| 05/23/2022 |
The ‘most important nursing home bill in decades’ nears passage in California
State of Reform |
| 05/16/2022 |
Laguna Honda readies plan to move patients as fight to stay open reaches a critical juncture
San Francisco Chronicle |
| 05/13/2022 |
California aims to tighten licensing of nursing homes after pandemic exposes deadly lapses
Kaiser Health News
|
| 03/18/2022 |
To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential
Kaiser Health News
|
| 12/09/2021 |
How Nursing Homes’ Worst Offenses Are Hidden From the Public
New York Times
|
| 09/11/2021 |
Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes
New York Times
|
| 09/02/2021 |
Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Protect The Most Vulnerable, But Pose a Hidden Threat to Residents
Time Magazine
|
| 09/01/2021 |
Family and Friends—It’s What Care Homes Need
Westside Observer |
| 08/24/2021 |
Sadness and death: Inside the VA’s state nursing-home disaster
Politico
|
| 08/04/2021 |
Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public
New York Times
|
| 07/26/2021 |
Owner Of Troubled Nursing Homes Drops Appeal
LAist
|
| 07/19/2021 |
Controversial Nursing Home Mogul Faces Hearing Over Disputed Facilities
LAist
|
| 07/06/2021 |
Hopes, fears and tears: Staff, relatives of residents at Pacific Coast Manor tell their stories
Santa Cruz Sentinel
|
| 06/29/2021 |
La Mesa nursing home fined thousands in sexual abuse case
KGTV San Diego
|
| 06/18/2021 |
Dozens of Violations Found at Bay Area Nursing Homes with Most Deaths
NBC Bay Area
|
| 06/08/2021 |
CMS: We don’t disclose nursing home fines when the owners refuse to pay
Iowa Capital Dispatch
|
| 06/02/2021 |
California Considers Changing Watchdog Role Of Nursing Home Inspectors
NPR
|
| 05/26/2021 |
In California, Nursing Home Owners Can Operate After They’re Denied A License
NPR
|
| 04/19/2021 |
Her Son Says She Was a Victim of Nursing Home Dumping. A Court Agrees
AARP
|
| 04/14/2021 |
State Authorities Allowed Alleged Sexual Predator To Job-Hop Among San Diego Area Nursing Homes
KPBS
|
| 04/06/2021 |
Immediate Jeopardy: Death And Neglect Inside A Troubled California Nursing Home Chain
LAIST
|
| 04/06/2021 |
California oversight of nursing homes called ‘befuddling,’ ‘broken’
CalMatters
|
| 02/11/2021 |
Time to Support Nursing Home Surveys and Enforcement: Response to the Position of the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Letter to the Editor, The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
|
| 01/12/2021 |
How California Can Fix Its Hospice System and Reduce Care Inequities
California Health Report
|
| 12/31/2020 |
Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted
The Washington Post
|
| 12/29/2020 |
Congress approves hospice care reforms to improve oversight, transparency
LA Times
|
| 12/09/2020 |
What you need to know if you or a loved one requires end-of-life care
LA Times
|
| 12/09/2020 |
Dying Californians suffer harm and neglect from an industry meant to comfort them
LA Times
|
| 12/09/2020 |
End-of-life care has boomed in California. So has fraud targeting older Americans
LA Times
|
| 10/30/2020 |
When Wildfire Breaks Out During a Pandemic, Who’s Responsible for Elderly Evacuees?
KQED
|
| 10/15/2020 |
Two Sexual Assault Investigations At Different El Cajon Nursing Homes Turned Over To DA’s Office
KPBS
|
| 10/07/2020 |
Botched Handling Of Sexual Assault Allegation Jeopardized Residents In El Cajon Nursing Home
KPBS
|
| 09/04/2020 |
Senior Care Home Settlement
Bay City News Service
|
| 09/03/2020 |
Oakmont Senior Living to pay $500,000 to settle state, county investigation into abandonment of seniors during 2017 wildfires
The Press Democrat
|
| 08/03/2020 |
Music & Memory reduces dementia medications and aggressive behavior
UC Davis Health
|
| 07/28/2020 |
No Visitors Leading to Despair and Isolation in Senior Care Homes
Voice of San Diego
|
| 07/21/2020 |
From Outdoor Visits to Designated Family Caregivers, Nursing Homes Cautiously Reopen Doors
Skilled Nursing News
|
| 07/16/2020 |
Governors urged to help curb further outbreaks in nursing home, assisted living centers
Los Angeles Daily News
|
| 07/15/2020 |
The gathering storm: How the state seized control of two troubled nursing homes as coronavirus crisis loomed
Cal Matters
|
| 03/13/2020 |
Here are the worst-rated California nursing homes. Why that matters in a coronavirus pandemic.
The Sacramento Bee
|
| 03/05/2020 |
Nursing Homes Are Starkly Vulnerable to Coronavirus
NY Times
|
| 03/04/2020 |
Coronavirus Stress Test: Many 5-Star Nursing Homes Have Infection-Control Lapses
Kaiser Health News
|
| 03/03/2020 |
Amid outbreak, Trump admin's proposed rollback of nursing home regulations faces criticism
NBC
|
| 02/17/2020 |
Lax Regulations And Vulnerable Residents 'A
Recipe For Problems' In Eldercare Homes
NPR
|
| 02/14/2020 |
Some Assisted-Living Residents Don’t Get Promised Care, Suit Charges
NY Times
|
| 02/11/2020 |
Families mourn indirect, ‘forgotten’ deaths from Camp Fire
Chico Enterprise-Record
|
| 02/10/2020 |
California Agencies Failing to Regulate Mental Health Care Funding and Promptly Investigate Abuse in Nursing Homes, Auditor Finds
California Health Report
|
| 01/14/2020 |
Nursing Home Eviction? Know Your Loved One’s Rights
NextAvenue.org
|
| 01/09/2020 |
Patient sues SF over abuse at Laguna Honda Hospital
SF Examiner
|
| 10/24/2019 |
Newly Uncovered Cases of Patient Abuse at Laguna Honda Bring Victim Count to 130
KQED
|
| 09/26/2019 |
Cashing In On Dementia Patients:
Drugmaker to Pay $116 Million in Fraud Settlement
CNN
|
| 09/18/2019 |
“The rats sensed she was going to pass away”
Elderly often face neglect in California care homes that exploit workers
The Reveal |
| 09/11/2019 |
Medicaid’s Dark Secret
The Atlantic |
| 09/06/2019 |
Sordid details emerge in abuse of patients at Laguna Honda Hospital
SF Examiner |
| 08/21/2019 |
Many view assisted living as just housing, not health care. That’s dangerous
Sacramento Bee |
| 08/10/2019 |
After my mother’s disastrous hospice experience, we filed a state complaint. It came to nothing
LA Times |
| 06/28/2019 |
Patient Abuse Scandal Rrock San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital
SF Chronicle |
| 06/23/2019 |
PG&E fire-safety shutdowns: ‘We’re all freaking out about it’
Mercury News |
| 05/16/2019 |
How To Find And Use New Federal Ratings For Rehab Services At Nursing Homes By Judith Graham May 16, 2019
California Healthline |
| 05/03/2019 |
Medi-Cal Recipient, 101, Evicted from Santa Rosa Assisted Living Facility for Being Unable to pay
Press Democratd |
| 04/24/2019 |
After 5 Years in a Nursing Home, a Buffalo Woman Moves Out
Buffalo News |
| 04/09/2019 |
Lethal Plans: When Seniors Turn To Suicide In Long-Term Care
California Healthline |
| 04/05/2019 |
Lawsuit accuses Oakmont Senior Living of slandering staff to cover up problems with evacuations during 2017 wildfires
Press Democrat |
| 03/25/2019 |
The Hidden Victims of Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda: Nursing Home Residents
Washington Post
|
| 03/15/2019 |
Trump Administration Cuts The Size of Fines For Health Violations In Nursing Homes
KNPR
|
| 02/24/2019 |
This Doctor Makes House Calls to the Terminally Ill
LA Times |
| 02/16/2019 |
When Hospice Care Goes Wrong, Where Can You Turn?
LA Times |
| 02/14/2019 |
Understaffing Often Plagues Nursing Homes, But State Rarely Cracks Down
The Buffalo News |
| 01/19/2019 |
To Grace Lopez With Love – and Apologies That Your End Was Not Better
LA Times |
| 01/04/2018 |
State Threatens to Shut Down SF Care Facility After 75-Year-Old Woman Went Missing, Died
NBC Bay Area |
| 12/13/2018 |
Dementia Patients Fuel Assisted Living’s Growth. Safety May Be Lagging.
