New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray New Jersey nursing home worker indicted by a grand jury for abuse of a patient after spraying an elderly resident with bleach, says a Patch.com article. According to the article, Simone...
Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems went Undetected by North Carolina Nursing Home, State Inspection Report Finds The Hunter Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been repeatedly cited for violations amounting to nursing...
Death of Nursing Home Resident Due to Dishwashing Soap: In a stunning incidence of nursing home malpractice that ultimately resulted in the wrongful death of one elderly resident, three California nursing home residents were hospitalized after being served dishwashing...
The Worst Nursing Homes in New Jersey Are Not Improving: Many of the New Jersey nursing homes ranked as the worst in the state have failed to improve their quality of care more than half a year since being told they need to improve or shut down, according to an...
Facilities in Some States Have Secured Immunity from COVID-related Lawsuits According to an Associated Press news article, as of May 4, New York and New Jersey are among 15 states in the nation so far to provide nursing homes with emergency protection against lawsuits...
Sub-par care and poor staffing are to blame, say health officials. Skilled nursing homes and long-term care facilities are taking on a progressively larger role in the care of seriously ill patients who previously would have had prolonged hospital stays. According to...
