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Northern California nursing home is fined $100,000 over patient’s death Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:26 PM PDT A Northern California nursing home has been fined $100,000 after its staff allegedly failed to prevent a patient from falling twice and suffering a fatal head injury for which he was not treated, state public health officials announced recently. The 85-year-old patient, who had a heart condition and diabetes, was supposed to use a walker and be supervised when walking, according to a state investigator’s repo

Skilled Healthcare Group agrees to settle nursing home lawsuit Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:18 PM PDT Nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. has agreed to a $50-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit, a far cry from the more than $670 million a jury had previously ordered it to pay. A Humboldt County Superior Court jury had found the healthcare company liable for understaffing its 22 assisted-living facilities in California. State law requires nursing homes to maintain 3.2 nursing hours per

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