NY Times |
| 12/09/2018 |
Sweltering in Nursing Home, 95-year Old Succumbs to Heat, As Climate Endagers Most Vulnerable
KQED |
| 11/25/2018 |
Overdoses, bedsores, broken bones: What happened when a private-equity firm sought to care for society’s most vulnerable
Washington Post |
| 11/25/2018 |
‘This fire was outrunning us’: Surviving the Camp Fire took bravery, stamina and luck
Sacramento Bee
|
| 11/17/2018 |
California fire: If you stay, you’re dead. How a Paradise nursing home evacuated
LA Times
|
| 10/02/18 |
The Nursing Home Industry is Shrinking
NY Times |
| 09/23/18 |
Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
OC Register |
| 09/07/18 |
Assisted Living Kicks Out The Frail ’Cause ‘We Can’t Take Care Of You Any Longer’
https://californiahealthline.org/ |
| 09/05/18 |
An elderly resident fell 24 times in a year. His Sacramento care facility faces $10,000 fine
Sacramento Bee |
| 08/07/18 |
'Dear Doctor' Letters Use Peer Pressure, Government Warning To Stop Overprescribing
NPR
|
| 07/25/18 |
Defendant Named in Senior Care Lawsuit Speaks Out
KGET |
| 07/13/18 |
Elder Abuse and Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Bakersfield Senior Rehabilitation Facility
KGET |
06/27/18 |
Attorney: Santa Rosa Senior Home Destroyed in Fire Had no Backup Generator to Aid Evacuees
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/ |
06/25/18 |
Secret data: Most VA Nursing Homes Have More Residents with Bed Sores, Pain, than Private Facilities
See video
USA Today
|
05/14/18 |
L.A. County Unlawfully Terminated Thousands Of Medi-Cal Recipients, Court Rules
Read California Healthline's May 14, 2018 article
Read the press release
Read Judge Chalfant's decision
https://californiahealthline.org/ |
05/03/18 |
Inadequate Oversight Allows Poor Care At California Nursing Homes To Go Unchecked, State Audit Finds
https://californiahealthline.org/ |
05/01/18 |
Audit Slams State Oversight of Nursing Facilities
http://www.calhealthreport.org |
04/10/18 |
California Nursing Home Accused of Dumping Patient at Homeless Shelter
CBS - Los Angeles
|
02/28/18 |
Ongoing WFAA investigation of nursing home abuse and neglect:
Part 1: Criminal Caretakers
Part 2: Criminal Caretakers (Cont.)
Part 3: Criminal Caretakers (Cont.)
Part 4: Drugged and Dying
WFAA
|
02/28/18 |
Profits Over Patients
KTVU |
02/9/18 |
‘It’s Easier to Take Care of Zombies’: HRW Raises Alarm Over Sedative Abuse in US Nursing Homes
RT |
02/9/18 |
Report: Nursing Home Patients Over-Medicated Across U.S.
KTVU |
02/9/18 |
New Report Details Misuse of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
Associated Press |
02/9/18 |
Risky Antipsychotic Drugs Still Overprescribed In Nursing Homes
NPR |
02/9/18 |
Nursing homes sedate residents with dementia by misusing antipsychotic drugs, report finds
CNN |
01/3/17 |
Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs
New York Times |
01/3/17 |
CMS Mulls Ways to Address Improper Skilled Nursing Discharges
Skilled Nursing News |
11/7/17 |
New Rules to Protect Nursing Home Residents are in Congressional Crosshairs
Human Rights Watch |
11/6/17 |
Outrageous! Nursing Home Illegally Dumps Resident They Don't Want
Forbes |
11/6/17 |
This nursing home sent her back home where cockroaches and maggots had attacked her
The Fresno Bee |
10/27/17 |
State investigation launched into fire evacuation at Oakmont Senior Living complex in Santa Rosa
The Press Democrat |
09/27/17 |
Widespread need for nursing care beds hits home in San Francisco
KALW |
09/21/17 |
Many Nursing Homes Aren't Prepared For Even Basic Emergencies
NPR |
09/21/17 |
A lonely man and an Alzheimer’s patient. Is it sexual assault or consensual sex?
The Sacramento Bee |
09/18/17 |
Deaths and Damage in Hurricane-Affected US Nursing Facilities
Human Rights Watch |
09/12/17 |
Sub-Acute Patients Can Stay in San Francisco, Administrators Say
Mission Local |
09/11/17 |
Families Fight Closure of Nursing Unit in San Francisco
KQED |
09/11/17 |
Alzheimer’s patient was sexually abused, state says. Now nursing home says it’s closing
Sacramento Bee |
09/11/17 |
Largest Assisted Living Chain In U.S. Sued For Poor Care Of Elderly
California Healthline |
08/28/17 |
Serious Nursing Home Abuse Often Not Reported To Police, Federal Investigators Find
NPR |
08/20/17 |
No one believed he would rape nursing home residents. Now he is going to prison
CNN |
08/18/17 |
Trump Moves to Impede Consumer Lawsuits Against Nursing Homes
New York Times |
08/16/17 |
Families, doctors plead to keep S.F.’s only sub-acute facility open
Mission Local |
08/16/17 |
Families fear death for patients told to ship out from SF hospital
SF Examiner |
07/27/17 |
Supes Protest Letting Sutter Health Close Long-Term Care Unit at St. Luke's
SFist |
07/26/17 |
SF supes demand Sutter Health keep long-term beds in Mission
SFChronicle |
07/19/17 |
'I'm falling, I'm falling.' State blames elderly dementia patient's death on Valley Convalescent Hospital care, fines facility $100,000
Bakersfield.com |
07/16/17 |
Marin nursing homes’ operator faces state inquiry over billings
Marin Independent Journal |
07/13/17 |
Off the Top - What California's audit of a skilled nursing giant might find
North Coast Journal |
07/10/17 |
California Lawsuit Aims To Protect Spouses Of Disabled From Financial Ruin
California Healthline |
07/5/17 |
Poor Patient Care at Many Nursing Homes Despite Stricter Oversight
NY Times |
06/28/17 |
Trumpcare Could Bring Back an Epidemic of Abuse
NY Times |
06/23/17 |
Nursing Home Workers Still Posting Nude and Vulgar Photos of Residents on Snapchat
ProPublica |
06/21/17 |
Supervisors Call for Hearing On Closure Of St. Luke's Skilled Nursing Facility
Hoodline San Francisco |
06/16/17 |
Mission District Skilled Nursing Facility To Close
San Francisco Patch |
06/15/17 |
Nursing facility at St. Luke’s to close
San Francisco Chronicle |
06/14/17 |
Newbury Park nursing home pays in class-action settlement
Ventura County Star |
06/13/17 |
Trump wants to deny nursing-home residents and their families the right to sue
LA Times |
05/08/17 |
Skilled Nursing Defendants File for Change of Venue
North Coast Journal |
04/27/17 |
Eureka Rehabilitation Accused of Dumping Patient
North Coast Journal |
04/26/17 |
Brune: No estimates on how bad Social Security fraud is
Washington Post |
04/06/17 |
Naming and Blaming
North Coast Journal |
03/29/17 |
Wrongful death suits filed against Eureka nursing homes
Eureka Times-Standard |
03/17/17 |
Nursing home rape epidemic: What's being done after CNN report?
CNN |
03/10/17 |
State documents detail patient care violations at Eureka nursing home
Eureka Times-Standard |
03/01/17 |
Eureka Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Fined $160,000 by State
North Coast Journal |
02/23/17 |
Six Women. Three Nursing Homes. And The Man Accused Of Rape And Abuse
CNN |
02/23/17 |
My mother was raped at 88 -- but never defeated
CNN |
02/23/17 |
Sick, Dying And Raped In America's Nursing Homes
CNN |
01/4/17 |
New Nursing Home Rules Offer Residents More Control Of Their Care
Kaiser Health News |
12/28/16 |
Chronic abuse at Inglewood-Centinela nursing home
Compton Herald |
12/22/16 |
Bluffing: A billionaire's high-stakes gamble with patient lives
North Coast Journal |
12/22/16 |
Dear Shlomo,
North Coast Journal |
12/17/16 |
Why hospital patients go to nursing homes with poor ratings
Kaiser Health News |
12/1/16 |
California Tests Electronic Database For End-Of-Life Wishes
California Healthline |
11/27/16 |
Rule Change Could Push Hospitals To Tell Patients About Nursing Home Quality
NPR |
11/16/16 |
State responds to Brius nursing home closure concerns
Eureka Times-Standard |
10/13/16 |
The Case of the Missing $5 Million
North Coast Journal |
10/5/16 |
Nursing home operator from Chicago jailed as feds allege $1 billion scheme
Chicago Tribune |
09/28/16 |
State approves plan to shutter three Humboldt County nursing homes
Sacramento Bee |
09/28/16 |
U.S. Just Made It a Lot Less Difficult to Sue Nursing Homes
New York Times |
09/12/16 |
Failure to Improve Is Still Being Used, Wrongly, to Deny Medicare Coverage
New York Times |
08/20/16 |
Private Equity Pursues Profits in Keeping the Elderly at Home
New York Times |
08/4/16 |
The Death of Jeannie Newstrom
North Coast Journal |
07/26/16 |
Nursing Home Residents Still Vulnerable to Abuse
New York Times |
07/23/16 |
Canoga Park nursing home fined $75,000 for resident’s death
The Los Angeles Daily News |
06/27/16 |
VOX POPULI: Family Council— A New Voice for Nursing Home Residents at Kei-Ai Los Angeles
Rafu Shimpo |
06/17/16 |
A senior moment: Would a Continuing Care Retirement Community be a good choice for you?
