Elderly Resident Kills Himself and His Wife inside Pennsylvania Nursing Home

Elderly Resident Kills Himself and His Wife inside Pennsylvania Nursing Home

Murder-Suicide of Elderly Resident and His Wife inside Pennsylvania Nursing Home: A Pennsylvania nursing home resident has died after shooting his wife and turning the gun on himself inside the facility, says an NBC Philadelphia article. In late October at the...
New Jersey Nursing Home Lacks Food, Hot Water, and A Working Stove for Months, says Health Department

New Jersey Nursing Home Lacks Food, Hot Water, and A Working Stove for Months, says Health Department

Nursing Home Malpractice in New Jersey Leaves Residents without Food, Hot Water, and a Working Stove for Months, says Health Department: After Medford Care Center in Burlington County was cited for multiple nursing home malpractice violations by state officials,...
One in Five American Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Are Treated with Antipsychotics, not Antidementia Drugs, New Study Shows

One in Five American Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Are Treated with Antipsychotics, not Antidementia Drugs, New Study Shows

Antipsychotics Treat One in Five American Nursing Home Residents with Dementia, not Anti-dementia Drugs, New Study Shows Despite the announcement of a federal crackdown on inappropriate antipsychotics use in nursing homes, more than 20 percent of nursing home...
Two New Jersey Nursing Assistants Attack Nursing Home Resident, Causing Critical Injury

Two New Jersey Nursing Assistants Attack Nursing Home Resident, Causing Critical Injury

Two Nursing Home Workers Attack Resident in New Jersey Facility, Causing Critical Injury: In a brutal example of nursing home malpractice, a New Jersey nursing home resident was attacked and critically wounded by two nursing home workers, reports a 6abc article....
Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Cited for Short-Staffing Violations

Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Cited for Short-Staffing Violations

Short-Staffing Violations in Multiple New Jersey Nursing Homes Result in Citations Placed:  Several New Jersey nursing homes have recently been cited by the Department of Health for staffing violations amounting to nursing home malpractice, says a New Jersey Spotlight...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Takes over DNA Testing in Choking Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident

Pennsylvania Attorney General Takes over DNA Testing in Choking Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident

Choking Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident leads to Pennsylvania Attorney General Taking over DNA Testing A hair discovered on a paper wipe found lodged in the throat of Cheryl Yewdall, a 50 year-old Philadelphia nursing home resident with cerebral palsy and...