1. Facts in senior’s rape case withheld. An investigation into the rape of an 89-year-old resident of a northern Minnesota senior home found that administrators at the home withheld key information and did not notify state authorities until two days after the rape. Despite these failings, the state found that only the individual was responsible for abuse and not the facility. The report analyzed state data and found the state investigated only a fraction of complaints, and rarely found findings of maltreatment. 2. Abuse, neglect tarnish assisted-living homes – An in-depth review of hundreds of state inspection reports from seven states found widespread incidents of abuse and neglect at a large operator of senior homes in the Midwest. Residents at Edgewood Vista assisted-living homes across the Midwest were slapped, pinched, taunted and allowed to wander away unnoticed. Yet the company was not sanctioned for these and more than 50 other violations. The investigation found that the lack of disciplinary action is common in the assisted-living industry which lacks the same level of regulatory scrutiny as nursing homes.
