DNA Testing Could Give Answers in Mysterious Wrongful Death of Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Found with a Disinfectant Wipe Lodged in Her Throat In January 2022, Cheryl Yewdall, a 50 year-old Philadelphia nursing home resident with cerebral palsy and intellectual...
Tougher Sanctions Are Needed against New Jersey Nursing Homes that Repeatedly Put Residents at Risk, Says New Report New Jersey has failed at holding the worst nursing home operators accountable for repeatedly subjecting residents to nursing home malpractice, says...
Former Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Sentenced for Stealing Jewelry from Dementia Patients In a shocking incident of nursing home malpractice, a former nursing aide of a Pennsylvania nursing home has been sentenced to time in jail for stealing jewelry from dementia...
Staff Requirements are Falling Short for Most Pennsylvania and New Jersey Nursing Homes, Says Analysis In 2026, federal staffing minimums will be implemented in an effort to address staffing shortages that contribute to incidences of nursing home malpractice. Few...
Pennsylvania Nurse Charged with Multiple Nursing Home Murders Gets Life in Prison The Pennsylvania nurse who gave high—and in many cases, lethal—doses of insulin to several of her patients has pled guilty to three counts of murder as well as other charges and received...
Plea Deal Rejected by Federal Judge for Infamous New Jersey Nursing Home Operator After establishing Skyline Healthcare, Joseph Schwartz’s nursing home chain rapidly expanded; by 2017 the operator was running 95 facilities in 11 states from his office above a New...
