Nurses Charged with Being under the Influence While on Duty
Two Iowa nursing home workers are facing sanctions for being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while on duty. According to the Iowa Board…
EEOC Adopts New Strategic Plan
Today the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it has approved its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022–2026 (https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc-strategic-plan-2022-2026). Implementation will begin immediately. The…
DOL Obtains Order Requiring Illinois Care Provider to Pay $324K in Back Wages, Damages
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent order from a federal judge that orders the owner and administrator of an Illinois home care…
MDH verifies case of neglect at Rochester nursing home. Similar issues aren’t rare in Minnesota.
Earlier this year, the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDS) Office of Health Facility Complaints found that a claim of neglect — which led to the…
Pennsylvania Woman Continues to Claim Nursing Facility Caused Her Mother’s Death
After a woman who was a resident at a Pennsylvania skilled nursing facility for two months died in June of last year, her daughter continues…
Recent Nursing Home Burglary Incidents Highlight Need for Vigilance
Police officers were called to a Missouri nursing home on Monday, July 31. An employee told them that he had seen a man looking in…
SC AG Announces Arrest of Man for Allegedly Stealing from Assisted Living Facility Resident
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested William U. Smith Jr, 67 years old, of Clinton,…
Elderly Man Won’t Be Prosecuted in Alleged Cane Attack at Florida Assisted Living Facility
An 84-year-old arrested after allegedly using a cane to attack a fellow resident at a Florida assisted living facility won’t be prosecuted due to victim/witness…
Nursing Home Official Used Slur, Laid Resident in Feces Prior to Death
An 80-year-old Dauphin County nursing home patient was found lying in his own feces while suffering from ulcers on his lower back weeks before he…
Family Sues Iowa Care Facility, Claiming Staff Left Resident ‘Begging God to Take His Life’
The family of a man who was allegedly left “crying, shaking, and begging God to take his life” before he died at a Fort Dodge…