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...

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...
Federal Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records

Federal Trial Begins for Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner and Administrators Charged with Falsifying Staffing Records: Federal Trial Begins:  Years of Medicaid and Medicare fraud has been alleged at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness and Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness, two...
A Shocking Number of Assisted Living Residents Wander off Unnoticed; Many Die

A Shocking Number of Assisted Living Residents Wander off Unnoticed; Many Die

Assisted Living Residents Wander off Unnoticed; Many Die: Elopement, the event of a resident leaving his or her facility undetected and unsupervised, is a surprisingly common occurrence of nursing home malpractice in American assisted living facilities. Elopement all...
Missouri Nursing Home Resident Dies after Being Left outside Alone in the Heat

Missouri Nursing Home Resident Dies after Being Left outside Alone in the Heat

Nursing Home Resident Dies after Being Left outside Alone: A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Liberty Health and Wellness, a Kansas City nursing home so plagued with nursing home malpractice issues that it has been named a federal Special Focus Facility...