Pennsylvania Nursing Home Resident Hospitalized Following Assault by Nurse
Nursing Home Resident Was Hospitalized Following the Assault by a Nurse in Carlisle, Pennsylvania: A resident of a Pennsylvania nursing home became the victim of nursing home malpractice when she was assaulted by a nurse in mid-November, says an abc27 news article....
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
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
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...
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...
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....
Violent Resident-on-Resident Attacks Are Alarmingly Common in American Nursing Homes, and Facilities Are often Ill-equipped to Prevent Them
Violent Resident-on-Resident Attacks Are Alarmingly Common in American Nursing Homes, and Facilities Are often Ill-equipped to Prevent Them: Violent resident-on-resident attacks in American nursing homes happen all too frequently, and the chances of them occurring...
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
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...
Two New Jersey Nursing Home Workers Tied an Elderly Woman in Their Care to a Recliner with a Bed Sheet, says Attorney General
Elderly Resident Tied to Her Recliner With a Bedsheet by Two New Jersey Nursing Home Workers, says Attorney General Two employees of a New Jersey nursing home have been named in a 10-count indictment accusing them of assaulting a 93-year-old woman they were meant to...
Pennsylvania Investigations of Elder Abuse and Neglect Are Staggeringly Slow, often with Tragic Results, Report Says
Elder Abuse and Neglect Investigations Are Staggeringly Slow in Pennsylvania, often with Tragic Result Many of Pennsylvania’s agencies responsible for protecting older adults are failing to investigate complaints of elder abuse and neglect within a safe timeframe,...
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...