North Dakota AG Announces Sentence in Patient Abuse Case
Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced that the Honorable Jay Schmitz sentenced Gracious Weah to serve 1 year and 1 day in jail after a jury…
Suspect Charged after Defrauding Two Elders in a Nursing Home
On November 22nd, detectives arrested a 44-year-old nursing assistant after reports of theft and fraudulent charges on the accounts of two elders at a nursing…
Iowa Nursing Home Staff Delayed Reporting Disgruntled CNA Gun-Waving Incident
A certified nurse aide (CNA) who was suspended from an Iowa nursing home brought a gun to work and waved it in the air while…
Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Attempted Murder of Assisted Living Resident
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Erin Marston sentenced 31-year-old Rigoberto Guillermo Walker to serve 40 years in prison for the attempted murder of a 74-year-old woman…
Judge: Nursing Home Resident Died after Worker Ignored Orders
A Des Moines nursing home employee who allegedly contributed to the death of a resident has been denied unemployment benefits.
HHS Proposes New Protections for Patients with Substance Use Challenges
The US Health and Human Services Department, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced…
Nursing Home Found Negligent in Resident’s Choking Death after Videotapes Destroyed
Peter Robinson was in the late stages of dementia and restricted to a pureed diet when he choked to death on a hot dog after…
Nevada’s ‘Superbug’ Cases Climb at 2 Las Vegas Hospitals
Cases of once-rare “superbug” Candida auris have climbed to 600 in Southern Nevada, with more than one-third identified at just two hospitals.
Home Health Aide Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Stealing US Savings Bonds from Elderly Woman
Jhanannie Singh, also known as “Jasmine” and “Sharmala Persaud,” 52, a citizen of Guyana last residing in Queens, New York, was sentenced to 57 months…
CMS Issues Guidance on the Importance of Timely Use of COVID-19 Therapeutics
On November 22, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance on the importance of providing timely use of COVID-19 therapeutics to…