents Test Positive for Unexplained Opiates
- 2010.02.21: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Charged With Stealing Patients Drugs
- 2010.02.19: One Fifth of Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania and Nation Get Low Medicare Ratings
- 2010.02.17: How to Spot Theft From Patients in Pennsylvania Nursing Homes
- 2010.02.15: Life-Threatening Bedsores Can Be Caused by Nursing Home Neglect in Pennsylvania
- 2010.02.13: Nursing Homes in and Outside Pennsylvania May Fail to Protect Residents From Sexual Violence
- 2010.02.10: Family Sues Philadelphia Nursing Home Over Father's Death from Exposure
- 2010.02.08: The Importance of Staffing Levels at Pennsylvania Nursing Homes
- 2010.02.06: Newspaper Exposes Serious Negligence at Pennsylvania Veterans' Nursing Homes
- 2010.02.04: Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Bracing for Medicaid and Medicare Funding Cuts
- 2010.02.01: Investigating Nursing Home Negligence in Philadelphia
- 2010.01.29: Drug Company Sued for Paying Kickbacks to Nursing Home Company Operating in Pennsylvania
- 2010.01.27: Philadelphia Nursing Home Incorrectly Tells Family Resident Died
- 2010.01.20: Magazine Nursing Home Rankings Provide Resource for Pennsylvania Families
- 2010.01.18: Study Finds Philadelphia Nursing Homes May Overuse Dangerous Antipsychotics
- 2010.01.15: Outbreak of Water-Borne Disease Near Pennsylvania Threatens Nursing Home Residents
- 2010.01.13: Philadelphia Nursing Home Neglect Can Trigger Serious Health Problems
- 2010.01.11: Identity Theft Threatens Nursing Home Patients in Philadelphia and Nationwide
- 2010.01.08: Types of Nursing Home Abuse in Pennsylvania
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