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		<title>Negligent Nursing Home Owner Convicted Of Medicare, Medicaid Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A negligent nursing home owner has been convicted of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Not unsurprisingly, conditions for residents at three Georgia facilities run by the owner and his wife, were simply deplorable. &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/negligent-nursing-home-owner-convicted-of-medicare-medicaid-fraud/37551">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>$3.2 Million Awarded In Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Over Bedsores</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/3-2-million-awarded-in-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-over-bedsores/37296</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A family was just awarded $3.2 million in a nursing home abuse lawsuit over bedsores. The lawsuit, awarded last week, was filed against the Pioneer Health Care Center, a Rocky Ford, Colorado nursing home owned by Grace Healthcare, said the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/3-2-million-awarded-in-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-over-bedsores/37296">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Homes Overprescribing Antipsychotic Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-homes-overprescribing-antipsychotic-drugs/37210</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing homes are overprescribing antipsychotic drugs, according to government figures. The strong, sedating drugs, as we’ve long written, are often used on nursing home patients who are agitated and combative. A Boston Globe investigation, which involved data collected 19 months &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-homes-overprescribing-antipsychotic-drugs/37210">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Emergency Plans Often Lacking</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-home-emergency-plans-often-lacking/36837</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government investigators report that nursing home emergency plans often leave a lot to be desired, with vulnerable residents in danger should an emergency occur. The findings reveal that, in the event of a tornado, hurricane, or flood, nursing homes are &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-home-emergency-plans-often-lacking/36837">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parker Waichman Files Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Against Long Island Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national law firm, Parker Waichman LLP, just filed a nursing home neglect lawsuit against Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a Long Island, New York facility. The negligence lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Nassau County who woman suffered &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/parker-waichman-files-nursing-home-neglect-lawsuit-against-long-island-facility/36808">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Homes Plagued by Mystery Sapovirus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing homes, long suffering from outbreaks of norovirus, are being plagued by the equally virulent, lesser-known sapovirus. Once rare, said MSNBC, sapovirus is gaining ubiquity, very specifically in nursing home facilities and long-term care centers, according to heath researchers in &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-homes-plagued-by-mystery-sapovirus/36721">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New York AG Settles Compensation Lawsuit with Brooklyn Nursing Home Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Attorney General just settled a compensation lawsuit with a Brooklyn nursing home director over financial abuse. AG Eric Schneiderman announced the settlement, valued at $871,000, with the former director of two Brooklyn nursing homes over her allegedly &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/new-york-ag-settles-compensation-lawsuit-with-brooklyn-nursing-home-director/36594">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Nursing Home Sued For Failure To Stop Resident-On-Resident Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Illinois nursing home has been sued for its failure to stop resident-on-resident abuse. Sadly, this was not the only alleged incident of this type of nursing home abuse at the Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The nursing home is &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/illinois-nursing-home-sued-for-failure-to-stop-resident-on-resident-abuse/36320">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Claims Florida Illegally Warehouses Disabled Kids In Nursing Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An emerging lawsuit claims that Florida illegally warehouses disabled children in nursing homes. According to one report, some 250 very ill or disabled kids are in nursing homes to avoid paying to enable them to live with their families or &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/lawsuit-claims-florida-illegally-warehouses-disabled-kids-in-nursing-homes/36241">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly Often Vulnerabe to Mortgage Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elderly are becoming increasingly vulnerable to mortgage fraud and other types of financial abuse and their biggest threat may be their own families. As tougher economic times befall more Americans and there still exists a shady, predatory element to &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/elderly-often-vulnerabe-to-mortgage-fraud/35760">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elder Abuse Problems Expected To Mount</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elder abuse is expected to continue to rise. A sad expectation given that seniors are among our most vulnerable citizens, often depending on the benevolence of strangers. We’ve long been following the issue of elder abuse, a devastating indignity that &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/elder-abuse-problems-expected-to-mount/35195">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Repeated Citations, New York Group Home Owner Keeps License</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a staggering amount of citations, a New York group home owner is allowed to keep its license. A New York Times analysis has revealed that the Federation of Multicultural Programs of Brooklyn, an organization that cares for developmentally disabled &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/despite-repeated-citations-new-york-group-home-owner-keeps-license/34946">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Nursing Home Worker Pleads Guilty To Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ohio nursing home worker has pleaded guilty to abusing a resident in