Voiceless & Vulnerable: Nursing Home Abuse
Voiceless & Vulnerable: Nursing Home Abuse
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Erlanger nursing home to pay $350,000, enhance care
In a settlement agreement with the federal government that is the first of its kind in Kentucky, an Erlanger nursing home will pay $350,000 and enhance the care it provides, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Monday.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Former worker at Garrard group home pleads guilty in resident's death
Sentencing is set for July for a former group-home worker who pleaded guilty Tuesday in the 2011 death of an intellectually disabled resident.
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VOICELESS & VULNERABLE: NURSING HOME ABUSE
Nursing home chain to pull out of Kentucky
A major nursing home chain said it will no longer operate in Kentucky because of increased litigation and the 2012 General Assembly's failure to pass a law making it more difficult to file lawsuits against nursing homes
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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.
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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.


