Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Killing Two Nursing Home Residents and the Attempted Murder of a Third
Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Killing Two Nursing Home Residents and the Attempted Murder of a Third: The registered nurse charged with homicide and attempted murder has a history of alleged nursing home malpractice, investigators report. In a shocking incident of...
Residents Placed in Harm’s Way by Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage Places Residents in Harm’s Way: Over 250 doses of medication for 14 residents were missed at the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland County, thanks to the Pennsylvania nursing home staff shortage that...
Two Florida Nursing Home Workers Arrested for Beating Elderly Resident
Two Florida Nursing Home Workers Arrested for Beating Elderly Resident: The employees claimed resident-on-resident abuse had occurred, but when the facility’s executive director caught their actions on surveillance video, it was clear an incident of elder abuse and...
National Nursing Home Inspection Backlog Threatens the Safety of over a Million Residents
Nursing Home Inspection Backlog Threatens the Safety of over a Million Residents Federal law requires nursing home inspections to be conducted at least every 15 months to uphold care standards and help combat nursing home malpractice and regretful circumstances that...
Resident-on-Resident Attacks on the Rise in New Jersey Nursing Homes
Resident-on-Resident Attacks on the Rise in New Jersey Nursing Homes: With the increased number of residents with dementia in New Jersey nursing homes corresponds a growth in occurrences of resident-on-resident nursing home abuse. According to a NJ Advance Media...
Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungus Spreading in Nursing Homes
Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungus Spreading in Nursing Homes Lax infection prevention efforts and even blatant refusal to reveal the positive status of patients when transferring them between healthcare facilities are among the instances of nursing home malpractice...
Proposed Bill Seeks to Prevent New Jersey Nursing Homes from Financially Victimizing Residents
Proposed Bill Seeks to Prevent New Jersey Nursing Homes from Financially Victimizing Residents: New legislation has been introduced to prevent New Jersey nursing homes, or any entities associated with these homes, from managing residents’ financial affairs without a...
Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation
Biden Administration Calls for Transparency in Nursing Home Ownership and Operation: Research reveals that for-profit and private equity ownership of nursing homes is connected with increased nursing home malpractice and wrongful death. According to a USA Today...
Severely Deficient Pennsylvania Nursing Home Causes Serious Harm to Multiple Residents
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Causes Serious Harm to Multiple Residents due to Severe Deficiency: A nursing home malpractice lawsuit filed in December of last year against a Pennsylvania nursing home is indicative of a long pattern of harm committed by that facility, says...
Resident Bleeds to Death at Iowa Nursing Home with a Record of Violations
Resident Bleeds to Death at Iowa Nursing Home with a Record of Violations: Arbor Court, a one-star Iowa care facility, potentially faces fines from the federal government for the latest in a series of nursing home malpractice incidents. An inspection follows after a...
Two New Jersey Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Die Following Brutal Resident Assaults
Two Dementia Patients Die Following Brutal Resident Assaults in New Jersey Nursing Home: Investigations are underway at two nursing homes in Central Jersey where violent resident-on-resident attacks led to the deaths of two 91-year-olds in January, says an article on...
Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use
Federal Government Targets Nursing Homes for Alleged Inappropriate Antipsychotic Drugs Use: CMS has announced it will conduct investigations into certain nursing homes in an effort to uncover illegitimate schizophrenia diagnoses and any accompanying inappropriate...