a case in which a family member’s hidden camera revealed numerous instances of maltreatment. Steve Piskor, concerned over his mother’s treatment at MetroHealth Medical Center Skilled Nursing &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/ohio-nursing-home-worker-pleads-guilty-to-abuse/34421">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unexplained Deaths at New York Homes for Disabled Rarely Investigated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, more than 1,200 developmentally disabled adults have died of unnatural or unknown causes while in the care of New York State, all of them living at state and privately run group homes. According to a report &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/unexplained-deaths-at-new-york-homes-for-disabled-rarely-investigated/34062">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Nursing Home Sued Over Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite ongoing headline-making news concerning abuse of the elderly in countless nursing home facilities, the abuse continues. This time, the son of a nursing home abuse victim has filed a lawsuit against a Hurricane facility in West Virginia on behalf &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/west-virginia-nursing-home-sued-over-death/33397">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Advocate Claims Iowa Governor Putting Nursing Home Residents At Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability Rights Iowa, a part of a national network of advocacy groups established by Congress, just published a derisive, open letter to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad questioning his plan to seek a less punitive method of regulating the stateâ€™s nursing &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/disability-advocate-claims-iowa-governor-putting-nursing-home-residents-at-risk/33071">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Third of Nursing Homes Cited for Abuse, Report Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2009 Congressional report revealed that over 30 percent of all nursing homes in the United Statesâ€”5,283â€”received citations for abuse violations from January 1999 to January 2001. The homes racked up nearly 9,000 violations; the violations were such that there &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/one-third-of-nursing-homes-cited-for-abuse-report-says/32514">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Arbitration Rejected by West Virginia Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/forced-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-arbitration-rejected-by-west-virginia-supreme-court/32372</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Appeals in West Virginia has rejected a plea concerning forced arbitration in nursing home abuse lawsuits, calling these clauses in nursing home agreements unconscionable, said The American Association for Justice. The high court found that the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/forced-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-arbitration-rejected-by-west-virginia-supreme-court/32372">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Chain Accused of Defrauding Medicare, Medicaid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, we wrote that in an effort to stem the growing epidemic of nursing home abuse, the state of Kentucky was seeking more stringent criminal checks for workers responsible for the care of nursing home residents. Now, says Courthouse &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-home-chain-accused-of-defrauding-medicare-medicaid/32340">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>California Nursing Facility Indicted for Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse, a seeming epidemic afflicting some of our most vulnerable citizens, is demeaning, painful, and dangerous. But, every now and then, justice appears to prevail, for instance at a Montrose skilled nursing facility. The facility, the Verdugo Valley &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/california-nursing-facility-indicted-for-abuse/32191">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Toughens Nursing Home Criminal Checks</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/kentucky-toughens-nursing-home-criminal-checks/31851</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to combat nursing home abuse, Kentucky is looking to mandate more stringent criminal checks for workers who are responsible for the care of nursing home residents. We have long been following the horrendous abuses against seniors spanning &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/kentucky-toughens-nursing-home-criminal-checks/31851">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Long Island Nursing Home Fined for Poor Care</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/long-island-nursing-home-fined-for-poor-care/31260</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elderly are among our most vulnerable citizens and, often, we are placed in situations in which we have no alternative but to place older relatives in the care of others. Sadly, reports of nursing home abuse are on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/long-island-nursing-home-fined-for-poor-care/31260">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Residents Receiving Too Many Antipsychotics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been following and written about the dangerous problem of the needless dosing of the elderly with antidepressants, antipsychotics, and sedatives. These drugs are sometimes given for seemingly pointless reasons and, on occasion, appear to be linked to &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-home-residents-receiving-too-many-antipsychotics/31031">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Infection Control Violations at Many Nursing Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/study-finds-infection-control-violations-at-many-nursing-homes/30876</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing homes have been plagued with reports of physical, chemical, and sexual abuse and nanny cams have caught nursing home workers abusing residents. Now adding to that list of indignities, Science Daily reports that 15 percent of nursing homes in &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/study-finds-infection-control-violations-at-many-nursing-homes/30876">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Law Would Deem Elder Abusers Predatory Offenders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An emerging bill meant to deem elder abusers as predatory offenders has made it to the Senate. Bill sponsor, Senator Warren Limmerâ€”Republican-Maple Groveâ€”says that nursing home facility employees found to be harming vulnerable residents will be added to the predator &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/minnesota-law-would-deem-elder-abusers-predatory-offenders/30421">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Failure