New owner recommended for troubled Letcher County personal care home
WHITESBURG — The attorney general and a court-appointed receiver recommended Friday that a Paintsville for-profit corporation take over operations of a troubled personal care home in Letcher...
View ArticlePersonal care home operator seeks to halt action against him
The former administrator of a troubled Letcher County personal-care home is asking the Kentucky Court of Appeals to halt proceedings to liquidate and dissolve the corporation that formerly operated...
View ArticleRemains found of man missing from Falmouth personal care home
The human remains found near the Licking River on Saturday are that of a brain-injured man missing since last month from a Falmouth personal care home, according to Kentucky State…Click to Continue »
View ArticleLawmakers want to improve personal care homes after man's death
Republican State Sen. Jimmy Higdon and state Rep. Terry Mills, a Democrat, say they will consider new legislation to improve Kentucky's personal care homes.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWinchester nursing home added to federal list of troubled facilities
A Winchester nursing home has been placed on the federal government's list of troubled facilities in the United States, joining nursing homes in Lexington and Pikeville on the roster.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAdvocate wants Beshear to take emergency action on care homes
After the death of a personal care home resident who was brain-injured and a state ward, a leading advocate is calling on Gov. Steve Beshear to take emergency action to…Click to Continue »
View ArticleState 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFayette 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…Click to Continue »
View ArticleState's investigation reveals more details in brain-injured man's...
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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleAdministrator 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…Click to...
View ArticleEx-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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSeniors 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNursing 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleState 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…Click to...
View ArticleNurse 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleKentucky 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…Click to Continue »
View ArticleJudge 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNursing 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…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFormer 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.Click to Continue »
View ArticleErlanger 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,Click to Continue »
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