The National Institute for Elopement Prevention and Resolution

Headlines

Headlines

2004 Elopement Casess Headlines

These Headlines are samples of Elopement Incidents

(Names of facilities have been replaced with type of facility)

2007

MA - "Nursing Home charged with Manslaughter"

PA - "Nursing Home Operator Guilty in Exposure Death of Patient"

2006

MO - "Don't Scrimp on Care, Prosecutor warns Nursing Homes"

FL - "Not Clear how Man Reached Rooftop"

NC - "Missing Woman Found Alive, Dies at Hospital"

VT - "Missing man found late Friday night"

NC - "Consumer Reports: Nursing Care Found to be Lacking"

FL - "Man Missing in Miami Beach"

CT - "We Expect Elder Care to be Better"

NC - "Panel upholds penalty ($12,000.00) in rest home patient's death"

OH - "Home on 'Worst' List says it has improved"

CA - "Act before a dementia patient wanders"

KY - "Alzheimer's patient found"

PA - ".... MRDD Facility Facing New Citations"

NC - "....... Nursing Home could be Fined for Patient's Death"

MI - "Alzheimer's Patient Found at Bus Stop

RI - "...... Nursing Home Ordered not to Accept New Patients"

NY - " State Continues Investigation of Nursing Home"

GA - "..... Alzheimer's Patient found Dead on Fence"

NC - " Patients Continue to Wander Away from Adult-Care Facilities"

AZ - "2 Assisted-Living Homes put on Probation"

PA - "Home has History of Problems"

CA - "Another Patient Dies at ..... Hospital"

LA - "Brain Patient Found"

IL - "Nursing Home Violations for the Month of February - 8 list elopements"

PA - "A Personal Care Home is Appealing the State's Decision not to Renew its License in the Wake of an Elderly Woman's Death"

NC - "County Investigates Adult Care Center"

NY - "Violations are Cited in Home where Patient Died on Roof"

2004 HEADLINES

PA - "(Government Facility) Exploring how Patient got out"

WI - "(LTC) accused of not protecting Patients"

RI - "Girl, 9, safe after wandering away from school"

OR - "Wandering Alzheimer's patients could be growing County problem"

NC - "Father outraged after child found wandering in park"

IL - "Troubled nursing home under extra scrutiny"

PA - "Nursing director to stand trial"

AL - "A 25-year-old Down Syndrome patient located after 16-hour search"

GA - "(Airline) accused of losing elderly passenger in Atlanta"

FL - "Family of Alzheimer's Patient files suit"

TX - "Family says answers still missing"

NM - "Nursing home owner tells his side of story"

NY - "(LTC) fined 10G"

NY - "Report: Staff not trained"

OH - "ER Patient suspected of stealing ambulance"

NC - "Rest Home gets maximum fine for death of wandering patient"

DE - "Man escapes (Mental inpatient facility), is captured"

MT - "Nursing home blamed for death"

IN - "(LTC) files plan of action after man walks off"

NC - "State faults care center in disappearance, death"

IN - "State may sanction nursing home"