Patients Do Worse in Nursing Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare patients discharged from the hospital and released to a nursing home are likelier to be hospitalized again or to die within one year, versus patients released to their homes, according to Internal Medicine News. The findings are from a &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/heart-failure-patients-do-worse-in-nursing-homes/30340">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New York Elder Abuse Impacts 1 in 7 over 60</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An emerging study reveals that about one out of seven older New Yorkers suffers from some type of elder or nursing home abuse. The Record Online cited a large study of residents over the age of 60 that found that &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/new-york-elder-abuse-impacts-1-in-7-over-60/30287">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At New York Group Homes, Abuse Goes Unchecked</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State is the operator of 2,000 group homes, which means that the state is responsible to care and protect about 10,000 residents with what The New York Daily News described as â€œsevere physical and mental disabilities.â€ According to &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/at-new-york-group-homes-abuse-goes-unchecked/29510">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey Nursing Home Aid Arrested After Abuse Caught On Tape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the prevalence of so-called â€œnanny camsâ€ and increased attention into the mounting scandals concerning nursing home abuse, yet another case of elder abuse is making headlines. This time, says NJ.com, a nurse&#8217;s aide hit an 87-year-old paralyzed woman, Modesta &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/new-jersey-nursing-home-aid-arrested-after-abuse-caught-on-tape/29351">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Homes Hiring Criminals, Government Report Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low federal standards; inconsistent state regulations; and a general lack of strong, standardized processes have created lapses in the types of employees hired by nursing home facilities, a problem about which we have long been writing. For instance, the majority &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-homes-hiring-criminals-government-report-says/29241">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More California Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Filed</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/more-california-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuits-filed/27535</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last year we wrote that, in a massive verdict, nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare, was mandated to pay over $671 million in a class-action lawsuit. Skilled Healthcare was found to have neglected to provide appropriate staffing at its assisted-living &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/more-california-nursing-home-abuse-lawsuits-filed/27535">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>California Nursing Home Closed After Abuse Caught on &#8220;Grannycam&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/california-nursing-home-closed-after-abuse-caught-on-grannycam/27461</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories of nursing home abuse are devastating and, it seems as if we are reporting on them with increasing frequency. Sadly, another shocking case of nursing home abuse is making headlines again, this time in Fair Oaks, California. Sean Suh &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/california-nursing-home-closed-after-abuse-caught-on-grannycam/27461">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Norovirus Prompts Quarantine of Florida Nursing Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/norovirus-prompts-quarantine-of-florida-nursing-homes/27229</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norovirus has been linked to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak that has quarantined eight nursing homes in Floridaâ€™s Brevard County, WFTV reported. Not limited to facility residents, children are turning up with the sickness, according to pediatricians there. The health department &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/norovirus-prompts-quarantine-of-florida-nursing-homes/27229">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada Nursing Home Lawsuit Settled</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hearthstone of Northern Nevada nursing home just settled a wrongful-death lawsuit that involved the death of Dorothy Schweitzer, 87, who died in March 2008 from severe dehydration, an infection, and other complications while she was a resident there, said &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nevada-nursing-home-lawsuit-settled/26593">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Filed Over &#8220;Prank&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-filed-over-prank/26545</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nursing home resident, who was used as part of so-called prank, is filed a nursing home abuse lawsuit seeking punitive damages for a number of injuries as a result of that incident, said Courthouse News. The resident alleges that &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-lawsuit-filed-over-prank/26545">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Norovirus Warning Issued in Pennsylvania</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/nursing-home-norovirus-warning-issued-in-pennsylvania/26295</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania nursing homes and hospitals reported an increased number of cases of gastrointestinal illness, which are consistent with recurring outbreaks of the highly contagious norovirus and norovirus-like illnesses nationwide. With a new norovirus season approaching, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/nursing-home-norovirus-warning-issued-in-pennsylvania/26295">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Nursing Home Faces Abuse Allegations</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/florida-nursing-home-faces-abuse-allegations/26255</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two state agencies are investigating a Cape Coral, Florida home for seniors after family members of two of its residents brought allegations of elder abuse to police. According to News-Press.com report, the home, Clare Bridge, provides Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/florida-nursing-home-faces-abuse-allegations/26255">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Norovirus Outbreak Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/illinois-norovirus-outbreak-grows/26127</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A