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,...
C. Diff Infections Abound in Nursing Homes, Putting the Vulnerable Elderly at Risk for Illness, Septic Shock, and Death

C. Diff Infections Abound in Nursing Homes, Putting the Vulnerable Elderly at Risk for Illness, Septic Shock, and Death

C. Diff Infections Abound in Nursing Homes, Putting the Vulnerable Elderly at Risk for Illness, Septic Shock, and Death The infection C. diff—Clostridioides difficile—is shockingly common in nursing homes, exposing highly vulnerable residents to serious, deadly...
New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray

New Jersey Nursing Home Worker Indicted for Assaulting Resident with Bleach Spray

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...
North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

North Carolina Nursing Home Failed to Detect Hospitalized Residents’ Serious Health Problems, State Inspection Report Finds

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...
Nursing Home Resident Dies after Being Poisoned with Dishwashing Soap

Nursing Home Resident Dies after Being Poisoned with Dishwashing Soap

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, Says Report

The Worst Nursing Homes in New Jersey Are Not Improving, Says Report

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...