Nursing Home Law

March 6, 2003, " State Senators Reject Proposals to Allow Video Cameras in Nursing Home Facilities" In order to prevent more instances of nursing home abuse or nursing home neglect, some people thought amending House Bill 1077 by allowing “granny cams” could be beneficial, however State senators rejected the proposal. Instead, the House Bill 1077 will strengthen procedures used for background checks and for health care workers. Many of the nation’s nursing home abuse problems have stemmed from improper nursing home employees that often times had previous record of abuse at other facilities but were still hired. Currently, the Health Department can take weeks or months to complete background checks and the House Bill amendment is headed to conference so that the legislation can be decided on.

March 6, 2003, "Temple University Health System Pays $500,000 Settlement for Nursing Home Abuse" A federal investigation on the Temple Continuing Care Center ended, costing the university a $500,000 civil settlement. The Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hoffman said that the “we were paying for care that was performed so poorly it was tantamount to no care at all.” Temple has still admitted no wrongdoing despite the investigation finding that nursing home resident suffered harm.

March 5, 2003, "$1.5 million Settlement Reached After Arkansas Nursing Home Abuse Found" An Arkansas nursing home chain has to pay $1.5 million to the state after the attorney general’s office found evidence of nursing home abuse at several of the homes.

February 19, 2003, "House Approves Controversial Bill Limiting Jury Awards Against Nursing Home Abuse" The House approved a controversial bill in Arkansas that would limit jury awards against nursing homes. The bill was asked to not be sent immediately to the Senate in order to allow any consideration of further amendments. If passed, the bill would limit punitive damages to $1 million and has a provision that would require lawyers to prove that a specific act was committed against their client. Some House members against the bill felt that it “strikes a blow at the absolute weakest among us” and that it is “fundamentally wrong and unfair.”


February 17, 2003, " Federal Report Finds South Carolina Nursing Home Inspectors Inadequate" A federal report was issued last March and found that the agency that is responsible for inspecting South Carolina nursing homes has failed to respond on time to a third of the most serious complaints. This information is required by federal law to be made within two days in the most serious cases of nursing home abuse. Insiders claim there are not enough people to enforce the state’s nursing home laws and regulations.

August 8, 2001, “Nursing Home Abuse Report: Elderly Abused at 1 in 3 Nursing Homes”  Reports of serious elderly abuse, physical, sexual and verbal abuse are “numerous” among the nation’s nursing homes, according to a congressional report released today.  ABCNews.com discusses these studies. 
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July 30, 2001, “Tracking Abuse In Nursing Homes” CBS News talks to first-hand victims of elderly abuse in nursing homes.  Unfortunately since one in every four nursing homes are cited for causing death or serious injury the risk of elderly abuse is high. 
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July 30, 2001,  “Nursing Home Abuse Widespread” CNN reports on statistics that almost one of every three nursing homes in the United States has been cited for an elderly abuse or violation, according to a government report released Monday. 
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August 3, 1998, “Shining A Light On Abuse”  Following elderly abuse reports of nursing home residents being beaten and starved, Congress reacts.  This Time Magazine article asks the crucial question, “who’s to blame?” 
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October 27, 1997, “Fatal Neglect”  In possibly thousands of elderly abuse cases, nursing home residents are dying from a lack of food and water and the most basic level of hygiene.  This Time Special Investigation uncovers the horrifying accounts of elderly abuse and neglect in all too many of our nursing homes nationwide. 
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