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08/07/2008 To Be Old, Frail and Evicted: Patients at Risk (pdf)
The Wall Street Journal
07/30/2008 Radio host to pay fine in AG's inquiry
Sacramento Bee
07/28/2008 Oakland Elder Care Home Owners Face Fraud Charges
CBS 5
07/17/2008 Nursing facility assessed stiffest fine possible in patient’s death
The Bakersfield Californian
06/24/2008 Rising Challenger Takes On Elder–Care System
The Wall Street Journal
06/24/2008 Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia
The New York Times
06/22/2008 Where are we sending our elders?
Quality varies widely at Marin nursing homes

Marin Independent Journal
06/22/2008 At most homes, staffing below federal guidelines
Marin Independent Journal
06/22/2008 Marin’s smallest nursing homes outperform larger facilities
Marin Independent Journal
06/17/2008 Anaheim nursing home fined $50,000 in patient choking death
The Orange Country Register
06/12/2008 Paying in gold for the golden years
Los Angeles Times
06/10/2008 State investigating Kern Valley nursing home again
The Bakersfield Californian
06/07/2008 Casualties of Care
The Press–Enterprise
06/06/2008 Menlo Park nursing home fined for woman’s death
San Mateo County Times
06/05/2008 Three Calif. health care centers cited after patient deaths
San Francisco Chronicle
06/04/2008 State regulators clamp down on nursing home after deaths
Sacramento Bee
05/27/2008 Nursing home industry fights reforms
Politico
05/19/2008 Aid for California’s disabled in peril
Los Angeles Times
05/15/2008 Jury awards $1 million in punitive damages in Laguna Hills nursing home trial
The Orange County Register
05/15/2008 Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Homes Are Often Missed,
Report Says

The New York Times
04/24/2008 Chico nursing home fined $100,000
ChicoER.com
04/24/2008 Nursing home fined $100,000
Appeal–Democrat
04/22/2008 State issues top fine, citation to Palm Desert nursing home in woman’s death
The Press–Enterprise
04/18/2008 State fines Laguna Hills nursing home in death of patient
Orange County Register
04/18/2008 Study: Nursing homes not improving
Sacramento Business Journal
04/12/2008 Nursing home plight revealed
The Fresno Bee
04/11/2008 Editorial: Nursing–home patients shortchanged
The San Francisco Examiner
04/11/2008 Nursing Homes, in Bid to Cut Costs,
Prod Patients to Forgo Lawsuits

The Wall Street Journal
04/11/2008 To Sign or Not: How to Size Up Arbitration Clauses
The Wall Street Journal
04/11/2008 Who benefited most from higher Medi–Cal payments?
The Union–Tribune
04/08/2008 A bigger bottom line for nursing homes
Los Angeles Times
04/02/2008 Nursing Home Lobbyist Quits After
He Predicts SEIU Powerplay

SF Weekly
03/31/2008 Nursing home residents sue for at–home care
St. Petersburg Times
03/27/2008 Study: California Nursing Homes Use Restraints Most Frequently
California Healthline
03/26/2008 Nursing Homes Cut Back on Restraints
The Associated Press
03/15/2008 Seniors targeted in scams
The Modesto Bee
03/12/2008 Investigation Prompts Bill On Group Homes
CBS 5
03/09/2008 People with dementia getting drugged rather than helped
Minneapolis Star Tribune
03/07/2008 Families desperate for options as long–term care facility closes
The Stockton Record
03/04/2008 State fines Modesto nursing home $100,000
The Modesto Bee
03/02/2008 Tapping Into Homes Can Be Pitfall for the Elderly
The New York Times
03/2008 California SEIU Leader Mounts Battle for Local Control,
Union Democracy: An Interview with Sal Rosselli

Labor Notes
02/28/2008 Nursing Home Group Spent $2.73M to Lobby
The Associated Press
02/25/2008 Governor's plan would cut Medi-Cal rolls
San Francisco Chronicle
02/22/2008 A Bill Aims for Nursing Home Reform
U.S. News & World Report
02/21/2008 Hospital workers prepare to strike
San Mateo County Times
02/20/2008 Local Union Leader Rosselli Blasts SEIU Boss Andy Stern
SF Weekly
02/20/2008 Escondido nursing home gets most serious citation
The Union–Tribune
02/20/2008 Treating Death as a Commodity
Los Angeles Times
02/15/2008 County’s largest nursing home under fire again
Santa Cruz Sentinel
02/14/2008 Allianz Life Insurance settles California annuities complaint
Los Angeles Times
02/13/2008 Internal Dispute at SEIU Deepens
Harper’s Magazine
02/12/2008 Government lists worst nursing homes
USA Today
02/12/2008 List includes Pomona nursing home
The Press–Enterprise
02/06/2008 Medicare discloses lapses at U.S. nursing homes,
including 74 in Inland area

