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...
Illinois Nursing Home Faces Multiple Violations after Video Captures 87-year-old Resident Falling Face-first from Wheelchair

Illinois Nursing Home Faces Multiple Violations after Video Captures 87-year-old Resident Falling Face-first from Wheelchair

Illinois Nursing Home Faces Multiple Violations after Video Captures 87-year-old Resident Falling Face-first from Wheelchair: Subsequent to this falling incident, this Illinois nursing home, during a transfer of ownership, further subjected its residents to nursing...
Scarcity of Nursing Home Beds Strands Elderly Seniors for Months at Hospitals, Leaving Them Prone to Infection, Delirium, and Premature Death

Scarcity of Nursing Home Beds Strands Elderly Seniors for Months at Hospitals, Leaving Them Prone to Infection, Delirium, and Premature Death

Seniors Stranded in Hospitals for Months due to Scarcity of Nursing Home Beds, Leaving Them Prone to Infection, Delirium, and Premature Death American nursing home beds are rapidly disappearing, leaving seniors stranded in hospitals where they are vulnerable to a host...
Now-shuttered Iowa Nursing Home Sued for Abuse, Breach of Contract, and Wrongful Death

Now-shuttered Iowa Nursing Home Sued for Abuse, Breach of Contract, and Wrongful Death

Iowa Nursing Home Sued for Abuse, Breach of Contract, and Wrongful Death A nursing home malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a shut-down Iowa nursing home and its former corporate owners in the wake of the death of one of its residents, says an Iowa Capital...
Nursing Home Oversight Crisis Puts Residents at Risk

Nursing Home Oversight Crisis Puts Residents at Risk

Staffing Shortages in Nursing Homes Put Residents at Risk: After decades of underfunding, state survey agencies are experiencing serious staffing shortages that have impaired nursing home inspections and left residents vulnerable to nursing home malpractice, says a...
Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Intimidation and Abuse of Residents by Staff

Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Intimidation and Abuse of Residents by Staff

Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Intimidation and Abuse of Residents by Staff This marks the second nursing home malpractice citation in seven months for the Iowa Nursing Home, Lenox Care Center, in Taylor County. Last year federal officials imposed a fine of $34,661...
New York Attorney General Sues Nursing Homes for Allegedly Neglecting Residents while Misusing $83M of Taxpayer Money

New York Attorney General Sues Nursing Homes for Allegedly Neglecting Residents while Misusing $83M of Taxpayer Money

New York Attorney General Sues Nursing Homes for Allegedly Neglecting Residents while Misusing $83M of Taxpayer Money: A lawsuit accuses four New York nursing homes of enriching themselves while ignoring residents and subjecting them to nursing home malpractice. The...
Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores

Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores

Nursing Homes are Failing to Report Falls and Bedsores: A recent study shows that nursing homes are underreporting serious falls and bedsores, top indicators of nursing home malpractice. According to a U.S. News & World Report article, a study indicates that U.S....
Multiple Incidents of ‘Horrific’ Care Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home

Multiple Incidents of ‘Horrific’ Care Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home

‘Horrific’ Care Incidents Place Residents in Jeopardy at Iowa Nursing Home Numerous Times: Following a series of complaints of deficient care, the Genesis Senior Living nursing home in Iowa was cited for several federal and state citations related to nursing home...