Oroville MR |
06/3/16 |
How does a 28-year-old raise more than $1 million for a congressional bid?
LA Times |
05/7/16 |
Owner Of California’s Biggest Nursing Home Chain Comes Under Fire
KCBS |
05/8/16 |
Nursing homes turn to eviction to drop difficult patients
AP Wire |
04/19/16 |
Long-Term Care Facilities Lack Oversight, Advocates Say
Governing |
04/12/16 |
Profit motive and mental health care in California
The Sacramento Bee |
03/27/16 |
A pattern of profit and subpar care at Mass. nursing homes
The Boston Globe |
03/24/16 |
Team 10: East county woman demands state investigate nursing home where her mom got scabies
KGTV San Diego |
03/24/16 |
Team 10: Scabies outbreak reported at local nursing home
KGTV San Diego |
03/07/16 |
Canoga Park nursing home fined $100,000 by state after woman’s death
The Los Angeles Daily News |
02/26/16 |
The Agonizing Limbo Of Abandoned Nursing Home Residents
Kaiser Health News |
02/25/16 |
Nursing Home Evictions Strand The Disabled In Costly Hospitals
NPR |
02/23/16 |
Emeritus at Santa Rosa nursing home to pay $1 million in settlement
The Press Democrat |
02/21/16 |
Pivotal Nursing Home Suit Raises a Simple Question: Who Signed the Contract?
New York Times |
02/05/16 |
Judge halts end-of-life decision-making for nursing home patients
SF Gate |
02/04/16 |
Wage theft allegations grow against Bay Area elder care homes
San Jose Mercury News |
01/14/16 |
In nursing homes, deaths are shrouded in secrecy and silence
Stat News |
12/31/15 |
Filth at Castro Valley boarding home concerns neighbors
The Contra Costa Times |
12/21/15 |
Nursing home workers have been posting abusive photos
of elderly on social media
The Washington Post |
12/19/15 |
Nursing home penalized for not giving medication to patients with serious health issues
The Modesto Bee |
12/19/15 |
State investigates Modesto nursing center over patient transfers
California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting |
11/29/15 |
Watchdog: Hazards, training, background checks among problems at troubled assisted-living facilities
The Orange County Register |
10/24/15 |
Judge strikes down state law giving nursing homes power over patients without families
California Health Report |
10/24/15 |
FBI raids Riverside nursing home
The Sacramento Bee |
10/09/15 |
Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill stemming from 2013 Castro Valley care home case
Mercury News |
10/05/2015 |
United States Obtains $255,000 Settlement of Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Continuing Care Retirement Community in Lincolnshire, Illinois
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs |
10/05/15 |
Can nursing homes get 300,000 dementia patients off deadly antipsychotics?
Aljazeera America |
09/30/2015 |
Nursing Homes Bill for More Therapy Than Patients Need, U.S. Says
New York Times |
08/18/2015 | Family of woman who lit herself on fire sues California’s largest nursing home owner
Pasadena Star-News |
08/14/2015 |
California’s largest nursing home owner sued
The Sacramento Bee |
08/6/2015 |
Are nursing homes in New Mexico putting profits over patients?
Al Jazeera America |
07/12/2015 |
Popular blood thinner causing deaths, injuries in nursing homes
The Washington Post |
07/09/2015 |
The Shut Out: Why have Humboldt County's skilled nursing facilities stopped accepting patients
The North Coast Journal |
06/30/2015 |
L.A. County approves new pact for troubled nursing home inspection program
LA Times |
06/28/2015 |
State, L.A. County near deal to provide additional $15 million for nursing home inspections
Kaiser Health News |
06/26/2015 |
Judge Strikes California Law That Allowed Nursing Homes To Make Medical Decisions For Mentally Incompetent Residents
Kaiser Health News |
06/20/2015 |
Keep up nursing home oversight
The Sacramento Bee |
06/13/2015 |
California’s largest nursing home owner under fire from government regulators
The Sacramento Bee |
05/18/2015 |
L.A. County slow to probe nursing home complaints, state statistics show
The LA Times |
05/11/2015 |
Nursing home closure strands residents
The Bakersfield Californian |
04/14/2015 |
As Nursing Homes Chase Lucrative Patients, Quality of Care Is Said to Lag
The New York Times |
04/12/2015 |
New Wrinkle for Health Law
Wall Street Journal |
04/07/2015 |
Low-wage workers were cheated at care homes, U.S. says
SF Gate |
03/27/2015 | Legislation Revives Effort To Limit Medi-Cal Estate Recovery
California Healthline |
03/09/2015 |
2 charged with elder abuse over abandoned Castro Valley care home
SF Gate |
03/07/2015 |
Nursing home woes: Is a fix in the works?
UT San Diego |
02/26/2015 |
Bill pushes more nursing home oversight, transparency
Sacramento Bee |
02/20/2015 |
Medicare Toughens Standards on Nursing Homes
New York Times |
02/19/2015 |
Court Rules California Health Officials Can’t Hide Hospital And Nursing Home Citation Details
Sacramento Bee |
02/17/2015 |
Facing Suits, a Nursing Home in California Seeks Bankruptcy
New York Times |
02/11/2015 |
Second Top Boss Leaves California Public Health Department
Sacramento Bee |
12/25/2014 |
Mercury News editorial: California still failing after Valley Springs care home disaster
Mercury News |
11/11/2014 |
Nursing-home ownership murky in California
Public Source |
10/01/2014 |
Overmedicated and Misinformed
KCET |
09/08/2014 |
Alleged Overuse of Risperdal and Other Medications Sparks Federal Nursing Home Lawsuit, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports
Digital Journal |
07/18/2014 |
"Alive Inside" Shows How Music Can Break Through the Fog of Dementia
Scientific American |
07/01/2014 |
Drug Abuse: Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
AARP Bulletin |
04/14/2014 |
Waiting And Waiting On The Nursing Home Inspector
Kaiser Health News |
04/10/2014 |
Los Angeles County health supervisor transferred after nursing home audit
Kaiser Health News |
04/05/2014 |
Los Angeles County Audit Finds Backlog Of Nursing Home Complaints
Kaiser Health News |
03/17/2014 |
Behavioral Therapies Better Than Antipsychotics for Dementia Patients, Nurses Say
The Washington Post |
03/07/2014 |
County health department betrays respect our elders deserve: Editorial
Press Telegram |
03/05/2014 |
L.A. County Health Officials Grilled Over Nursing Home Inspections
Kaiser Health News |
03/03/2014 |
Exclusive report: Nursing home investigations in Los Angeles cut short, documents show
Kaiser Health News |
02/20/2014 | Loophole in healthcare law may put Medi-Cal patients' assets at risk
Los Angeles Times |
02/4/2014 |
Nursing Home Settlement Alters How Drugs Are Administered
Ventura County Star |
12/29/2013 |
A Tool Consumers Need
New York Times |
11/21/2013 | In California, $1 Million in Unpaid Fines for Assisted Living Centers
ProPublica |
11/20/2013 |
Dementia Patients Still Getting Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes
Forbes |
11/18/2013 |
Alameda County: Assisted Living Reform Advocates Hope New Director Will Overhaul State's Licensing Agency
San Jose Mercury News |
11/04/2013 |
J.&J. to Pay $2.2 Billion in Risperdal Settlement
New York Times |
10/31/2013 |
In California, $1 Million in Unpaid Fines for Assisted Living Centers
ProPublica |
09/23/2013 |
Doctors: Anti-psychotic meds overused for dementia, kids
USA Today |
09/12/2013 |
NC leads nation in lowering antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes
Newsobserver.com |
09/09/2013 |
Crimes go uninvestigated at care homes
Center for Health Reporting & U-T San Diego |
08/26/2013 |
Nursing Homes' Drug Use Falls
The Wall Street Journal |
08/12/2013 |
Long-term care advocate wins award
Ventura County Star |
07/17/2013 |
Anti-psychotic drugs to nursing home patients protested
Enterprisenews.com |
07/14/2013 |
Nursing Homes Temper Their Reliance on Drugs
NewJersey.com |
07/12/2013 |
Sedative use drops at nursing homes
Boston Globe |
06/01/2013 |
Nursing-home patients are often not given the choice of the medical care they do and don't get
Consumer Reports |
04/03/2013 | Most Dementia Patients Can Safely Stop Antipsychotics
Medscape |
03/07/2013 | Local nursing homes leading movement to reduce chemical restraints
