Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID

Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID

Iowa Nursing Home Cited by State for Resident’s Death from COVID:  Upon investigating the suspected wrongful death of a male resident of Regency Care Center, state inspectors discovered numerous un-investigated nursing home malpractice complaints against the facility....
Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent

Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent

Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent: The wrongful death lawsuit brought against Prosperity Pointe, an assisted living and memory care facility in Knox County, claims negligence amounting to nursing home malpractice...
Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice The Biden administration has released a proposed rule requiring nursing homes to meet a minimum staffing level, a Washington Post article reports. The rule, said Secretary of Health...
North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems went Undetected by North Carolina Nursing Home, State Inspection Report Finds The Hunter Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been repeatedly cited for violations amounting to nursing...

Michigan Nursing Home Worker Charged with Abuse and Falsifying Records following Resident’s Choking Death

A Michigan certified nursing assistant allegedly engaged in false charting, a common type of nursing home malpractice, after her alleged negligence contributed to the choking death of a resident in her care. A staff member at a Michigan nursing home has been charged...
Virginia Nursing Home Employee Charged with Battering Resident with Dementia

Virginia Nursing Home Employee Charged with Battering Resident with Dementia

Battering a Resident with Dementia Charged to Virginia Nursing Home Employee Camera footage reveals a nursing home worker grabbing an elderly resident’s wrists, engaging in verbal abuse, and otherwise committing nursing home malpractice at Brickyard Healthcare in...