The Press–Enterprise
01/27/2008 A Hidden Crime
The Washington Post
01/25/2008 No help for assisted living facilities in proposed state budget cuts
The Napa Valley Register
01/04/2008 Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds
The New York Times
12/24/2007 Two Inland Nursing Homes Face Licensing Deadline
The Press–Enterprise
12/22/2007 Carlyle Group completes $6.3B takeover of Manor Care
The Toledo Blade
12/20/2007 Nursing homes struggle to kick drug habit
The Wall Street Journal
12/19/2007 A nursing home death, and a shocking phone call
Los Angeles Times
12/17/2007 Inland Nursing Home Tied to Pomona Facility
that Faces Federal Funding Cutoff

The Press–Enterprise
12/14/2007 Closed nursing homes included on state’s list of troubled facilities
The Press–Enterprise
12/09/2007 Judge kills nursing home suit
Sacramento Bee
12/09/2007 Endangered Seniors
Contra Costa Times
12/03/2007 List of bad nursing homes called inadequate
The Press–Enterprise
11/28/2007 Roll of the Die – Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deaths
SF Weekly
11/27/2007 Woman killed after leaving nursing home wore alarm trigger
The Union–Tribune
11/26/2007 Sex abuse allegations shut Riverside care homes
The Press–Enterprise
11/16/2007 Washington Scrutinizes Nursing Homes
The New York Times
11/16/2007 Lawmakers Question Private–Equity Impact On Nursing Homes
Washington Post
10/27/2007 Reforms to help protect seniors are OKd
Los Angeles Times
10/25/2007 Two owners arrested in fatal Citrus Heights care home fire
The Sacramento Bee
10/24/2007 Inquiries at Investor–Owned Nursing Homes
The New York Times
10/02/2007 Bill seeks faster investigation
into complaints against nursing homes

Los Angeles Times
9/23/2007 At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing
The New York Times
9/23/2007 Is the quality of elder care in jeopardy?
San Luis Obispo Tribune
7/14/2007 Ex–nursing home exec gets 30 months and restitution
San Francisco Chronicle
7/11/2007 Nursing home death a public disgrace
Argus–Courier
7/11/2007 Nursing home fined $100,000 for death
Argus–Courier
6/25/2007 Nursing homes head to auction
The Press–Enterprise
6/21/2007 State rebukes nursing home after probe
Los Angeles Times
6/05/2007 Hemet nursing home disputes $75,000 fine
The Press–Enterprise
6/2007 Service Employees End California Nursing Home Partnership
Labor Notes
4/27/2007 Santa Cruz nonprofit wins fight for nursing home patient rights
Santa Cruz Sentinel
4/21/2007 Oversight of Nursing Homes Is Criticized
The New York Times
4/19/2007 Cupertino nursing home fined $100,000 in woman’s death
Mercury News
4/13/2007 State monitoring nursing home corporations
The Press–Enterprise
4/13/2007 Nursing home review critical
The Sacramento Bee
4/12/2007 State’s nursing–home licensing unit too slow, audit finds
The Press–Enterprise
4/12/2007 Pleasant Care Corp. Files for Bankruptcy
La Cañada Valley Sun
4/11/2007 Union Disunity
SF Weekly
5/26/2007 Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
The New York Times
5/23/2007 Lawmakers step up pressure on nursing home regulators
The Press–Enterprise
2/19/2007 Nursing homes go uninspected
The Examiner
12/2006 Deadly Neglect
Reader’s Digest
11/21/2006 Nursing facilities’ CEO is fined
Record Searchlight
11/14/2006 State Nursing Home Oversight Lacking
KCRA 3
9/20/2006 Let Us Now Praise Tough Cookies
SF Weekly
9/13/2006 Judge orders state to speed up probes of nursing homes
The Mercury News
9/12/2006 Nursing home inspections on trial
The Mercury News
9/2006 Nursing Homes, Business as Usual
Consumer Reports
4/17/2006 Helpful hints can arm you against possible elder abuse
Ventura County Star
4/12/2006 State seizes two care homes
Record Searchlight
4/11/2006 Lax protection for the vulnerable
The Examiner
4/10/2006 State Oversight of Nursing Homes Draws Criticism
californiahealthline.org
4/6/2006 Care facility regulator lax on fines
The Sacramento Bee
4/1/2006 Not a Law: A bill passed by only one house of Congress just doesn't count
The Washington Post
3/2006 Are We Protecting the Vulnerable? Conservators and Guardianship Provisions Under Attack
Psychiatric Times
3/30/2006 Net yields wealth of elder care info
Contra Costa Times
3/25/2006 In conservatorships, a delicate balance
The Napa Valley Register
3/24/2006 Jury awards Sutter Health patient $1.4 million for negligence
The Sacramento Bee
3/24/2006 The Other California: The Disabled, the Elderly and the Invisible Poor
CounterPunch
3/22/2006 Widow Seeks New Guardian
Los Angeles Times
3/19/2006 Elderly couple win financial-abuse case
Monterey County The Herald
3/19/2006 State skipping clinic checkups
msnbc.com
3/17/2006 Nursing home vs. own home: Seniors home equity now a factor for Medi-Cal
Inside Bay Area
3/15/2006 San Diego Nursing Home Receives Most Severe Citation
cbs2.com

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