Ventura County Star |
03/01/2013 | Weaning Nursing Homes From Their Dependence On Antipsychotics
Gotham Gazette |
02/25/2013 | Investigation: How NYC Nursing Homes Drug Seniors Into Submission
Gotham Gazette |
01/31/2013 | High use of antipsychotics in Connecticut nursing homes stirs concerns, reforms
New Haven Register |
01/09/2013 | Former nursing director sentenced to 3 years for inappropriately medicating patients
Bakersfield Californian |
01/09/2013 | Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Nurse Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for 'Convenience Drugging' Elder Patients
Press Release: California Department of Justice |
01/08/2013 | Medical board allows over-drugging of elderly patients
Mercury News |
12/27/2012 |
6 Steps to Nondrug Management of Dementia
Medscape |
12/23/2012 | Mass. fails to rein in sedating of seniors
Boston Globe |
12/19/2012 | Scams targeting veterans on the rise
Tribune Media Services |
12/05/2012 | Federal clampdown looming on reverse mortgages
Reuters |
11/28/2012 | Lawsuit targets nursing home management, state regulators
California Watch |
11/20/2012 | Federal regulators probe reverse mortgage ads that may mislead consumers
Los Angeles Times |
11/19/2012 | Buyer beware – Potentially deceptive mortgage ads are targeting veterans and older Americans
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
10/22/2012 | Settlement Eases Rules for Some Medicare Patients
The New York Times |
10/19/2012 | SHOCKING RISE IN DEMENTIA PATIENTS ON 'ZOMBIE' DRUGS
Daily Express UK |
10/11/2012 | Last defendant in elder abuse case takes plea deal. Sentencing set for Jan.
Bakersfield News |
10/3/2012 | Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones launches Innovative New Senior Protection Web Site
California Department of Insurance |
10/2/2012 | Blumenthal & advocates for elderly target 'chemical restraint' abuse at care facilities
The Connecticut Mirror |
09/21/2012 | Senators Blumenthal, Kohl, Grassley Seek To Protect The Elderly And Taxpayers From Abusive Overprescribing Of Antipsychotics
Press Release |
08/30/2012 | J&J Will Pay $181 Million To Settle Risperdal Ad Claims
Bloomberg |
08/29/2012 | Former Nursing Home Administrator Sentenced
KGET.com |
08/17/2012 | Minister alarmed by dementia treatment
The Australian |
08/13/2012 | The false promise of dementia drugs
The Baltimore Sun |
07/25/2012 | Operation Guardians - Surprise nursing home inspection exposes 'resident neglect'
Bay Citizen |
07/21/2012 | Operation Guardians - Yuba City care home blasts Operation Guardians report
Appeal-Democrat |
07/19/2012 | Operation Guardians - Aging Parents in Houses of Horror
Forbes |
07/19/2012 | Operation Guardians - Ontario nursing home on list of neglectful facilities
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |
07/19/2012 | Operation Guardians - Report: Two Pasadena nursing homes neglected residents
Pasadena Sun |
07/18/2012 | Operation Guardians - Inspections find problems at two San Fernando Valley nursing homes
Contra Costa Times |
07/18/2012 |
Operation Guardians - California Nursing Homes Investigation Reveals "Shameful State of Affairs"
Senior Housing News |
07/17/2012 | Big drop in antipsychotic drug use for dementia patients
Community Care - Britain |
07/13/2012 | Stop misusing antipsychotics for seniors
Newsday |
07/13/2012 | Southwestern PA antipsychotic drug use raises concern
Pittsburgh Business Times |
06/11/2012 | Feds Target Antipsychotic Drug Use In Nursing Homes
San Diego News - Channel 10 |
05/15/2012 | Advocates fear patient care will suffer under state budget cuts
California Watch |
05/14/2012 | Should You Purchase Long-Term-Care Insurance?
The Wall Street Journal |
05/13/2012 | Revealed: Scotland's Care Home Drug Scandal
scotsman.com |
05/07/2012 | Abbott Settles Marketing Lawsuit
New York Times |
05/07/2012 | Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion to Resolve Criminal & Civil Investigations of Off-label Promotion of Depakote
U.S. Department of Justice |
05/07/2012 | Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces National Settlements with Abbott Laboratories
State of California, Department of Justice |
05/01/2012 | AARP joins antipsychotic-drug lawsuit against Ventura nursing home
Ventura County Star |
04/30/2012 |
Finding alternatives to potent sedatives - Part 2
The Boston Globe |
04/29/2012 |
A rampant prescription, a hidden peril - Part 1
The Boston Globe |
04/26/2012 | Drugs, Dementia and Nursing Homes
Forbes |
04/19/2012 | Feds Urge Cuts in Use of Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Seniors
HealthLeaders Media |
04/11/2012 | J.&J. Fined $1.2 Billion in Drug Case
The New York Times |
04/3/2012 |
Nursing Homes Won't Have to Hire Independent Pharmacists
Bloomberg |
03/21/2012 | Hidden data show that antipsychotic drugs are less effective than advertised
The Washington Post |
03/12/2012 | Antipsychotic drugs grow more popular for patients without mental illness
Washington Post |
03/09/2012 | Patients suffer as state overhauls Medi-Cal, advocates say
California Watch |
03/07/2012 | Oversight of California nursing homes lacking, report finds
California Watch |
03/05/2012 | Abuse of Mind-Altering Drugs Rising in Eldercare Facilities
RedwoodAge.com New America Media, News Feature |
03/05/2012 | Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines
USA TODAY |
02/28/2012 | Concerns Raised Over Adult Day Health Care Transition, Assessments
California Healthline |
02/23/2012 | Drugs Raise Death Risk in Dementia Patients
ABC News |
02/23/2012 | FTC drops challenge of Omnicare bid for PharMerica
bizjournals.com |
02/22/2012 | The story behind that 'AA' penalty: Poor care and a patient's death
Center for Health Reporting, California Healthcare Foundation |
02/22/2012 | Specific antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in elderly dementia patients
BMJ.com press release |
02/22/2012 | Motion Picture & Television Fund fined over patient's death
Los Angeles Times |
02/22/2012 | Major Medi-Cal changes raise questions
California Watch |
02/15/2012 | Despite pleas, Burlingame care center closing
San Francisco Chronicle |
02/14/2012 | San Mateo County supervisors votes to close nursing center
230 patients to be displaced
Contra Costa Times |
02/14/2012 |
Nursing home's fate in balance
The San Mateo Daily Journal |
02/06/2012 | Do Long-Term Care Patients Need a Stronger Advocate
California Healthline |
01/27/2012 | FTC Sues to Block Omnicare's Bid to Buy Rival Pharmacy Provider PharMerica
Federal Trade Commission |
01/27/2012 | Nursing Home Investigation Finds Errors by Druggists
The New York Times, THE BAY CITIZEN |
01/25/2012 | Motion picture fund nursing home to admit new residents
Los Angeles Times |
01/24/2012 | Senate Watchdog Targets High-Prescribing Medicaid Docs
ProPublica, Dollars for Doctors - How Industry Money Reaches Physicians |
01/18/2012 | Antidepressants Might Raise Fall Risk in Nursing Homes
Yahoo.com |
12/02/2011 | Elderly patients over-prescribed anti-psychotic drugs
concerns about overuse on nursing home patients
NY Daily News.com |
01/10/2012 |
J&J Said to Agree to Pay $1 Billion in Risperdal Marketing Probe
SFGate, Bloomberg News |
12/21/2011 |
Gone Without a Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated
PBS "Frontline" & ProPulica |
12/17/2011 |
Aided by referral bonuses, hospice industry booms
The Washington Post |
11/03/2011 |
Glaxo to Pay $3 Billion to Settle U.S. Cases on Sales, Marketing, Avandia
Bloomberg |
10/21/2011 |
Abbott Said to Agree to Pay $1.3 Billion for Depakote Suits
Business Week |
10/04/2011 |
Nursing Home Whistleblower’s Unsung Story
Santa Barbara Independent |
09/20/2011 |
Doctors rarely pay penalties in kickback cases
Denver Post |
09/19/2011 |
Woman's death raises questions about nursing home medical records
Sacramento Bee |
09/18/2011 |
Falsified patient records are untold story of California nursing home care
Sacramento Bee |
09/15/2011 |
Antipsychotics: Nursing homes rethink use of drugs
San Francisco Chronicle |
09/08/2011 |
What the doctor ordered - Patients should know if their doctors get paid by drug firms.
