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  • American Academy of Neurology Says Doctors Should Routinely Screen Patients for Abuse
  • California Elder Financial Abuse Continues Into the New Year
  • Government Report Finds Errors At Hospitals Frequently Go Unreported
  • New Requirements For California’s Adult Day Care May Mean Only Half of Prior Participants Will Qualify
  • Newport Beach Nursing Home Fined $100,000 For Fall Death
  • Death Certificates in Nursing Home Deaths Often Contain Incorrect Information
  • Family Sues Nursing Home Over Mother’s Tracheostomy Tube Death
  • Low Quality of Care at For-Profit Nursing Homes May Lead to More California Elder Abuse
  • San Diego Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys Warn Seniors About Common Scams Targeting Elders
  • Nursing Home Where Maggots Infested Patient Also Cited For More Serious Violations
  • Elderly Sex Offender Assaults Fellow Nursing Home Residents
  • California Adult Day Health Care Program Again Threatened With Elimination
  • Understaffing Cited as a Major Source of California Nursing Home Abuse
  • Fall While Receiving California Home Care Leads To Elder Abuse Lawsuit
  • Debate Over $91.5 Million Nursing Home Abuse Verdict Continues
  • Home Repair Scammer Gets 35 Years for California Elder Abuse, Theft, and Burglary
  • California Nursing Home Abuse Leads to Criminal Charges
  • Man Barred from Visits After Reporting California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
  • Nursing Mistake That Killed California Senior Prompts Investigation
  • “Granny Cams” May Be Used To Catch San Diego Elder Abuse Perpetrators
  • Record Falsification Uncovered in California Nursing Homes
  • Hollywood Legend Mickey Rooney Alleges Elder Abuse Against Stepson
  • California Elder Abuse: Legislative Update
  • San Diego Woman Accused of Elder Abuse of WWII Veteran
  • UC Irvine To Host National Center on Elder Abuse
  • Former Group Home Owner Gets Probation For Patient Deaths
  • Nursing Home Permitted to Continue Operating After State Revokes License
  • Unique Alternative Therapies for the Elderly: Animal Therapy & A Positive Attitude May Go A Long Way
  • Nurse Arrested for Stealing Elderly Patient’s Medication
  • Los Angeles County Nursing Home Fined For Feeding Tube Death
  • Elder Financial Abuse – Underreported And All Too Common
  • California’s Elimination of Adult Day Health Care May Lead to More Elder Abuse
  • California Nursing Home Workers Sentenced to Jail for “Prank”
  • California Nursing Home Neglect Caused By Chemical Restraints
  • California Nursing Home Neglect Case Ends with $9.9 Million Jury Award
  • Elder Care Advocate Seeks Changes to California Nursing Home Law
  • California Elder Abuse Typically Goes Unreported
  • Glendale Nursing Home Criminally Indicted After Patient Death
  • Residential Care Facility Operators Accused of Bribing State Investigators
  • Dementia Patient Wanders from Nursing Home, Still Missing
  • Randy Walton Invited to Speak on Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Issues
  • Are Bed Handles Dangerous For Seniors?
