Pennsylvania Nursing Home Charged with Wrongful Death of Resident Who Died from Sepsis; Severe Neglect Alleged

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Charged with Wrongful Death of Resident Who Died from Sepsis; Severe Neglect Alleged

Resident Died from Sepsis: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Charged with Wrongful Death and Alleged Severe Neglect  The Old Orchard Health Care Center in Pennsylvania’s Bethlehem Township has been accused of nursing home malpractice in the form of extreme negligence after a...
Nurse Criminally Charged in Nursing Home Resident’s Respiratory Death

Nurse Criminally Charged in Nursing Home Resident’s Respiratory Death

Nurse Criminally Charged in Nursing Home Resident’s Respiratory Death The licensed practical nurse, a temp working at Fonda Specialty Care nursing home in Iowa, has been accused of nursing home malpractice in the form of felony wanton neglect after failing to assist a...
Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent

Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent

Tennessee Nursing Home Resident with Dementia Dies after drinking Laundry Detergent: The wrongful death lawsuit brought against Prosperity Pointe, an assisted living and memory care facility in Knox County, claims negligence amounting to nursing home malpractice...
Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice

Biden Administration Proposes Minimum Staffing Rule to Combat Nursing Home Malpractice The Biden administration has released a proposed rule requiring nursing homes to meet a minimum staffing level, a Washington Post article reports. The rule, said Secretary of Health...

Michigan Nursing Home Worker Charged with Abuse and Falsifying Records following Resident’s Choking Death

A Michigan certified nursing assistant allegedly engaged in false charting, a common type of nursing home malpractice, after her alleged negligence contributed to the choking death of a resident in her care. A staff member at a Michigan nursing home has been charged...
Virginia Nursing Home Employee Charged with Battering Resident with Dementia

Virginia Nursing Home Employee Charged with Battering Resident with Dementia

Battering a Resident with Dementia Charged to Virginia Nursing Home Employee Camera footage reveals a nursing home worker grabbing an elderly resident’s wrists, engaging in verbal abuse, and otherwise committing nursing home malpractice at Brickyard Healthcare in...