Los Angeles Times |
09/07/2011 | The long road home
New Times |
08/29/2011 |
After adult day care cut, state turns to troubled firms
California Watch |
08/26/2011 |
'Awakenings' changes the way meds are handled at nursing home
Detroit Lakes Tribune |
08/26/2011 |
Suit alleges abuse at Seal Beach nursing home - Former patient says she was forcibly medicated to take control of her money.
Orange County Register |
08/11/2011 |
Vulnerable - Has anything really changed in Humboldt’s nursing homes?
North Coast Journal |
08/17/2011 |
Health plan that 'fleeced the state' stands to grow
California Watch |
08/11/2011 |
Let them eat chocolate, says advocate of change in senior care
Ventura County Star |
08/01/2011 |
In San Francisco, Elder Abuse Is the Perfect Crime
SF Weekly |
07/27/2011 |
Growing Hospice Care Costs Bring Concerns About Misuse
Kaiser Health News |
07/26/2011 |
Jerry Brown vetoes bill to help elderly, disabled
San Francisco Chronicle |
07/24/2011 |
Have Bank Exits Impacted Consumer’s Perception of Reverse
Mortgages?
Reverse Mortgage Daily |
07/22/2011 |
Preparing Americans for Death Lets Hospices Neglect End of Life
Bloomberg |
07/21/2011 |
Hospice Companies Zero In On Nursing Home Patients
NPR Health Blog |
07/12/2011 |
Blacks in nursing homes have higher risk of sores
Reuters |
07/12/2011 |
Nursing center indicted in patient death. Action comes in wake of patient's fourth suicide attempt.
Glendale News-Press |
07/11/2011 |
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Indictment of Skilled Care Facility in Los Angeles
Office of the Attorney General |
07/07/2011 |
Painkillers 'may ease agitation' in dementia patients
BBC News |
06/28/2011 |
State licensing employees accused of taking bribes
CBS News 8 |
06/19/2011 |
Helping seniors live at home longer - The new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
LA Times |
06/02/2011 |
Nursing Home Operators Can't Have It Both Ways
Washington (D.C.) Examiner |
05/31/2011 |
Cause for alarm: Antipsychotic drugs for nursing home patients
CNN |
05/28/2011 |
Where hope, tragedy and home intertwine: Hospital unit may have to shut
Ventura County Star |
05/26/2011 |
Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly
Time |
05/16/2011 |
Top brain specialist calls for ban on antipsychotic in elders
Boston Globe |
05/11/2011 |
Audit: Common psychiatric meds can be deadly for elderly
California Watch |
05/10/2011 |
Grassley says report on use of anti-psychotic drugs is an outrage
Radio Iowa |
05/09/2011 |
Antipsychotic Drugs Called Hazardous for the Elderly
New York Times |
05/09/2011 |
Gov't finds nursing homes misuse antipsychotics
CBS Evening News |
05/09/2011 |
Grassley, Kohl: Nursing Home Residents Receive Powerful Antipsychotic Drugs for Off-label Uses
United States Senate |
05/09/2011 |
Overmedication of Nursing Home Patients Troubling
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Inspector General |
05/05/2011 |
Nursing home, Olive Ridge Post Acute Care, hit with 15 citations
Oroville Mercury-Register |
05/01/2011 |
The Ethics of Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s
Caring for the Ages |
04/23/2011 |
Taylor-Stein: Make 'least drugging' a nursing-home norm
Ventura County Star |
04/09/2011 |
Elderly and facing eviction:
Foreclosures are affecting senior housing too, leaving residents and their investments at risk.
LA Times |
04/07/2011 |
Reform sought for state homes' monitor: Hand for most vulnerable
Ventura County Star |
03/24/2011 |
Use of chemical restraints in nursing homes called an epidemic
Ventura County Star |
03/31/2011 |
Elder-care ombudsmen seek independence from state
California Watch |
03/21/2011 |
Reducing Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes:
Save Residents' Lives, Save Medicare Billions of Dollars
Center for Medicare Advocacy |
03/19/2011 |
California lawsuit accuses Bristol-Myers Squibb of fraud, kickbacks
LA Times |
03/10/2011 |
California Attorney General and 37 other attorneys general today announced a $68.5 million settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for unfair and deceptive practices in its marketing of the antipsychotic drug Seroquel.
California Office of the Attorney General |
03/07/2011 |
Nearly all nursing homes employ convicted criminals
California Watch |
03/06/2011 |
New nursing home paperwork is worth the effort
LA Times |
03/03/2011 |
Sunnyvale: Three nursing home workers charged with elder abuse
Mercury News |
03/03/2011 |
State regulator fines Motion Picture Home -- again
LA Times |
03/02/2011 |
Study Finds Criminal Pasts of Nursing Home Workers
New York Times |
03/02/2011 |
Johnson & Johnson appeal denied, kickback case moves on in federal court
McKnight's Long Term Care News |
03/02/2011 |
Questions Raised Over Antipsychotic Usage On Elderly
10News.com San Diego |
02/25/2011 |
No Comfort for Old Men
Vanity Fair |
02/19/2011 |
Santa Cruz Skilled Nursing Center cited, fined for mistreating patient
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
02/15/2011 |
Clearing the Fog in Nursing Homes
New York Times |
02/05/2011 |
Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal 'Gray Homicides'
NPR - All Things Considered |
01/20/2011 |
Senior Advocates Say Brown's Budget Cuts Could Backfire
California Healthline |
01/10/2011 |
Lawsuits allege nursing home neglect
California Watch |
12/31/2010 |
Giving Alzheimer's Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate
New York Times |
12/29/2010 |
'Business as usual': Injunction looming for Humboldt County facilities in lawsuit
Times Standard |
12/27/2010 |
Officials question Medicare spending on nursing homes
California Watch |
12/11/2010 |
Senior-care placement companies scramble to cash in
Seattle Times |
12/07/2010 |
91-year-old man dies after attack by another patient at Pomona nursing home
Los Angeles Times |
12/04/2010 |
Nursing homes are seeking to end the stupor
Minneapolis Star Tribune |
12/02/2010 |
Californians in Nursing Homes Deserve Better
California Healthline |
12/01/2010 |
Motion Picture & TV Fund in talks with Providence and UCLA to run hospital and nursing home
Los Angeles Times |
12/01/2010 |
Settlement in Skilled Healthcare suit approved by court; window to file a claim closes next month
Times Standard |
11/18/2010 |
Mass. aims to cut drug overuse for dementia
The Boston Globe |
11/12/2010 |
Officials seek to learn how retirement home resident got into walk-in freezer
Los Angeles Tims |
11/12/2010 |
Nursing home idea a concern to critics. State would reward improvements
Ventura County Star |
10/06/2010 |
I applaud Gallegos' intervention in the Skilled Healthcare case and the resulting permanent injunction...