norovirus that we have been following and that has been reported at three Illinois nursing homes is spreading. Some good news, the names of the three involved facilities has finally been released. According to the Northwest Herald, the number &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/illinois-norovirus-outbreak-grows/26127">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Norovirus Outbreak at Illinois Nursing Homes Sickens More Than 100</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/norovirus-outbreak-at-illinois-nursing-homes-sickens-more-than-100/26087</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A norovirus has reportedly sickened 129 people at three separate nursing homes, the Chicago Tribune reported. According to health officials, the outbreak has been reported in northern Illinois; officials in McHenry County say the infection has led to the hospitalization &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/norovirus-outbreak-at-illinois-nursing-homes-sickens-more-than-100/26087">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Nursing Home Ordered To Pay Nearly Half Million Dollars in Patient Death</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/iowa-nursing-home-ordered-to-pay-nearly-half-million-dollars-in-patient-death/26033</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Iowa nursing home has been ordered to pay close to a-half million dollars to the estate of Wilbur Jackson, following his death at the facility The Des Moines Register explained that the accident took place at Grinnellâ€™s Friendship Manor &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/iowa-nursing-home-ordered-to-pay-nearly-half-million-dollars-in-patient-death/26033">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hepatitis B Deaths At North Carolina Nursing Home Under Investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/hepatitis-b-deaths-at-north-carolina-nursing-home-under-investigation/25823</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In, yet another, shocking case of elder care issues at nursing home facilities, the owner of the Glencare Home in Mount Olive, North Carolina, has said that five residents have died from hepatitis B, wrote the Washington Post. Glenn Kornegay, &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/hepatitis-b-deaths-at-north-carolina-nursing-home-under-investigation/25823">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Felons Employed to Care for Elderly in California, Report Finds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/felons-employed-to-care-for-elderly-in-california-report-finds/25665</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A case of elder care abuse involving a 92-year-old woman was recently settled, driving attention to the issue in California, a state in which home care provider activities are not fully regulated, said ABC Local. According to ABC7â€™s 7 On &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/felons-employed-to-care-for-elderly-in-california-report-finds/25665">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New York Nursing Home Operation Hit With Class Action Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/new-york-nursing-home-operation-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit/25329</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A class action nursing home abuse lawsuit has been filed against Legacy Health Care on behalf of all of the residents who resided there from at least 2007 to the present. The lawsuit cites neglect and endangerment to the welfare &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/new-york-nursing-home-operation-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit/25329">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Troy, New York Nursing Home Workers Indicted on Abuse Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another instance of alleged nursing home abuse is making headlines. This time, in New York state and involving nine workers and a 175-count indictment, wrote Times Union. The workers &#8211; a Physician Assistant, two Certified Nursing Assistants, and six Licensed &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/troy-new-york-nursing-home-workers-indicted-on-abuse-charges/24099">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State Personal Care Homes Hid Abuse, Paper Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another nursing home resident has suffered over hidden abuse, the Seattle Times reports. An explosion destroyed a patientâ€™s, Audree Hopkins, face, burning off her earlobes and the tip of her nose, said the Seattle Times. Detective Suzanne Moore of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/washington-state-personal-care-homes-hid-abuse-paper-says/23937">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina Nursing Home Faces Possible Fine After Alleged Murder, Morphine Overdoses</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/north-carolina-nursing-home-faces-possible-fine-after-alleged-murder-morphine-overdoses/22990</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weâ€™ve been following the horrendous and harrowing issues surrounding nursing home abuse for some time now. Sadly, in the face of mounting reports of such abuse, we find ourselves writing about yet another case making headlines. The NewsObserver has said &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/north-carolina-nursing-home-faces-possible-fine-after-alleged-murder-morphine-overdoses/22990">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Governor Orders Nursing Home Abuse Review</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/kentucky-governor-orders-nursing-home-abuse-review/22492</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, we wrote that the advocacy group, Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, asked the governor of Kentucky to appoint a task force to conduct a review of nursing home abuse and death cases and the lack of prosecution &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/kentucky-governor-orders-nursing-home-abuse-review/22492">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Jury Awards $114 in Nursing Home Abuse Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/florida-jury-awards-114-in-nursing-home-abuse-case/22271</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another nursing home abuse case, a jury just awarded a $114 million verdict to the family of a 76-year-old woman, wrote The Ledger. Juanita Jackson died on July 6, 2003 after a stay at the Integrated Health Services at &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/florida-jury-awards-114-in-nursing-home-abuse-case/22271">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better Standards Sought for Retirement Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/better-standards-sought-for-retirement-homes/22231</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, increased