Nursing home sued over death of Delaware dad; Feeding tube improperly...
Dover, DE – A 72-year-old Dover man died in December 2003 because a registered nurse at Green Valley Pavilion nursing home near Smyrna inserted a feeding tube into his abdominal cavity instead of his...
View ArticleInvestigators return to assisted living facility
Wilmington, DE – Department of Social Services investigators returned to a Wilmington assisted living facility today. Accusations surfaced last week that residents at the Meadows did not get enough...
View ArticleInvestigators return to assisted living facility
Wilmington, DE – Department of Social Services investigators returned to a Wilmington assisted living facility today. Accusations surfaced last week that residents at the Meadows did not get enough...
View Article2 in nursing home case worked as inspectors: Nurses charged with fraud once...
Smyrna, DE – Two of five nurses charged this week with fraud and abuse at a Smyrna nursing home used to inspect nursing homes for the state, officials said Thursday. Sandra L. Edwards of Lewes and Mary...
View Article‘Worst case of abuse I have ever seen’: Inspector says state’s report of...
Wilmington, DE – The state’s investigation started in late January 2004. A registered nurse who inspected nursing homes for the state for four years spent several weeks at Shipley Manor, checking out...
View ArticleNursing home abuse claims spark oversight changes
DE – In response to hours of testimony about negligence and abuse, the Joint Sunset Committee has made about 30 recommendations to change the state agency that monitors nursing homes. Among possible...
View ArticleVets home care criticized before state lawmakers
Dover, DE – The Delaware Veterans Home near Milford is not providing quality care to its residents, a joint legislative committee was told today. “The residents are not getting good care because they...
View ArticleBiden’s office arrests nursing assistant on patient abuse charges
An investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has led to the arrest of 57-year-old Angela Coverdale, of Wilmington, a certified nursing assistant formerly employed at the Emily...
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