The Effects of the Opioid Crisis on Long-Term Care Residents – Points of Advocacy
The Effects of the Opioid Crisis on Long-Term Care Residents – Points of Advocacy Opioid misuse and abuse has become a national epidemic. Yet opioid…
Texas Nursing Home Employee Caught on Hidden Camera Abusing 93-Year-Old Resident
The daughter of a 93-year-old woman in a Texas nursing home placed a camera in her mother’s room last fall after her mother told her…
State Investigating Deadly Stabbing at Virginia Nursing Home
The Virginia Department of Health has launched an investigation into the brutal death of a patient at a Richmond nursing home and rehabilitation center.
HHS OCR BULLETIN: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus
In light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is…
Arrest Made in Connection with Nursing Home Homicide of 95-Year-Old Man
A 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the homicide of a 95-year-old man last month at Tiffany Hall Nursing & Rehab Center, according…
New Edition of Form I-9 Now Available
A new version of the I-9 employment eligibility verification form has been issued. The new edition of the Form I-9 is dated 10/21/2019 but will…
Buffalo Nursing Home Fined for Understaffing as Lawmakers Call for Action
A persistently low-rated Buffalo nursing home has been fined $7,000 by the state after it was cited for failing to have sufficient staff on duty…
Pennsylvania County Nursing Home’s Water System Preliminary Testing Indicates Probable Presence of Legionella Bacteria
After the Pennsylvania Department of Health notified a county nursing home last week about the probability of the presence of Legionella bacteria in the facility’s…
Colorado Man Accused of Sharing Marijuana Candy in Wyoming Nursing Home
A Colorado man visiting his father at the Sublette Center nursing home is charged with giving another resident some THC candy, which the resident had…
Illinois Nursing Home Fined for Alleged Sexual Assault, Facing Lawsuit for Other Neglect Claims
An Illinois nursing home is under criminal investigation after reports outline an elderly woman was raped in their facility last August.