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PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – According to the California Department of Public Health, an administrative hearing is underway to revoke the license of Colonial Healthcare, a nursing home located in Auburn, California. The hearing was initiated after Colonial received a “AA” citation and $100,000 fine, the most severe penalty and [...]
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LEMON GROVE, CALIFORNIA – Lemon Grove Care & Rehabilitation Center, a 158-bed nursing home, was recently issued a “AA” citation and fined $80,000 by the state for its failure to properly supervise a 74-year-old woman who caught fire and later died. According to the California Department of Public Health, no [...]
When You Need the Very Best, We Are the Legal Experts for Handling California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Matters
San Diego, California - In recent years, reported cases of elder abuse and neglect in California nursing homes have been on the rise. This is due in large part to a growing societal awareness of the [...]
By U. Kelley Riedel, Attorney at law
PROTECTING OUR ELDERLY — Burn and fire injuries suffered by older adults are on the rise. According to the American Burn Association, over 1,200 Americans aged 65 and older die each year as a result of fire or burn related injuries. Adults aged 65 and over have two to [...]
CALIFORNIA NUSING HOME ABUSE AND NEGLECT - State officials from the California Department of Public Heath today cited Casa Bonita Convalescent Hospital located in Los Angeles County with three separate citations after their investigation concluded that grossly substandard are led to a resident’s death. Officials issued the nursing home the three citations which carried fines [...]
San Diego, California – The firm Berman & Riedel, LLP, has established itself as one of the most successful elder abuse and neglect litigation firms located throughout the State of California. In addition to having one of the largest nursing home elder abuse and neglect practices in the entire state, the firm’s successes over the [...]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - In the same fashion that restaurants display letter grades, Los Angeles County supervisors have asked state officials to compel California nursing homes to prominently post new federal star ratings. However, patient advocates and nursing home officials oppose the five-star ratings system that went into effect last month, arguing that the system [...]
By: William M. Berman, Managing Partner of Berman & Riedel, LLP
Los Angeles — California Highway Patrol Officer Jose Nunez reported that the body of an elderly man was found in the bushes by a passerby off to the side of Southbound lanes of traffic on the 405 Freeway near Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles today. The [...]
By: Onell Soto, Staff Writer for the San Diego Union Tribune #
Doctors were appalled when they saw the 92-year-old’s face full of ants. The insects had crawled into Angelo George’s eyes and mouth, doctors at Tri-City Medical Center said. Some were living. Others had died, including some underneath his eyelids and some on his hair.
Attendants [...]
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CALIFORNIA — When California’s state budget was recently signed, a little-publicized line-item veto eliminated 100 percent of state funding for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. This served as a devastating blow to several nonprofit agencies that provide critical services to our elderly population.
California’s Ombudsman Program serves as an advocate [...]
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