  • Nursing Home Patient Dies of Morphine Overdose Despite No Order For the Drug
  • San Diego County Pays $2 Million To Settle Wrongful Death Case
  • Malnutrition Rates High in Prime Hospitals
  • Nursing Home Caregiver Arrested for Sexual Assault of Resident
  • San Diego Mother and Son Face Charges of Criminal Neglect of Disabled Adult
  • Los Angeles County Nursing Home Fined After Choking Death
  • Law Would Require Nursing Homes to Notify Families of Licensing Trouble
  • Elder Abuse in Spotlight After Pearl Harbor Survivor Found Living in Squalor
  • Long-Term Living Magazine Names Nursing Home Lawyer to Most Influential List
  • Elder Abuse Lawsuit After Abuse Caught on Video
  • Video Captures Abuse in California Nursing Home
  • Younger Patients Ending Up in Nursing Homes
  • Nursing Home Points Finger at Hospital in Patient Death
  • Holidays a Good Time to Check in on Loved Ones
  • Study Shows Narcotic Painkillers Increase Risk of Fractures in Elderly
  • San Diego Police Investigating Elder Neglect Related Death
  • Pomona Nursing Home Resident Dies After Attack by Fellow Resident
  • Skilled Healthcare Case Settles for $62.8 Million
  • Jury Awards $42 Million in Nursing Home Bedsore, Dehydration Case
  • Dementia Patient Found in Nursing Home Freezer
  • California Nursing Homes Being Investigated by Feds
  • Nursing Home Fall Results in Large Citation and Fine
  • Caregiver Charged With Crime for Bed Sore Related Death
  • Mother and Son Accused of Elder Neglect in Escondido Board and Care
  • Nursing Home Patient Arrested for Killing 94-Year-Old Roommate
  • Nursing Home Penalized for Patient Fall from Lift
  • Hidden Camera Sting Catches Nine Nurses Neglecting Elderly
  • Juries Slamming Nursing Homes for Neglectful Care
  • Nursing Home Verdict Rattles Long-Term Care Industry
  • CANHR Launches Website to Fight the Drugging of Nursing Home Residents
  • Orange County Jury Awards $3.1 Million in Nursing Home Case
  • Six Nursing Home Employees Arrested for Shocking Prank on Elderly
  • Investigation into Chemical Restraint of Elderly Nursing Home Residents
  • $114 Million Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Case
  • Cancer and Dementia Patient Released from Hospital Found Dead in Ditch
  • Understaffing Blamed in Nursing Home Death
  • Hospice Patient "Elvis" Entertains Fellow Patients
  • Complaints Against Ventura County Nursing Homes Increase
  • Nurses Accused of Misconduct in Other States Practice Freely in California
  • Abuse of Disabled in Nursing Homes Not Treated as Crime Study Says
  • Closing Arguments Made in Epic Nursing Home Case
  • Murder with Morphine by Nursing Home Caregiver
  • Nursing Home Neglect / Abuse Caught on Tape
  • Motion Picture Nursing Home Fined for Patient Injury
  • Los Angeles Nursing Home Fined After Resident Dies
  • Nursing Home Hit with Huge Verdict for Abuse and Neglect
  • Nursing Home Cited and Fined in Resident's Death
  • What Nursing Homes Won't Tell You
  • Fraction of Nursing Home Fines Collected
  • Nursing Homes Take Millions From State, Then Cut Staff
  • Orange County Nursing Home Sued for Wrongful Death
  • Nursing Home Worker Convicted of Brutal Elder Abuse
  • Los Angeles Nursing Home Sued for Sexual Assault
  • Healthcare Reform and Long-Term Care
  • Senate to Address DEA Investigations of Nursing Home Drug Dispensing
  • State Negligent in Failing to Check Background of Nursing Home Caregivers
  • California Man Charged With Molesting Residents at Home for Disabled
  • Nursing Home Resident Dies After Fall
  • Filing a Complaint Against a Southern California Nursing Home
  • Nursing Database Omits Dangerous Caregivers
  • Long-Term Care Hospitals Operate With Little Oversight
  • Former Nursing Home Resident Sentenced for Starting Fires
  • Combating the Misuse of Psychoactive Drugs in California Nursing Homes
  • Nursing Home Resident Hit By Car After Wandering From Facility
  • Poor Nursing Homes Tend to Stay That Way
  • Should Nursing Home Owners be Criminally Liable for Neglect?
  • How to Evaluate a Residential Care or Assisted Living Facility
  • U.S. News Ranks the Top Nursing Homes
  • Over-Drugging Kills Three at Southern California Nursing Home
  • Elderly Hispanics More Likely to Live in Bad Nursing Homes
  • Nursing Assistant Accused of Sexual Assault in San Diego Nursing Home
  • Nursing Home to Fight Elder Abuse Verdict
  • Complaints Against California Nursing Homes for Abuse or Neglect
  • Jury Awards Ventura Nursing Home Abuse Victim $7.75 Million
  • Temporary Nursing Agencies Magnet for Problem Nurses
  • California Nurses Face Tough New Standards
  • Nursing Home Penalized by Department of Public Health
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  • Will Health Care Reform Include Elder Care?
  • Nursing Home Fined Because of Neglect
  • Ombudsman Program Not Effectively Addressing Elder Abuse Complaints
  • New State Laws Impact In-Home Care Services
  • Psychotropic Drugs: What You Should Know.
  • Being Evicted from an Assisted Living Facility? Know Your Rights.
  • Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Reduce Drugging of Nursing Home Residents
  • Medicare Paid Your Hospital Bills and It Wants Its Money Back!
