Nursing Home Abuse News and Updates
2/4/08 - 2/5/08
Compiled by Bee Becker
Spokesperson for SafetyForum Nursing Home Abuse Action Group (NHAAG)

Attorney: lawsuits coming against nurse accused of patient abuse
OH~RN/Rapist-Lawsuits Being Filed Re Physical & Mental Abuse

$400K judgment awarded to children of 94-year-old-amputee
TX~Mariner-$400,000 Jury Award; Gangrene, Loss Of Legs; Settled w/Hosp Earlier

Caregiver accused of stealing pain killers
MN~ALF Worker Chgd w/Stealing Pts' Pain Meds

Nursing home resident on foot killed on Rt. 9
NJ~Police Called 64 Times In Dec & Jan, Another Eloped Pt Struck By Car & Killed

Nine More Arrests in Abuse Investigation
WV~9 More Arrests Re Abuse Investigation

Nursing home to lose government funding
MO~On Nation's Worst List, NH Losing Funding

Handyman pleads guilty in rape, death of elderly Allegheny woman
OH~Handyman/Rapist Pleads Guilty; Rape, 3rd-Degree Murder; 30-60 Yrs Prison

Authorities search for missing New Caney man
Daughter says 67-year-old suffers from lung disease and schizophrenia
TX~Search Still On For ALF Resid Missing Since Jan 28th

Missing man found at Huntington bank
WV~Missing Dementia Pt Found OK At A Bank

Briefly: NHC to manage McKendree Village
TN~NHC Taking Over NH Which Lost Funding, Admissions Suspended