Staten Island nursing home fined for missing resident

Silive is reporting that the Lakeside Manor Home for Adults was issued violations by the New York State Department of Health after staff waited two days to report a missing resident. Richard Constable, 66, recently moved into the Lakeside Manor and was reported missing by a therapist after he noticed Constable missing on Sunday morning. [...]

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This post was written by Frank Dito on April 11, 2009 Comments (0)

Nursing Home Residents at Risk from Mentally Ill

A rise in the number of tragic cases of killings or serious assaults committed by the mentally ill against the elderly in nursing homes has been reported. According to MSNBC, there has been a sharp increase in young and middle age people with mental illness being housed in nursing homes. The increase is attributed to the shortage [...]

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This post was written by Frank Dito on March 24, 2009 Comments (0)