Nursing Home News
Marginal Nursing Home Options for Poor Study of ZIP codes shows vulnerability of facilities
Drug Misuse Common In Nursing Homes Consumer Reports Health offers tips on protecting family members from antipsychotic misuse
Indiana May Seek Background Checks For Nursing Home Workers Attorney General's legislative proposals include new safeguards for nursing home residents
Suit Filed Against Duo Who Targeted Seniors With Medicaid Ploy Pair preyed on nursing home residents, promising help that never came, officials say.
Medicare In the Black Until 2029 Medicare cuts in health care law credited with entending solvency.
Blood Test For Alzheimer's On Horizon Researchers near the 'Holy Grail' of Alzheimer's study.
Twenty-Two Arrested in Hidden Camera Nursing Home Probe Staff at two New York nursing homes charged with abuse and neglect.
Illinois Steps Up Review of Nursing Homes Concerns mount over health and safety of elderly residents.
Video: Choosing a Nursing Home It boils down to one question.
Study Cites Aggressive Nursing Home Residents Shouting, pushing, bullying are common, researchers find.
Robotic Dog a Good Companion For Seniors? Nursing home study finds no difference between robots and real dogs.
Feds List Worst Nursing Homes 52 facilities make the 'worst of the worst' list.
New York Nursing Home Aide Convicted of Rape Home failed to run a background check, prosecutors charge.
Florida Nurses Arrested for Withholding Medication from Elderly Patients More than 70 doses of medication unaccounted for.
Nursing Home Operators Indicted on Fraud Charges Operators of five nursing homes accused of "massive fraud."
California Nursing Home Operator Arrested in Alleged Bribery Case Residents allegedly neglected and abused while health inspectors offered bribes.
California Fines Nursing Home Chain $1 Million Pleasant Care required to improve the quality of care at its 30 facilities in the state.
Hidden Cameras Reveal Neglect at NY Nursing Homes Nineteen employees arrested in crackdown on patient abuse, neglect.
Nursing Home 101: Being an Effective Advocate Federal and state rules you should know to protect your loved one.
Chicago Nursing Home, Doctor Charged with Abuse Elderly patient dies after large area of bedsores discovered.
Non-Profit Long-Term Care Facilities Outrank Profit-Making Centers Government statistics show fewer problems at non-profit centers.
Caregiver Shortage Predicted As ranks of older Americans grow, professionals warn of a dire shortage of caregivers.
Long Island Nursing Home Officials Charged with Stealing $400,000 Defendants allegedly used unqualified persons to perform higher-paying jobs and shared in the proceeds.
New Illinois Law Protects Nursing Home Residents Provides for better identification of sex offenders and felons housed in nursing homes.
Court Trustees Take Over 13 Texas Nursing Homes Facilities are owned by bankrupt Foremost Care Inc.
Indiana Nursing Home Fined After Resident Burns to Death Elderly resident, not a smoker, dies after his clothing is ignited.
NY Wins Overtime Pay for Home Health Care Workers At least $3 million owned to employees of Special Touch.
Michigan Finds Hundreds of Criminals Working in Nursing Homes Nearly ten percent of employees studied had criminal records.
Iowa Nursing Home Charged With Consumer Fraud Owners of home accused of using duplicate corporations to drain funds.
New Illinois Law Protects Nursing Home Residents Convicted sex offenders and parolees would be identified to nursing home and long-term-care facilities.
Oklahoma Nursing Home Shocks Inspectors Residents relocated after inspectors find widespread infestation of rodents and insects.
Illinois Creates Elder Abuse Squad Illinois recorded a 31 percent jump in reported cases of elder abuse statewide between 1997 and 2003.
Study: Nursing Home Residents Dying Of Hunger, Thirst Federal records indicate malnutrition and dehydration killed at least 13,890 nursing home residents between 1999 and 2002.
A Future Without Nursing Homes Baby boomers' last public act may be to replace nursing homes with small group-living arrangements, expert predicts.
Too Many Malpractice Suits or Not Enough? Evidence lacking to support claims that malpractice cases are a national menace.
Assisted Living Residents Not Getting Proper Meds, Study Finds Undertreatment appears "prevalent" in retirement communities and assisted living facilities
Ensign Group Nursing Homes on Watch List Yearly expose finds substandard care and repeated patient care violations.
Nursing Home Chain Settles Arkansas Charges Advocat agrees to settle allegations of mistreatment and neglect at 13 of its Arkansas facilities.
FDA Proposes Hospital Bed Entrapment Rules Agency received 575 reports of patient entrapment over 15 years.
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Owner Sentenced to Prison Heritage Nursing Home stole millions from New York taxpayers by fraudulently billing for services never provided to New York State Medicaid patients.
Minnesota Facility Commingled Sex Offenders with Vulnerable Adults Attorney General sues Concordia Care Center, Minneapolis.
Low Staffing, High Turnover Blamed for Poor Nursing Home Care California study finds more than one-third of freestanding nursing homes do not meet the state's minimum nurse staffing standards.
California Steps Up Nursing Home Oversight More surprise inspections lead yield 749% increase in criminal prosecutions.
Five Texas Nursing Home Workers Face Felony Charges CNAs, LVNs implicated in deaths of two patients.
Four South Florida Residents Charged with Patient Neglect Colonnade Regional Medical Center employees accused of multiple violations.
Nurse Charged With Stealing Pain Killers From Nursing Home Patients Hospice nurse faces multiple felony charges.