standards are being considered for retirement homes. Today, said the Wall Street Journal, a Senate committee is holding a hearing to discuss the issues rife in continuing-care retirement communities (CCRCs). CCRCs are known for high up-front charges and &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/better-standards-sought-for-retirement-homes/22231">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Group Calls for Nursing Home Reform in Kentucky</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advocacy group, Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, has asked the governor of Kentucky to appoint a task force into a review of nursing home abuse and death cases and the lack of prosecution into the growing problem of nursing &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/group-calls-for-nursing-home-reform-in-kentucky/22150">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>$29 Million Nursing Home Abuse Verdict Upheld</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/29-million-nursing-home-abuse-verdict-upheld/22042</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Superior Court judge in Sacramento just upheld a $29 million verdict in a nursing home abuse case. The Sacramento Bee said that the â€œstrongly worded rulingâ€ involved a verdict against a nursing home company related to the 2005 death &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/29-million-nursing-home-abuse-verdict-upheld/22042">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Skilled Healthcare Hit With $671 Million Verdict in Nursing Home Staffing Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/skilled-healthcare-hit-with-671-million-verdict-in-nursing-home-staffing-case/21844</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a massive verdict, Skilled Healthcare, a nursing home operator, has been mandated to pay over $671 million in a class-action lawsuit, wrote The Associated Press (AP). Skilled Healthcare was found to have neglected to provide appropriate staffing at is &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/skilled-healthcare-hit-with-671-million-verdict-in-nursing-home-staffing-case/21844">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore Nursing Home Evacuated After 3 Days Without Air Conditioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Baltimore nursing home went without air conditioning for three days before anything was done about it. It wasn&#8217;t until a resident of Ravenwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center called 911 Tuesday that the problem was addressed. Temperatures in the Baltimore &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/baltimore-nursing-home-evacuated-after-3-days-without-air-conditioning/21824">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuits Filed in Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Incidents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home, MyWebTimes.com just wrote. This is the third such lawsuit following a variety of heartbreaking abuse reports made last year at Illinoisâ€™ La Salle County Nursing Home, said MyWebTimes.com. Most of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/lawsuits-filed-in-illinois-nursing-home-abuse-incidents/19800">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Antipsychotics Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/antipsychotics-linked-to-pneumonia-in-elderly/19603</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An emerging study of nearly 2,000 patients has revealed that using antipsychotic medications in elderly patients doubles the risk for fatal pneumonia, wrote the BBC, citing Dutch researchers. The increased risk appears soon after commencement of treatment and calls for &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/health-concerns/antipsychotics-linked-to-pneumonia-in-elderly/19603">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aide Sentenced in NY Nursing Home Abuse Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another sad case involving nursing home abuse, a former aide has just been sentenced to 10 years of probation for sexual abuse of a patient at the nursing home where he had once worked, said the Troy Record. Robert &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/aide-sentenced-in-ny-nursing-home-abuse-case/19202">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Neglect Reported At Florida Nursing Home</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/neglect-reported-at-florida-nursing-home/18874</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another accusation of nursing home neglect is making headlines. This time, the Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1200 N. Stone Street, in Deland, Florida is being accused of, and investigated for, abuse, said the Daytona Beach News Journal. Graystone Healthcare &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/neglect-reported-at-florida-nursing-home/18874">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical Restraint Alleged In Nursing Home Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weâ€™ve been following the issue of nursing home abuse for some time. As a matter-of-fact, yesterday we wrote that a Brooklyn nursing home was ordered to pay about $19 million in damages to a family whose loved one allegedly died &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/chemical-restraint-alleged-in-nursing-home-deaths/17922">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brooklyn Nursing Home To Pay $19 Million In Abuse Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Brooklyn nursing home has been ordered to pay a huge amount in damages to a family whose loved one allegedly died as a result of abject neglect. According to Fox News, citing attorneys involved in the Brooklyn, New York &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/brooklyn-nursing-home-to-pay-19-million-in-abuse-case/17885">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Homes Administer Psych Drugs For No Reason</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune broke with an expose on how some powerful psychotropic medications are being administered to nursing home residents in Illinois without consent and without valid psychiatric diagnoses. Some of these elderly have suffered from a variety of adverse &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-homes-administer-psych-drugs-for-no-reason/13600">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NY Nursing Home Abuse Guilty Plea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a horrible report detailing an incident of nursing home abuse, LoHud wrote that a North Salem, New York nursing home aide tied an 83-year-old woman to her wheelchair with a bed sheet, deposited her in a common room, shut &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/ny-nursing-home-abuse-guilty-plea/11713">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Rating Tool Launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apt Pupil divx Weâ€™ve been following the widespread issue of nursing home abuse Cass dvdrip Scorched movie download for some time. Last year, the former Bush administration finally published the names of 131 of the nationâ€™s worst nursing homes. Now, &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/nursing-home-rating-tool-launched/6508">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Arrests in Rochester NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two nursing homes in the Rochester, NY area are embroiled in an abuse scandal.