The County of San Diego has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of Alton Stovall Sr., who died in the county-run skilled nursing facility Edgemoor Hospital. The payment was the result of a lawsuit brought against the facility for the neglect of Stovall, who died under very suspicious…
Prime Healthcare Services is a Southern California company well known for turning around troubled hospitals. It also happens to be the subject of a federal investigation for possible overbilling in relation to an outbreak of septicemia. Last week’s release of an investigation by the San Diego Union Tribune and California…
Law enforcement officers from the California Department of Justice arrested a San Jose nursing home employee on suspicion of elder abuse after it was learned the employee, according to new accounts, “yanked on the elderly man’s genitalia.” Two other employees were arrested for knowing about the abuse, and failing to…
Jeremy Marlow suffered from cerebral palsy and died at the young age of 28. But police believe that his death had nothing to do with his affliction, and everything to do with the way he was treated by his mother and brother in their El Cajon apartment. Deborah Marlow and…
View Larger Map The Goldstar Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was issued an AA citation by the California Department of Public Health after investigators concluded that substandard care led to the choking death of one of its residents. According to reports, the 60-year-old resident, who was on a doctor-ordered soft diet,…
California Assembly Bill 313 would require nursing homes and residential care facilities to notify all residents and family members if the license of the facility is in jeopardy of being revoked. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Bill Monning, would require written notification “when its license is in jeopardy from serious…
Max Bauer has no doubt seen a lot in his 93 years. Among his many experiences were those aboard the naval ship USS Vestal, moored in Pearl Harbor in December 1947 when the Japanese attacked. He was particularly proud of being a Pearl Harbor survivor, and placed a special Pearl…
The online magazine Long-Term Living has compiled a list of persons it has determined as the “most influential” in the long-term care industry. It prefaces its list with a kind of warning that the industry has a storied history “full of ups, downs, hair-raising regulation and heartwarming innovations.” The magazine…
An elder abuse and neglect lawsuit has been filed on behalf of an elderly Korean-American woman who died last year after what the family alleges was abusive treatment by her caregivers. Kyong-hui Duncan died last June while her family was looking for a new nursing home to take her to…
When Sean Suh’s grandmother was admitted to a residential care facility he wanted to make sure she was being watched at all times. To do that, he installed a camera at her bedside that recorded his grandmother 24/7. The camera wasn’t hidden, and frequently when Ms. Suh would visit his…