  • Fallbrook Nursing Home Fined
  • Funding Cuts Imperil U.S. Nursing Homes
  • Nursing Homes House Felons with Elderly
  • Poor Performing Nursing Homes Not Included in Federal Program
  • Uninsured Nursing Homes a Growing Problem
  • Hospital Failure to Prevent Fall Results in State Fine
  • After Years of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Mother Kills Daughter then Self
  • Mandatory Arbitration in Nursing Home Malpractice Claims Challenged
  • California Nursing Home Gets Highest Medicare Rating
  • Nursing Home Administrator Charged With Felonies in Drugging Case
  • Unlicensed San Bernardino Board-and-Care Run Like Prison
  • Health Department Orders Nursing Home to Serve Restaurant Food
  • Dementia, Abuse Rise with Aging Population
  • Nursing Home Hit with Big Fine After Death
  • Nursing Home Resident Charged for Punching Fellow Resident
  • A Place for Mom: Finding the Proper Placement for Your Elderly Loved One
  • Elder Abuse Penalties Increased Under New Law
  • Bed Sore Discovery Exposes Residential Care Facility to Criminal and Civil Penalties
  • Santa Monica Nursing Home Death Results in AA Citation
  • San Bernardino Nursing Home Fined After Resident Suicide
  • Elder Abuse Can Happen Anywhere, Anytime, by Anyone
  • California Ombudsman Funding Partially Restored
  • Study Says Non-Profit Nursing Homes Provide Better Care
  • Caretaker Accused of Rape in Assisted Living Home
  • How to Evaluate a Residential Care Facility or Assisted Living Home
  • Tustin Nursing Home Fined After Choking Death
  • Nurses on Drugs! Coming to a Nursing Home Near You
  • Nursing Home Administrators See Salary Boost
  • California Senate Restores Ombudsman Funding to Protect Abused and Neglected Nursing Home Residents
  • Elder Abuse Cases Not Seen As Serious Crimes
  • California Nursing Board Replaced After Investigation
  • Value of Nursing Home Rating System Debated
  • Bad Nurses Cause Needless Suffering
  • Civil Rights Lawsuits Against Nursing Homes Given Green Light
  • Only a Fraction of Nursing Home Fines Collected
  • Elderly Population to Triple by 2050
  • Encinitas Nursing Home Issued Class AA Citation
  • Los Angeles Nursing Home Fined For Resident Death
  • Number of Nursing Home Beds Declining
  • Orange County Nursing Homes Fined After Deaths
  • Southern California Nursing Home Citation Report
  • Family Councils Can Promote Better Nursing Home Care
  • Elder Abuse Hard To Verify if Victim Can't Speak
  • Elder Abuse - What are the Signs?
  • Walton Law Firm LLP Elder Abuse Lawsuit Against Vista Hospital of Riverside Profiled in Riverside Newspaper
  • Radio Show Addresses Elder Care Issues
  • Nursing Home Abuse, It Really Happens.
  • Conservatorships in San Diego
  • Nursing Home Sued for Sexual Assault
  • Nursing Home Neglect Discovered, No Penalty from State?
  • Effective Alzheimer's Disease Treatments Not Far Away
  • Nursing Home Resident Bitten by Mice
  • Los Angeles Nursing Home Issued AA Citation
  • Orange County Nursing Home Chain Settles EEOC Suit
  • Elder Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Vista Hospital of Riverside
  • Hispanics Face Poorer Nursing Home Care
  • Vista Hospital of Riverside Receives Multiple Deficiencies
  • Elder Abuse Bill Reintroduced
  • Expect Elder Abuse in California Expected to Rise
  • Nursing Home Residents Face New and Growing Threat
  • Nursing Home Falls a Big Problem
  • San Diego County Nursing Home Receives AA Citation
  • Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve Them
  • Nursing Home Residents cannot be Discharged When Medicare Ends
  • Southern California Nursing Home Citation Report
  • Nursing Home Lawyers Impacted by Bush Regulation
  • Nursing Home Elder Abuse More Common Than Thought
  • Fatal Druggings Alleged Against Nursing Home
  • Lemon Grove Nursing Home Fined In Death of Resident
  • California Nursing Homes May Have to Display Ratings
  • Los Angeles County Nursing Home Fined for Resident Death
  • Nursing Home Rating System Unveiled by Medicare
  • Hospital Beds - Avoiding the Zones of Entrapment
  • Bedsores in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: An Epidemic?
