Nursing home abuse is an epidemic and our blog is designed to inform on nursing home abuse cases, nursing home abuse resources, and legal options for families of loved ones who have suffered from nursing home abuse or neglect.
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has completed its investigation of theft concerns at the Edgewood Vista Hermantown assisted living facility near Duluth, Minnesota. A complaint was filed with the Department alleging that an employee of the Edgewood Vista Hermantown…
Zumbro House operates several facilities in Minnesota licensed as adult foster cares. Some of these facilities also provided residential habilitative services under an additional license. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MDHS) has completed its investigation of a report that…
The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators has fined the manager of Pomeroy Care Center for failing to protect its nursing home residents from a convicted sex offender. According to a report by the Des Moines Register, Susan Juilfs, the…
A felon engaged in sexual relations with a mentally undeveloped patient of Courage Center in Golden Valley, according to an article recently written by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. According to the articles: Corey Gordon, 42, of Minneapolis, posed as a personal care…
It is a gross act of belittlement to assume that because an individual suffers from cognitive impairment such as dementia, he or she does not experience the same level of trauma and pain during and after an act of sexual…
Residents of nursing homes are vulnerable adults who are legally protected from sexual abuse. Regulations over nursing home care are more stringent than other healthcare institutions. Specifically, a nursing home’s management – including the nursing home administrator and the director…
Assisted living facilities have a duty to make sure that its residents and client are free from abuse of any kind, including sexual abuse, according to Minn. Stat. § 144.A.44, subd. 1(15). It is important to note that unlike nursing…
Group homes for the mentally challenged are required by Minnesota to “protect adults who, because of…mental disability…are particularly vulnerable to maltreatment”. Persons with such developmental disabilities are at a much greater rate of sexual abuse than the general population. Mentally…
Regarding abuse of vulnerable adults, the Minnesota legislature has declared “that the public policy of this state is to protect adults who, because of physical or mental disability or dependency on institutional services, are particularly vulnerable to maltreatment; to assist…
