PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – A Paradise nursing home was cited for problems twice as often as any other facility in Butte County last year. The home is Pine View Care Center which had its name changed from Sunbridge for Paradise during 2009. Pine View received 10 Class B citations during the year. These citations, issued by [...]
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
San Francisco Area Man Killed After Wandering from Care Facility
January 29, 2010 – 1:46 pm
CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – An 89-year-old man with Alzheimer’s was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday night, and police officials are investigating how he managed to escape the care facility where he was a patient. Carl McElroy, who lived in the Oak Creek Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care facility, was walking in the middle of the [...]
Diabetes and the Elderly
January 27, 2010 – 8:35 pm
According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 18.3% (8.6 million) of Americans age 60 and older have diabetes. The prevalence of the disease increases with age; an estimated 50% of all diabetes happens in those aged 55 and older. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes also increases with age. Seniors face unique diabetes management [...]
Deadly Wandering Incident at Bay Area Nursing Home
January 27, 2010 – 8:33 pm
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – A woman reported missing from a Concord nursing home over the weekend has been found dead. Concord police say the body of 63-year-old Rosemary Nelson was found in a small culvert around 8:00 a.m. Tuesday. Nelson was reported missing Saturday night from a skilled nursing facility about three miles away from where [...]
Bill Proposes to Hold Nursing Home Administrators Criminally Liable
January 26, 2010 – 8:05 pm
Connecticut State Sen. Edith Prague said she will re-introduce a bill this year that would make it easier to hold the owners of nursing homes criminally responsible for abuse and neglect of patients in their facilities. Prague’s bill would require the Department of Public Health to include a notice in nursing home applications telling owners [...]
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