Redwood Times |
10/02/2010 |
Side Effects May Include Lawsuits
New York Times |
09/08/2010 |
Nursing Home Co. Settles $677M Lawsuit For $50M
Sacramento Bee - AP |
08/28/2010 |
Huge verdict shakes up nursing home industry
Associated Press |
08/28/2010 |
Judge throws out motion for mistrial in Skilled Healthcare case
Times Standard |
08/20/2010 |
Man Sentenced To Prison For Rape, Elder Abuse
KGTV San Diego |
08/05/2010 |
Local elder-care ombudsmen revolt, call for independent leader
California Watch |
08/04/2010 |
Nursing Home Employees Arrested Who Abused Elderly Patients In Cruel Prank
Imperial Valley News |
08/04/2010 |
Pilgrim Haven fined $100,000 in resident's death
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
07/23/2010 |
I-Team Investigates Chemical Restraint Of Elderly
10 News San Diego |
07/14/2010 |
$29 million verdict upheld against Rocklin nursing home firm
Sacramento Bee |
07/07/2010 |
Jury imposes maximum damages on Skilled Healthcare
Contra Costa Times |
07/07/2010 |
Jury awards $640 million for understaffed nursing homes
California Watch |
07/06/2010 |
Funds Sought for Local Ombudsman Programs
Ventura County Star |
07/03/2010 |
State's nursing homes cut staffs, lower wages, investigation shows
Ventura County Star |
07/03/2010 |
Two state agencies plan revisions to 2004 law
Ventura County Star |
07/03/2010 |
Complaints up against county care facilities since 2004 law
Ventura County Star |
07/02/2010 |
Nine Suspects Arrested in Medi-Cal Fraud Scam
Tribune Weekly Chronicle |
06/24/2010 |
Injunction phase of Skilled Healthcare suit continues;
Former nurse's assistant for Eureka facilities testifies in court
The Times-Standard |
06/18/2010 |
New plan would shake up nursing home funding
California Watch |
06/17/2010 |
Grieving Family Hit With Extra Fee
CBS5 - San Francisco |
06/17/2010 |
Patients, family members tell their side of the story; closing arguments in Skilled Healthcare case to conclude today
The Times-Standard |
06/15/2010 |
Closing arguments begin in Skilled Healthcare case
The Times-Standard |
05/27/2010 |
Caretaker convicted of abusing elderly residents gets life in prison
Los Angeles Times |
05/17/2010 |
Governor seeks more accountability for nursing homes
California Watch |
05/14/2010 |
Jury penalty against nursing home exceeds state's punishment
California Watch |
05/13/2010 |
Jury finds Auburn nursing home committed elder abuse in death
Sacramento Bee |
05/11/2010 |
Chanticleer Home owners ask state to reconsider shutdown; Sunshine Villa under investigation
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
05/10/2010 |
Abrupt closure of Hemet facility jolts elderly and their kin
The Press Enterprise |
05/06/2010 |
Lawsuit accuses Chanticleer Home owners of negligence, fraud
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
04/30/2010 |
San Jose Nursing home fined $80,000 in patient's death
The Mercury News |
04/26/2010 |
For $520 Million, AstraZeneca Will Settle Case Over Marketing of a Drug
New York Times |
04/22/2010 |
State nursing home funders announce proposal, then fall silent
California Watch |
04/21/2010 |
Why is state only collecting one-third of nursing home fines?
California Watch |
04/19/2010 |
Nursing homes attempt to charge booze, ski tickets to state
California Watch |
04/18/2010 |
When Foreclosure Threatens Elder-Care Homes
New York Times |
04/17/2010 |
Nursing homes received millions while cutting staff, wages
California Watch |
04/2010 |
10 Things Nursing Homes Won't Tell You
SmartMoney Magazine |
04/09/2010 |
Retirement home worker convicted of torture, elder abuse
Los Angeles Times |
04/08/2010 |
Nursing home in Orange sued over man's death
Orange County Register |
04/08/2010 |
Nursing assistant accused of elder rape in court Thursday
San Diego News |
04/01/2010 |
Detectives Seek Leads in Rape of Women at Torrance Nursing Home
Los Angeles Times |
03/30/2010 |
Brutal abuse at Calabasas retirement home described in testimony
Los Angeles Times |
03/29/2010 |
Review heightens concerns over Medicare billing at nursing homes
Washington Post |
03/29/2010 |
Nursing home group faces six lawsuits in Butte County
Chico Enterprise |
03/25/2010 |
Serious cases of elder abuse at two nursing homes in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Examiner |
03/24/2010 |
Former convalescent home worker charged with woman's murder
San Francisco Examiner |
03/23/2010 |
Nursing home worker accused of bilking patients
San Francisco Chronicle |
03/19/2010 |
Report: State fails to check background of caregivers
Sacramento Business Journal |
03/19/2010 |
Report: Nurse assistants rehired after misconduct
Associated Press |
03/10/2010 |
Risperdal Pushed for Elderly After U.S. Warning, Files Show
Bloomberg |
03/10/2010 |
Safe in Bed?
New York Times |
03/08/2010 |
Nursing home drug use puts many at risk
Boston Globe |
03/08/2010 |
Senate Panel to Investigate Deaths at Long-Term Care Facilities
New York Times |
02/21/2010 |
Family upset after resident moved from Oroville nursing home
Oroville Mercury Register |
01/15/2010 |
US Attorney says: J&J Paid Kickbacks to Boost Sales
Associated Press |
01/15/2010 |
United States Files Suit Against Drug Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson For Paying Kickbacks To Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy
US Dept. of Justice - Press Release |
01/11/2010 |
Overmedication in the Nursing Home
New York Times |
01/11/2010 |
Antipsychotics Still Widely Used in U.S. Nursing Homes
Off-label use to control behavior seems to be part of the 'culture' at some centers, one study finds
Business Week |
01/10/2010 |
Long-Term Care Hospitals Face Little Scrutiny
New York Times |
01/05/2010 |
3 Nursing Home Patients Killed by 'Chemical Restraints'
California Attorney General Says Nursing Director Drugged Patients to Control Them
ABC News |
12/31/2009 |
Nursing assistant pleads not guilty to rape
San Diego Union-Tribune |
12/11/2009 |
$7.75 million awarded in abuse case
Ventura County Star |
12/02/2009 |
In-home care cuts dealt another blow
San Francisco Chronicle |
11/14/2009 |
Nursing Home Gets State's Harshest Penalty - Care Inadequate For Man Who Died, Probe Finds
Stockton Record |
11/12/2009 |
Chemical restraints killing dementia patients
Guardian UK |
11/03/2009 |
Nation's Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturer to Pay $112 Million to Settle False Claims Act Cases
U.S. Department of Justice |
11/03/2009 |
Group worries elder abuse underreported in Calif.
Associated Press |
10/28/2009 |
State watchdog agency charged with overseeing nursing homes negligent, suit claims
Oakland Tribune |
10/28/2009 |
Placerville Pines Care Center hit with $100,000 fine
Sacramento Bee |
10/28/2009 |
Compromised Care: Nursing home doctors untouched even as facilities are cited -Part 2
Chicago Tribune |
10/27/2009 |
Compromised Care: Psychotropic drugs given to nursing home patients without cause -Part 1
Chicago Tribune |
10/27/2009 |
Sedated hours after moving in, newcomer fell and later died
Chicago Tribune |
10/27/2009 |
5 things to know about psychotropics
Chicago Tribune |
10/20/2009 |
U.S. judge bars state from cutting in-home care
San Francisco Chronicle |
10/19/2009 |
Easing Tensions in the Nursing Home
New York Times |
10/14/2009 |
Risks call dialysis into question for nursing home patients
USA Today |
10/04/2009 |
Alameda County elder care watchdogs unresponsive, underfunded
Oakland Tribune |
10/03/2009 |
Local ombudsman agency director wins national award for community work
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
10/02/2009 |
Advocates sue over California's in-home care cuts
Los Angeles Times |
09/28/2009 |
Reliable nursing home information can be difficult to get
Los Angeles Times |
09/25/2009 |
Nursing homes' liability limited; Law lets care centers forgo carrying insurance
Oakland Tribune |
09/27/2009 |
Federal program misses problem nursing homes
Associated Press |
09/22/2009 |
Doctor, 90, kills wife, tries to commit suicide
Los Angeles Times |
09/17/2009 |
Woman killed by mom at Oakland nursing home had complained about treatment
Oakland Tribune |
09/14/2009 |
Mother's letter explains murder-suicide
ABC – 7, KGO-TV, San Francisco |
09/12/2009 |
Judge blocks state cuts to adult day care
San Francisco Chronicle |
09/08/2009 |
Administrator charged in nursing home druggings
Bakersfield Now |
09/03/2009 |
ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUG BILL BECOMES NATIONAL ISSUE AS TWO MULTI-BILLION COURT CASES ARE SETTLED
Press Release by California Senator Elaine Alquist |
09/02/2009 |
Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History
U.S. Department of Justice |
08/27/2009 |
New Hope nursing home hit with stiff fine after a death
Tracy Press |
07/14/2009 |
Nursing-Home Ratings Earn Mixed Reviews
The Washington Post |
07/14/2009 |
Gov. Schwarzenegger, show us the fraud
The Los Angeles Times |
06/22/2009 |
Nursing home draws severe citation, maximum fine
The Union–Tribune |
06/11/2009 |
2 Orange County nursing homes fined for patient deaths
Los Angeles Times |
06/10/2009 |
State fines O.C. nursing homes more than $200,000 in deaths
The Orange County Register |
06/04/2010 |
'Immediate Jeopardy'
Horror stories and deep legal troubles at Humboldt County's for-profit nursing homes
North Coast Journal |
05/14/2009 |
Nursing home used outdated consent forms in Risperdal case
The Lakeland Times |
04/26/2009 |
Editorial: Elderly need a watchdog
Ventura County Star |
04/13/2009 |
Plan to close nursing home for film workers stirs emotions
Los Angeles Times |
03/31/2009 |
Hospitals' use of 'observation stay' is questioned
Chicago Tribune |
03/19/2009 |
When it comes to dementia, forget the drugs
Los Angeles Times |
03/13/2009 |
Nursing home cited and fined over death
The Union–Tribune |
03/12/2009 |
Nursing home fined $75,000 in patient's choking death
Los Angeles Times |
02/24/2009 |
Nursing Home Watchdogs Muted by Bush Regulation
Bloomberg Press |
02/23/2009 |
Families wonder if their loved ones were overdrugged
The Bakersfield Californian |
02/20/2009 |
3 arrested in nursing home deaths in Lake Isabella
Los Angeles Times |
02/20/2009 |
Nursing facility trio pleads not guilty to charges of overmedicating patients
The Bakersfield Californian |
02/20/2009 |
Drugs used at Kern nursing home can be deadly for elderly
The Bakersfield Californian |
02/19/2009 |
How did accused nurse keep getting hired?