Â  Yesterday, one certified nurse aide at the Kirkhaven Nursing Home in Rochester, and another who worked at the Edna Tina Wilson Living Center in Greece, NY, &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-arrests-in-rochester-ny/4648">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study:  Standards Needed for Nursing Home Social Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low federal standards and inconsistent state laws have caused lapses in nursing home social workersâ€™ qualifications.Â  Although social workers are integral to nursing home residentsâ€™ quality of care, there are vast differences among workers backgrounds based on the first national &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse/study-standards-needed-for-nursing-home-social-workers/4508">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Homes Rated on New Government Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a Website ranking nearly 16,000 nursing homes.Â  Reuters Health reports that this is the first-ever federally-managed Website that ranks nursing home facilities for quality. &#8220;Around three million Americans depend on &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-homes-rated-on-new-government-website/4408">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NY Nursing Home Abuse Investigation Yields Arrests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced the arrests of nursing home employees over charges of resident neglect and abuse, Business First of Buffalo is reporting.Â  According to Business First, three employees were arrested and charged and a &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/ny-nursing-home-abuse-investigation-yields-arrests/4335">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Workers Charged by Attorney General</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four nursing home workers caught on tape mistreating a patientÂ  were charged yesterday with falsifying records and endangering a resident at a Suffolk County facility familiar with such problems, according to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.Â  This case represents the fourth &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-workers-charged-by-attorney-general/3966">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SLS Residential Defendants Sanctioned After Threatening Former Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SLS Residential, LLC, a private mental health facility located in Putnam County, NY, has been sanctioned for threatening former patients who are potential plaintiffs in a class actions lawsuit.Â  SLS runs two residential treatment centers in the town of Southeast, &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/sls-residential-sanctioned-after-threatening-former-patients/3964">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of Nursing Homes Cited For Safety and Health Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse and neglect continues to be a serious problem in the U.S.Â  According to a new report conducted by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, a whopping 94 percent of all for-profit nursing &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/majority-of-nursing-homes-cited-for-safety-and-health-violations/3918">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major Chelation-Heart Disease Study Enrollment Halted Pending Investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/major-chelation-heart-disease-study-enrollment-halted-pending-investigation/3907</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. governmentâ€™s largest ever alternative medicine study has stopped enrollment while â€œofficials investigate whether participants were fully informed of the risks and are being adequately protected.â€Â  Over 1,500 heart attack survivors are involved &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/major-chelation-heart-disease-study-enrollment-halted-pending-investigation/3907">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study:  Over 10 Percent Of Older Americans Suffer Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/study-over-10-percent-of-older-americans-suffer-abuse/3678</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new University of Chicago studyâ€”the first such comprehensive review of elder mistreatment in the United Statesâ€”has found that approximately 13 percent of elderly Americans are subject to abuse.Â  Worse, such elders are most commonly abused by a person who &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/study-over-10-percent-of-older-americans-suffer-abuse/3678">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shameful Conditions Continue in Adult Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/shameful-conditions-continue-in-adult-homes/3669</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been reporting on the horrendous conditions in some of this countryâ€™s nursing homes as well as some of the abuses suffered by nursing home residents.Â  In one such case, 54-year-old resident Karen Preston left the Roscoe Manor &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/shameful-conditions-continue-in-adult-homes/3669">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improper Nursing Home Evictions Put Elderly at Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/improper-nursing-home-evictions-put-elderly-at-risk/3595</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to save money, nursing homes all over the country are evicting their most vulnerable residents.Â  According to The Wall Street Journal, formal complaints about nursing-home discharge practices have doubled over the past decade, making it the second &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/improper-nursing-home-evictions-put-elderly-at-risk/3595">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Laws Still Not in Place to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Sexual Assaults</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 58-time sexual offender was placed in a Florida nursing home in 2002 at the order of a district court judge.Â  Ivy Edwards, 83, sexually assaulted a 77-year-old female resident suffering from dementia.