Voiceless & Vulnerable: Nursing Home Abuse
Judge dismisses indictment against former nursing-home employee
Elizabeth Elaine Royse, a former licensed practical nurse in Frankfort, had been charged with abusing or neglecting an adult.
Voiceless & Vulnerable: Nursing Home Abuse
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Kentucky personal care home death leads to 'Larry's Law' bill
As a result of the death of a personal care home resident, two lawmakers have filed bills that would require people to have screenings before being admitted to one of the facilities.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Nurse who worked at Burkesville facility charged with neglect, theft
Jinger Butler, 41, is accused of replacing and retaining the medication of 10 adult residents at the Cumberland Valley Manor Nursing Home in Burkesville.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
State reviews citation of Danville nursing home
The Kentucky Attorney General's office is reviewing a state citation stemming from the way officials at a Danville nursing home responded to allegations that a former male nurse's aide tried to suffocate one resident and, weeks later, lay in bed with and kissed another.
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MEDICINE
Nursing home rankings for Fayette and surrounding counties
These are the rankings of nursing homes in Fayette and the five surrounding counties from the federal rating system maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Seniors rally in Frankfort to end waiting list for services
An estimated 375 older residents rallied at Kentucky's Capitol in Frankfort on Thursday to seek an end to the long waiting list for services for seniors.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Ex-owner of Lexington group home pleads guilty to fraud and forgery charges
The former owner of a Lexington group home that has closed pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of Medicaid fraud and forgery, Attorney General Jack Conway's office said in a statement.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Administrator of Letcher personal-care home pleads guilty to theft, exploitation
FRANKFORT — The former administrator of a now-shuttered personal care home admitted that he stole $300,000 intended for disabled residents and used some of that money to buy trucks for himself.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
State's investigation reveals more details in brain-injured man's disappearance, death
Staff at a Falmouth personal care home did not check on a brain-injured man for nearly three hours on the day he disappeared, according to documents from a state investigation. The man was found dead more than four weeks later.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Fayette jury awards more than $1 million in nursing home injury case
A Fayette Circuit Court jury ruled Monday that Lexington's Cambridge Place Nursing Home should pay more than $1 million in damages to a resident who fell and was found severely injured in an equipment storage room.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
State shuts down troubled personal care home in Letcher
After years of turmoil and trouble, a Letcher County personal care home began shutting down Friday under the direction of state officials and a court-appointed receiver.