The Bakersfield Californian |
02/19/2009 |
Reports detail fatal druggings at nursing facility
The Bakersfield Californian |
02/17/2009 |
Bill Would Require California Nursing Homes To Post Ratings
California Healthline |
02/16/2009 |
Fewer care facilities use restraints for elderly residents
USA Today |
02/13/2009 |
Hospital ward's closure forces dire decisions
The Orange County Register |
02/11/2009 |
Anger over costly projects as nursing home is set to shut
Los Angeles Times |
02/10/2009 |
State wants to seize Auburn nursing home’s license
The Sacramento Bee |
02/09/2009 |
Auburn nursing home fined in residents' death
The Sacramento Bee |
02/06/2009 |
Furloughs won't compromise patients' care
The Press-Enterprise |
02/06/2009 |
New Five–Star Rankings: One Way to Check Out a Nursing Home
AARP Bulletin Today |
01/19/2009 |
California is urged to require nursing homes to display star ratings
Los Angeles Times |
01/19/2009 |
Critical on conditions: Satisfied staff called key to good care
Chico Enterprise Record |
01/18/2009 |
Critical on conditions: Two nursing homes cited more than others
Chico Enterprise Record |
01/17/2009 |
Critical on conditions: Nursing home ratings reveal quality control at several local facilities
Chico Enterprise Record |
01/16/2009 |
Lilly settles Zyprexa suit for $1.42 billion
Los Angeles Times |
01/15/2009 |
Heart risk cited in newer antipsychotic drugs
Los Angeles Times |
01/14/2009 |
Lilly Said to Be Near $1.4 Billion U.S. Settlement
New York Times |
01/08/2009 |
Alzheimer's drugs double death risk in elderly
Chico Enterprise Record |
12/29/2008 |
Gripes grow at nursing homes
Daily News – Los Angeles |
12/26/2008 |
Nursing homes say reputations, not grades, are true test
Denver Business Journal |
12/22/2008 |
Owner of area nursing homes faces charges in fraud case
The Sacramento Bee |
12/19/2008 |
Medicare launches rating system for nursing homes
Contra Costa Times |
12/18/2008 |
Many see new nursing home scoring system as flawed
The Press–Enterprise |
12/17/2008 |
Convalescent home owner raided by FBI in suspected fraud probe
The Orange County Register |
12/14/2008 |
Supervisors asked to protest cuts to ombudsman program
SanLuisObispo.com • The Tribune |
12/03/2008 |
Insurer Casts Off Long–Term–Care Policies
The Wall Street Journal |
11/17/2008 |
State budget cuts amount to a ‘massive assault’ on home care
Marin Independent Journal |
11/12/2008 |
20 years after boardinghouse murders, elderly still being bilked by predators
Centre Daily Times |
10/23/2008 |
Facility fined after man chokes on ketchup packet
The Bakersfield Californian |
10/19/2008 |
A new law will take effect Jan. 1 to streamline reports of elder abuse
The Union-Tribune |
10/16/2008 |
Some fear decline in Inland eldercare with cut of state funds for ombudsman program
The Press-Enterprise |
10/15/2008 |
Governor cuts funding for long term care ombudsman program
Sacramento Business Journal |
10/14/2008 |
Elderly residents allegedly abused by caretaker
Los Angeles Times |
10/08/2008 |
Budget cuts slash inspections for OC nursing homes
The Orange County Register |
10/05/2008 |
Criminal past is no bar to nursing in California
Los Angeles Times |
10/04/2008 |
Ax hangs over ombudsman program
The Eureka Reporter |
10/04/2008 |
Governor cuts funding for nursing home ombudsman
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
10/03/2008 |
Elder abuse alleged at assisted–living facility
Los Angeles Times |
09/29/2008 |
Violations Reported at 94% of Nursing Homes
New York Times |
09/29/2008 |
Does video invade privacy or ensure protection?
The Orange County Register |
09/26/2008 |
Valley Health to consider closing skilled nursing facility
The Press–Enterprise |
09/26/2008 |
Assisted living home let woman die after call for help, suit alleges
The Orange County Register |
09/03/2008 |
Patient who choked to death costs Crestwood $100,000 fine
Times Herald |
08/27/2008 |
Nursing home fined $100,000
The Press–Enterprise |
08/20/2008 |
Laguna Hills nursing home faces second negligence lawsuit
The Orange County Register |
08/20/2008 |
Company that owns Fontana, Riverside nursing homes agrees to settlement
The Press–Enterprise |
08/07/2008 |
To Be Old, Frail and Evicted: Patients at Risk (pdf)
The Wall Street Journal |
07/30/2008 |
Radio host to pay fine in AG's inquiry
Sacramento Bee |
07/28/2008 |
Oakland Elder Care Home Owners Face Fraud Charges
CBS 5 |
07/17/2008 |
Nursing facility assessed stiffest fine possible in patient’s death
The Bakersfield Californian |
06/24/2008 |
Rising Challenger Takes On Elder–Care System
The Wall Street Journal |
06/24/2008 |
Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia
The New York Times |
06/22/2008 |
Where are we sending our elders?
Quality varies widely at Marin nursing homes
Marin Independent Journal |
06/22/2008 |
At most homes, staffing below federal guidelines
Marin Independent Journal |
06/22/2008 |
Marin’s smallest nursing homes outperform larger facilities
Marin Independent Journal |
06/17/2008 |
Anaheim nursing home fined $50,000 in patient choking death
The Orange Country Register |
06/17/2008 |
FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics
The Washington Post |
06/12/2008 |
Paying in gold for the golden years
Los Angeles Times |
06/10/2008 |
State investigating Kern Valley nursing home again
The Bakersfield Californian |
06/07/2008 |
Casualties of Care
The Press–Enterprise |
06/06/2008 |
Menlo Park nursing home fined for woman’s death
San Mateo County Times |
06/05/2008 |
Three Calif. health care centers cited after patient deaths
San Francisco Chronicle |
06/04/2008 |
State regulators clamp down on nursing home after deaths
Sacramento Bee |
05/27/2008 |
Nursing home industry fights reforms
Politico |
05/19/2008 |
Aid for California’s disabled in peril
Los Angeles Times |
05/15/2008 |
Jury awards $1 million in punitive damages in Laguna Hills nursing home trial
The Orange County Register |
05/15/2008 |
Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Homes Are Often Missed,
Report Says
The New York Times |
04/24/2008 |
Chico nursing home fined $100,000
ChicoER.com |
04/24/2008 |
Nursing home fined $100,000
Appeal–Democrat |
04/22/2008 |
State issues top fine, citation to Palm Desert nursing home in woman’s death
The Press–Enterprise |
04/18/2008 |
State fines Laguna Hills nursing home in death of patient
Orange County Register |
04/18/2008 |
Study: Nursing homes not improving
Sacramento Business Journal |
04/12/2008 |
Nursing home plight revealed
The Fresno Bee |
04/11/2008 |
Editorial: Nursing–home patients shortchanged
The San Francisco Examiner |
04/11/2008 |
Nursing Homes, in Bid to Cut Costs,
Prod Patients to Forgo Lawsuits
The Wall Street Journal |
04/11/2008 |
To Sign or Not: How to Size Up Arbitration Clauses
The Wall Street Journal |
04/11/2008 |
Who benefited most from higher Medi–Cal payments?
