Posts Tagged ‘elder abuse’
Supreme Court Sides With Ky. Nursing Homes
Long-term care facilities may use questionable tactics to prevent juries from hearing about nursing home neglect, according to the United States Supreme Court. The decision came from the pen of Justice Elena Kagan. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented and Justice Neil Gorsuch did not participate in the case.
Read MoreNursing Home Owner Faces Multiple Charges
The owner of Legacy Health Systems, which once operated twenty-seven nursing care facilities in Kentucky and two other states, appeared in a St. Louis courtroom to answer charges that he stole over $650,000 in Medicaid funds. The 52-year-old Nursing Home owner faces up to 37 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of…
Read MoreThe Changing Face Of Kentucky Nursing Homes
As society struggles to find innovative ways to deal with an aging population, the future of elder care may be a process as opposed to a place. However, the potential for elder abuse will be just as high. Every day, roughly 10,000 Americans turn 65. 70 percent of these individuals will require living assistance, and…
Read MoreLawmakers Prioritize New Nursing Home
Bowling Green Democrat Jody Richards will not be Speaker Pro Tem in the next House session, but he plans to aggressively push the local agenda in Frankfort. For the first time since Rep. Richards came to the statehouse in 1976, Republicans control the Commonwealth’s House of Representatives. Nevertheless, he believes his “history of treating the minority…
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