We wrote in a previous blog about a Department of Health and Human Services report that 92% of nursing homes employ one or more people who have been convicted of at least one crime; Five percent of all all nursing homes employees have had at least one criminal conviction, and about half of nursing homes […]
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It’s difficult to write this blog without losing our professional voice. We want to use words like disgusting, reprehensible, repulsive, sickening and outrageous. We’ll try to restrain ourselves. Last month, we told you the story of nursing home abuse in New Jersey: an 87-year-old resident, who was paralyzed after a stroke, was slapped by a
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When 87-year-old Modesta Alvarado suffered a stroke last year, she was left paralyzed, but aware. Her daughter, Gloria Diaz, made the difficult decision to place Ms. Alvarado in a nursing home. She visited everyday and became friendly with the nurses and caregivers. And yet, something was wrong…. Diaz kept finding unexplained bruises on her mother.
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