Cutting costs was the state’s goal in eliminating the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) system last year. That goal does not appear to have been met, according to a recent article in California Healthline. Instead the program that stemmed from a lawsuit challenging California’s proposal to eliminate the ADHC program,…
Self-neglect often can be a sign of San Diego elder abuse or neglect. Self-neglect typically occurs when adults cannot or do not take care of themselves properly, according to a recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, but it also may indicate a caretaker’s negligence. Generally unsanitary conditions of residents…
Last week, the federal government issued a new report that scrutinizes California nursing home inspections. The report finds those inspections lacking because inspectors fall far short in following up on their own investigative findings into problems at nursing facilities across the state. The California Department of Public Health is responsible…
A state investigation conducted by health officials has uncovered a widespread problem in California nursing homes, reports a recent article in The New York Times. Officials found that pharmacists responsible for reviewing the medication of California nursing home patients routinely allowed inappropriate and potentially deadly prescriptions of antipsychotic medications. The…
The San Diego nursing home abuse lawyers at the Walton Firm know that falls due to a lack of adequate supervision can be a life-threatening problem for California seniors. Serious falls in custodial settings can result in death or drastically alter the quality of a loved one’s life. A Newport…
A patient at the San Diego Health Center nursing home wandered away from the nursing facility on Wednesday and police have been unable to locate her. Verna Blalock, 76, who suffers from dementia was last seen at the facility located on Meadowlark Drive near Starling Drive. San Diego Health Center…
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…
The nursing home roommate from hell. A former San Diego nursing home resident was sentenced to 19 years in jail yesterday for setting a series of fires at two local nursing homes while she was a resident. According to an investigation, Mary Wilson tried to kill her nursing home roommate…
A certified nursing assistant working in a San Diego nursing home is being held on charges of rape and elder abuse after being caught having sex with a nursing home resident. According to reports, an employee of the El Dorado Care Center in El Cajon walked into the room of…