Former Pennsylvania Nursing Home Aide Sentenced for Stealing Jewelry from Dementia Patients In a shocking incident of nursing home malpractice, a former nursing aide of a Pennsylvania nursing home has been sentenced to time in jail for stealing jewelry from dementia...
Residents of Understaffed Nursing Homes in Disadvantaged Communities More Likely to be Given Inappropriate Antipsychotics, Study Says Giving older adults antipsychotic drugs, especially when they aren’t indicated, can be dangerous, and using them to manage the...
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...
Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Intimidation and Abuse of Residents by Staff This marks the second nursing home malpractice citation in seven months for the Iowa Nursing Home, Lenox Care Center, in Taylor County. Last year federal officials imposed a fine of $34,661...
Fear of Retaliation Inhibits Nursing Home Complaints: A recent study posits that nursing home residents’ fear of reprisal from staff impacts the accurate detection, reporting, and investigation of nursing home malpractice. A new survey reveals that vulnerable...