The Union–Tribune |
04/08/2008 |
A bigger bottom line for nursing homes
Los Angeles Times |
04/02/2008 |
Nursing Home Lobbyist Quits After
He Predicts SEIU Powerplay
SF Weekly |
03/31/2008 |
Nursing home residents sue for at–home care
St. Petersburg Times |
03/27/2008 |
Study: California Nursing Homes Use Restraints Most Frequently
California Healthline |
03/26/2008 |
Nursing Homes Cut Back on Restraints
The Associated Press |
03/15/2008 |
Seniors targeted in scams
The Modesto Bee |
03/12/2008 |
Investigation Prompts Bill On Group Homes
CBS 5 |
03/09/2008 |
People with dementia getting drugged rather than helped
Minneapolis Star Tribune |
03/07/2008 |
Families desperate for options as long–term care facility closes
The Stockton Record |
03/04/2008 |
State fines Modesto nursing home $100,000
The Modesto Bee |
03/02/2008 |
Tapping Into Homes Can Be Pitfall for the Elderly
The New York Times |
03/2008 |
California SEIU Leader Mounts Battle for Local Control,
Union Democracy: An Interview with Sal Rosselli
Labor Notes |
02/28/2008 |
Nursing Home Group Spent $2.73M to Lobby
The Associated Press |
02/25/2008 |
Governor's plan would cut Medi-Cal rolls
San Francisco Chronicle |
02/22/2008 |
A Bill Aims for Nursing Home Reform
U.S. News & World Report |
02/21/2008 |
Hospital workers prepare to strike
San Mateo County Times |
02/20/2008 |
Local Union Leader Rosselli Blasts SEIU Boss Andy Stern
SF Weekly |
02/20/2008 |
Escondido nursing home gets most serious citation
The Union–Tribune |
02/20/2008 |
Treating Death as a Commodity
Los Angeles Times |
02/15/2008 |
County’s largest nursing home under fire again
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
02/14/2008 |
Allianz Life Insurance settles California annuities complaint
Los Angeles Times |
02/13/2008 |
Internal Dispute at SEIU Deepens
Harper’s Magazine |
02/12/2008 |
Government lists worst nursing homes
USA Today |
02/12/2008 |
List includes Pomona nursing home
The Press–Enterprise |
02/06/2008 |
Medicare discloses lapses at U.S. nursing homes,
including 74 in Inland area
The Press–Enterprise |
01/27/2008 |
A Hidden Crime
The Washington Post |
01/25/2008 |
No help for assisted living facilities in proposed state budget cuts
The Napa Valley Register |
01/04/2008 |
Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds
The New York Times |
12/24/2007 |
Two Inland Nursing Homes Face Licensing Deadline
The Press–Enterprise |
12/22/2007 |
Carlyle Group completes $6.3B takeover of Manor Care
The Toledo Blade |
12/20/2007 |
Nursing homes struggle to kick drug habit
The Wall Street Journal |
12/19/2007 |
A nursing home death, and a shocking phone call
Los Angeles Times |
12/17/2007 |
Inland Nursing Home Tied to Pomona Facility
that Faces Federal Funding Cutoff
The Press–Enterprise |
12/14/2007 |
Closed nursing homes included on state’s list of troubled facilities
The Press–Enterprise |
12/09/2007 |
Judge kills nursing home suit
Sacramento Bee |
12/09/2007 |
Endangered Seniors
Contra Costa Times |
12/04/2007 |
Prescription Abuse Seen In U.S. Nursing Homes
Powerful Antipsychotics Used to Subdue Elderly; Huge Medicaid Expense
The Wall Street Journal |
12/03/2007 |
List of bad nursing homes called inadequate
The Press–Enterprise |
11/28/2007 |
Roll of the Die – Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deaths
SF Weekly |
11/27/2007 |
Woman killed after leaving nursing home wore alarm trigger
The Union–Tribune |
11/26/2007 |
Sex abuse allegations shut Riverside care homes
The Press–Enterprise |
11/18/2007 |
Dementia relief, with a huge side effect: The off-label use of some drugs is helping elderly patients, but may be killing thousands
St. Petersburg Times |
11/16/2007 |
Washington Scrutinizes Nursing Homes
The New York Times |
11/16/2007 |
Lawmakers Question Private–Equity Impact On Nursing Homes
Washington Post |
10/27/2007 |
Reforms to help protect seniors are OKd
Los Angeles Times |
10/25/2007 |
Two owners arrested in fatal Citrus Heights care home fire
The Sacramento Bee |
10/24/2007 |
Inquiries at Investor–Owned Nursing Homes
The New York Times |
10/02/2007 |
Bill seeks faster investigation
into complaints against nursing homes
Los Angeles Times |
09/23/2007 |
At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing
The New York Times |
09/23/2007 |
Is the quality of elder care in jeopardy?
San Luis Obispo Tribune |
07/14/2007 |
Ex–nursing home exec gets 30 months and restitution
San Francisco Chronicle |
07/11/2007 |
Nursing home death a public disgrace
Argus–Courier |
07/11/2007 |
Nursing home fined $100,000 for death
Argus–Courier |
06/25/2007 |
Nursing homes head to auction
The Press–Enterprise |
06/21/2007 |
State rebukes nursing home after probe
Los Angeles Times |
06/05/2007 |
Hemet nursing home disputes $75,000 fine
The Press–Enterprise |
06/2007 |
Service Employees End California Nursing Home Partnership
Labor Notes |
04/27/2007 |
Santa Cruz nonprofit wins fight for nursing home patient rights
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
04/21/2007 |
Oversight of Nursing Homes Is Criticized
The New York Times |
04/19/2007 |
Cupertino nursing home fined $100,000 in woman’s death
Mercury News |
04/13/2007 |
State monitoring nursing home corporations
The Press–Enterprise |
04/13/2007 |
Nursing home review critical
The Sacramento Bee |
04/12/2007 |
State’s nursing–home licensing unit too slow, audit finds
The Press–Enterprise |
04/12/2007 |
Pleasant Care Corp. Files for Bankruptcy
La Cañada Valley Sun |
04/11/2007 |
Union Disunity
SF Weekly |
05/26/2007 |
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
The New York Times |
05/23/2007 |
Lawmakers step up pressure on nursing home regulators
The Press–Enterprise |
02/19/2007 |
Nursing homes go uninspected
The Examiner |
12/2006 |
Deadly Neglect
Reader’s Digest |
11/21/2006 |
Nursing facilities’ CEO is fined
Record Searchlight |
11/14/2006 |
State Nursing Home Oversight Lacking
KCRA 3 |
09/20/2006 |
Let Us Now Praise Tough Cookies
SF Weekly |
09/13/2006 |
Judge orders state to speed up probes of nursing homes
The Mercury News |
09/12/2006 |
Nursing home inspections on trial
The Mercury News |
09/2006 |
Nursing Homes, Business as Usual
Consumer Reports |
04/17/2006 |
Helpful hints can arm you against possible elder abuse
Ventura County Star |
04/12/2006 |
State seizes two care homes
Record Searchlight |
04/11/2006 |
Lax protection for the vulnerable
The Examiner |
04/10/2006 |
State Oversight of Nursing Homes Draws Criticism
californiahealthline.org |
04/06/2006 |
Care facility regulator lax on fines
The Sacramento Bee |
04/01/2006 |
Not a Law:
A bill passed by only one house of Congress just doesn't count
The Washington Post |
03/2006 |
Are We Protecting the Vulnerable? Conservators and Guardianship Provisions Under Attack
Psychiatric Times |
03/30/2006 |
Net yields wealth of elder care info
Contra Costa Times |
03/25/2006 |
In conservatorships, a delicate balance
The Napa Valley Register |
03/24/2006 |
Jury awards Sutter Health patient $1.4 million for negligence
The Sacramento Bee |
03/24/2006 |
The Other California: The Disabled, the Elderly and the Invisible Poor
CounterPunch |
03/22/2006 |
Widow Seeks New Guardian
Los Angeles Times |
03/19/2006 |
Elderly couple win financial-abuse case
Monterey County The Herald |
03/19/2006 |
State skipping clinic checkups
msnbc.com |
03/17/2006 |
Nursing home vs. own home: Seniors home equity now a factor for Medi-Cal
Inside Bay Area |
03/15/2006 |
San Diego Nursing Home Receives Most Severe Citation
cbs2.com |
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