Â  Exactly six years ago tonight, Edwards wheeled &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/laws-still-not-in-place-to-protect-nursing-home-residents-from-sexual-assaults/3496">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administrative Law just approved the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, moving the Act one step closer to becoming law. The Act prohibits the signing of an arbitration agreement as &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/fairness-in-nursing-home-arbitration-act-approved/3465">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elder Abuse by In-Home Aids a Growing Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/elder-abuse-by-in-home-aids-a-growing-problem/3454</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elderly people who want to avoid nursing homes often employ in-home aids to help meet their day-to-day needs.Â  However, in many cases, the in-home aid industry is unregulated, and advocates for the elderly say that this situation has led to &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/elder-abuse-by-in-home-aids-a-growing-problem/3454">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aggression Among Nursing Home Residents Not That Uncommon</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/aggression-among-nursing-home-residents-not-that-uncommon/3421</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Cornell University study reports aggression among nursing home residentsâ€”verbal and physical abuse&#8211;is more common than once believed.Â  In an online report with McKnight&#8217;s Long Term Care News, the study claims that many observations made at a city-based nursing &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/aggression-among-nursing-home-residents-not-that-uncommon/3421">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Ratings System to be Online By Year&#8217;s End</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-ratings-system-to-be-online-by-years-end/3301</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new nursing home rating system should be up and running on the Medicare Website by the end of this year.Â  The new site will employ a 5-star system to rate nursing homes based on government inspection results, staffing data &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-ratings-system-to-be-online-by-years-end/3301">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Unfair to Residents</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-arbitration-agreements-unfair-to-residents/3292</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse and neglect has reached epidemic levels. Unfortunately, many nursing home patients and their family are signing away one of the most important tools in the fight against abuse and neglect &#8211; their right to sue. The National &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-arbitration-agreements-unfair-to-residents/3292">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Problems Missed in Inspections, GAO Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report scheduled for release today, the Congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals a widespread â€œunderstatement of deficiencies,â€ that include malnutrition, severe bedsores, overuse of prescription medications, and nursing home resident abuse in the nationâ€™s nursing home inspection reports.Â  &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-problems-missed-in-inspections-gao-says/3096">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly in Nursing Homes More Likely to be Depressed Than Those Living at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study has shed new light on the frequency of depression among nursing home patients.Â  The study &#8211; which involved 272 elderly patients with an average age of 81â€” looked at how often those patients reported feeling depressed and &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/elderly-in-nursing-homes-more-likely-to-be-depressed-than-those-living-at-home/3065">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting Suspected Nursing Home Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse, though despicable, is hardly uncommon. Although laws vary by state, most states do have lawsâ€”which include criminal penaltiesâ€”in place to protect senior citizens from elder abuse; nursing homes are not exempt from these laws. Unfortunately, nursing home &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/reporting-suspected-nursing-home-abuse/3045">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Worst Nursing Homes Named on Federal Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Families in need of nursing care for a loved one will now have easier access to a list of the most troubled nursing homes in the country, thanks new information being added to a nursing home website developed by the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/worst-nursing-homes-named-on-federal-website/2971">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Says Misappropriation of Funds for &#8220;Deplorable Conditions&#8221; at Haven Healthcare Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home negligence by Connecticut&#8217;s largest nursing home chain was the result of fraud committed by a Haven Healthcare official.Â  Those claims are made in a wrong death lawsuit filed by the family of Robert Wininger, a resident of one &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-negligence-lawsuit-says-misappropriation-of-funds-for-deplorable-conditions-at-haven-healthcare-facility/2627">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>â€œWorst Nursing Home Listâ€ Now Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse and nursing home negligence is a growing problem in the US, but now there is a new tool available to help families avoid the worst nursing homes.Â  The Bush administration finally published the names of 131 of &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/%e2%80%9cworst-nursing-home-list%e2%80%9d-now-online/2571">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Concerns Rise in Florida Amid Manor Care Purchase, Publication of Nursing Home &#8220;Watch List&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of nursing home abuse is making news in Florida, where the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and some state lawmakers are urging regulators to examine the issuesÂ  of nursing home abuse and neglect as they consider granting a &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-concerns-rise-in-florida-amid-manor-care-purchase-publication-of-nursing-home-watch-list/2297">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Law Could Stiffen Penalties, Change Rules Regarding Private Equity Firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse is finally getting some attention from Congress, where two separate hearings were held yesterday to discuss the problem.