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A jury ordered a nursing home to pay over $28 million for fraudulent billing, providing worthless services and for retaliating against two employees who complained about the shoddy care at the facility. Two former employees of the Momence Meadows Nursing Center in Illinois brought their claim in 2004, accusing the nursing home of providing substandard care to elderly and disabled patients that lead to the deaths of three patients and rampant bed sores on patients. Patients with bed sores, or …

Patient injuries from falling out of bed are “rampant” in hospitals and nursing homes all over the country, according to a lawyer who recently won a $3.5 million verdict against a medical center on behalf of an 87-year-old patient. Shirley Burrell was 81 when she went into the hospital for a hip arthroplasty. She fell out of bed, fracturing her hip, and then suffered a stroke, causing permanent disability. “It happens in hospitals and nursing homes in every health system. …

A $2 million jury award for the death of a former pro wrestler highlights the abuse and neglect of elderly patients in understaffed nursing homes. George Dahmer, known to fans as Chief White Owl during his 30-year career as a WWWF wrestler, essentially wasted away after spending only two months under shoddy care at a nursing home in Florida. Dahmer was 72 years old when he entered Lake Worth Manor, now Oasis Health, in February 2008 after suffering from bouts …

Blood Pressure Meds Grossly Overprescribed Tens of millions of people taking prescription blood pressure medication may be consuming the drugs for no reason, according to a new study. The report found the vast majority of people who take meds for hypertension see no benefit from them, and do not show reduced levels of heart attack or stroke. Instead, the drugs earn money for their manufacturers while exposing patients to unnecessary risks. Find Out More…   LGBT Discrimination Rampant in Nursing …

As individuals and advocacy groups push to advance the rights of LGBT citizens across the nation, a frequently overlooked area is the discrimination that older gay residents can face when they have to check into nursing homes for short- and long-term care. As the generation of civil rights heroes who marched and fought for equal rights in the 1960s grows older and faces the health problems associated with aging, a new frontier opens in the battle for the right to …