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: 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...
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: 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 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...
