Nursing Homes Are Increasingly Using Epilepsy Drugs to Chemically Restrain Residents with Dementia
Nursing Homes Using Epilepsy Drugs to Chemically Restrain Residents with Dementia: A new government study indicates that anti-seizure medications usually reserved for epilepsy patients are increasingly being used by nursing homes to sedate dementia patients, says a...
Decades of Nursing Home Neglect Incite Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums
Nursing Home Neglect Incites Plans for Federal Staffing Minimums: Decades of evidence shows that insufficient staffing leads to a higher occurrence of nursing home neglect, poor care, and other evidence of nursing home malpractice. The Biden Administration is...
Nursing Home SWAT Team Descends on Deficient New Jersey Veterans Home
Nursing Home SWAT Team Descends on Veterans Home: Following an inspection that revealed residents of a New Jersey veterans home were in “immediate jeopardy,” a team of “mission-critical” long-term care professionals was sent by the Gov. Phil Murphy administration to...
Homicide Death Results from Fight between Two Residents in New York Nursing Home
Two Nursing Home Residents' Fight Results in Death Ruled as a Homicide in New York: The death of a 95-year-old woman who fell and hit her head during a clash with a fellow elderly resident in a Staten Island nursing home has been ruled a homicide. A notice of...
Wrongful Death of a Philadelphia Nursing Home Resident Involved Paper Lodged in Her Windpipe
Nursing Home Resident Victim to Wrongful Death in Philadelphia: The mother of a woman with disabilities who died after a paper towel or disinfecting wipe was found in her trachea has secured a wrongful death attorney in her lawsuit against the Philadelphia nursing...
Uncover What Your Nursing Home Would Rather Keep Secret
Uncover What Your Nursing Home Would Rather Keep Secret: Whether they’re ongoing issues or past deficiencies, nursing homes would rather keep problems like nursing home malpractice or abuse and neglect under wraps. But nothing should be kept secret from residents and...
Residents Endured Appalling Conditions at For-Profit Nursing Homes during the Pandemic, Congress Reports
For-Profit Nursing Home Neglect Amid Pandemic: Severe understaffing within for-profit nursing home chains led to poor care, nursing home neglect, and a negative impact on the health of residents. About 70% of nursing homes in the US are run by for-profit operators....
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: 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...
Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Named in Federal Health Care Fraud Indictment
Federal Health Care Fraud Indictment Includes Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Accused of falsifying records, five Individuals from Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center and Mt. Lebanon Rehab and Wellness Center have been charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S....
New Jersey Nursing Home Sued for Coercing Resident to Sign away Rights
NJ Nursing Home Sued for Coercing Resident to Sign away Rights According to an article on NJ.com, a recently filed lawsuit claims that a short-term resident of a New Jersey nursing home was coerced while heavily medicated to sign a power of attorney agreement as part...
Nursing Homes Are Bullying Friends and Family to Pay Patients’ Debt
Nursing Homes Having Friends or Family Pay Patients' Debt Often using admissions agreements to ensnare friends and family who have no legal responsibility for residents’ debts, nursing homes are ignoring federal debt collection laws as they go after residents’...