  • Nursing Home Overdose Leads to Brain Damage
  • Nursing Home Rule Breakers Still Get Bonuses
  • New Law To Prevent Elder Theft
  • Nursing Home Ombudsman Jobs Cut
  • Elder Abuse: Violations Occur At Over 90% Of Nursing Homes
  • Nursing Home Violations Widespread Nationwide
  • Nursing Home Deaths Caused by Deliberate Overdosing
  • Elder Abuse: Two New Protection Bills Being Considered
  • Southern California Nursing Home Citation Watch
  • San Diego Elder Law and Advocacy
  • Nursing Home Transfer and Discharge Rights
  • Resource Fair in San Marcos for Caregivers
  • Orange County Nursing Home Faces Second Elder Abuse Lawsuit
  • Incidents Of Elder Abuse To Increase With The Elder Population?
  • Mistreatment of Elderly Prevalent According to Study
  • Elderly Patients Steered Away From Top Hospitals
  • Residential Care Disaster Readiness Bill Moves Forward
  • Nursing Homes Forcing Out Frail and Sick Residents
  • Preventing Elder Abuse in the Nursing Home
  • Is a Residential Care Facility Right for You?
  • Sex Offenders Living In U.S. Nursing Homes
  • Randy Walton Presents at Annual Meeting of CALTCM
  • Elder Abuse Lawyer – Do You Need One?
  • Inadequate Nursing Home Staffing is Persistent Problem
  • Home Care Abuse and Neglect on the Rise
  • Deaths of Developmentally Disabled Should be More Thoroughly Investigated
  • Dehydration in the Nursing Home an Epidemic?
  • Are Green Houses the Future Nursing Home?
  • Southern California Nursing Home Citation Watch
  • Orange County Jury Awards $2 Million in Nursing Home Neglect Case
  • Nursing Home Malpractice
  • Nursing Home Rating System to be Unveiled
  • Orange County Nursing Home Fined In Resident Death
  • DOJ's Nursing Home Iniative Seeks To Protect Elders
  • San Diego County Nursing Home Sued for Wrongful Death
  • Peer-on-Peer Abuse in Nursing Homes More Common than Believed
  • Antipsychotic Drug Use Dangerous for Elderly with Dementia
  • Nursing Home Industry Readies to Battle Reform
  • Nursing Home Citation Report Issued
  • Making a Nursing Home Complaint in California
  • Nursing Home Deficiencies Frequently Overlooked
  • Jury Awards $6 Million Verdict for Nursing Home Death
  • Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act Supported
  • Elder Abuse Investigations Threatened By California Budget Cuts
  • Elder Neglect: Dehydration in the Nursing Home
  • Nursing Home Costs Continue to Rise
  • Financial Elder Abuse: San Diego County Couple Cheats the Elderly
  • California Nursing Home Guide
  • Bill Addressing Falls in the Elderly Becomes Law
  • It Would Be Funny, If It Wasn't True
  • Riverside County Nursing Home Hit With Huge Fine
  • Pressure Ulcers – Quick Discovery, Quick Cure
  • How to Evaluate a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
  • Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Deprive Justice
  • Southern California Nursing Home Citation Watch
  • Nursing Home Care Fails To Improve Despite Funding Increases
  • Residential Care Facility Inspections at Mercy of California Budget Cuts
  • Brain Injury Risk Heightened by Falls
  • Will Nursing Home Employee Union Lobby Against Patient Rights?
  • Bedsore Prevention Takes Group Effort
  • Elder Abuse: “Never Events” – Things that Should Never Happen in a Nursing Home
  • Many U.S. Nursing Homes Practice “Off-Label Use” of Antipsychotic Drugs
  • U.S. Nursing Homes: More Profits, Less Nursing Care
  • Pressure Ulcer “Stages” Updated
  • Medicare To Stop Paying For Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers
  • The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
  • Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Improvement Act Heads to Governor's Desk
  • Walton Law Firm Is Proud to Support CANHR
  • Nursing Home Operators Found Not Guilty
  • Feeding Tube Misplacement Can Cause Serious Injury or Death
  • Peer Abuse: A Growing Problem in Nursing Homes
  • Bed Rail Causes Alzheimer's Patient's Death
  • Nursing Home Resident Dies During Heat Wave
  • Large Bed Sore Causes Elderly Woman's Death
  • Care Facility Resident Suffers Severe Hip Fracture
  • Walton Law Firm LLP Formed

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