Â Â  Committees from both the House of Representatives and the Senate took up the nursing home abuse issue, and now &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-law-could-stiffen-penalties-change-rules-regarding-private-equity-firms/2043">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Neglect of Eye Care Erodes Quality of Life, Leave Residents at Risk of Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-neglect-of-eye-care-erodes-quality-of-life-leave-residents-at-risk-of-depression/2023</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home neglect often includes a lack of vision care for nursing home residents, a recent study has found. Unfortunately, this problem can have serious implications, as the same study has also discovered that nursing home patients who lack basic &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-neglect-of-eye-care-erodes-quality-of-life-leave-residents-at-risk-of-depression/2023">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse Bill Sits in Congress, as Elder Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nursing home abuse bill, the Elder Justice Act, has been under consideration in Congress for the past five years but has received scant attention and has yet to be passed. Although nursing home and elder abuse are serious and &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-bill-sits-in-congress-as-elder-abuse-reaches-epidemic-proportions/1987">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse at Privately-Held Facilities Should be Investigated, Say Senators Clinton and Grassley</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-at-privately-held-facilities-should-be-investigated-say-senators-clinton-and-grassley/1874</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To US Senators want to know if nursing home abuse and neglect are more prevalent in facilities owned by private Wall Street equity firms, and they are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to find out. Their requests come on &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-at-privately-held-facilities-should-be-investigated-say-senators-clinton-and-grassley/1874">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse and Elder Abuse Screening Programs Should be Routine In Hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing home abuse and elder abuse are among some of the most-under reported crimes, but a new study offers hope that more cases could be uncovered. While most victims of elder abuse wonâ€™t answer direct questions about this crime, health &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-and-elder-abuse-screening-programs-should-be-routine-in-hospitals/1785">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Neglect Takes on Many Forms: Patients Not Always Getting the Eye Care They Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The widespread yet heavily underreported problem of Nursing Home Neglect takes on many unexpected forms, one of which being simple eye care. Nursing homes often neglect to provide residents with even the most basic vision care. A study conducted by &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-neglect-takes-on-many-forms-patients-not-always-getting-the-eye-care-they-need/1609">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse &amp; Violence Among Residents Common, Yet Severely Understudied</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physical abuse in a nursing home is not always perpetrated by staff. According to a Cornell University Study, resident-on-resident violence in long-term-care facilities is far more prevalent than previously thought. But the authors of the study concede that they really &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-violence-among-residents-common-yet-severely-understudied/1605">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home Abuse: Neglect, Physical and Even Sexual Abuse are the Harsh Realities Facing TodayÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Elderly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revolting reality of Nursing Home Abuse is on the rise. Though it concedes that the true number is probably much higher, The National Center on Elder Abuse estimates at least one in 20 nursing home patients has been the &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/nursing-home-abuse-neglect-physical-and-even-sexual-abuse-are-the-harsh-realities-facing-today%e2%80%99s-elderly/1590">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Many Nursing Home Residents Fail to Receive Adequate Pain Control Due to Deficiencies in Medication Prescribing Practices Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Study</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/many-nursing-home-residents-fail-to-receive-adequate-pain-control-due-to-deficiencies-in-medication-prescribing-practices-%e2%80%93-study/919</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, has found that the medication prescribing practices in place at many nursing homes results in poor pain management in residents. &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/many-nursing-home-residents-fail-to-receive-adequate-pain-control-due-to-deficiencies-in-medication-prescribing-practices-%e2%80%93-study/919">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Jury Returns $160 Million Verdict for Vicious Beating of 81-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident by Violent Roommate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the award will likely be substantially reduced by the trial judge or a Texas appellate court, a San Antonio jury has returned a verdict $160 million in favor of the family of Tranquilino Mendoza, an 81-year-old man who was &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/texas-jury-returns-160-million-verdict-for-vicious-beating-of-81-year-old-nursing-home-resident-by-violent-roommate/880">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Millions of Defective Fire Sprinkler Heads Recalled in 2001 Are Still Being Used In Hospitals, Schools, Nursing Homes, and Other Buildings Nationwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in USA Today, Ã¢â‚¬Å“almost two-thirdsÃ¢â‚¬Â of some 35 million potentially defective fire sprinkler heads recalled in 2001 remain in service in Ã¢â‚¬Å“nursing homes, hospitals, schools, and other buildings.Ã¢â‚¬Â The original voluntary recall and replacement program was &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/833/833">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Arrested in Ongoing Investigation of Insurance Fraud Linked to $90 Million in Unnecessary Surgeries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As scams go, this one was rather simple: (1) Find a healthy person willing to undergo an unnecessary surgical procedure; (2) reward that person with cash, a paid vacation, or cosmetic surgery; (4) perform the surgery; (5) bill the personÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s &#8230; <a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/829/829">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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