Two Residents in Two Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Die from Falls
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) recently reported the deaths of two nursing home residents in two different facilities. Both of the deaths were due…
California Nursing Home Sued over Sexual Assault of 88-Year-Old Resident
An 88-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted in her Hillcrest nursing home in October has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the facility operators, alleging…
Judge Rules Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting 83-Year-Old Assisted Living Facility Resident Now Competent to Stand Trial
An Ohio County Judge who previously found an indicted 39-year-old man incompetent to stand trial, recently ruled that he is now competent to stand trial.…
Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit
Geriatric care giant Life Care Centers of America, Inc. and its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC, doing business as “Life Care Center of South Hill,”…
Carbon Monoxide Leak Forces Residents to Leave Rooms at Nursing Home
The Omaha Fire Department called for residents of a long-term care and rehabilitation facility to be moved December 28.
Former Nurse Charged for Allegedly Stealing Drugs at Arkansas Nursing Home
Talisa Milam Haygood, 49, a former nurse at an Arkansas nursing home, was arrested Dec. 20 on a felony charge for allegedly stealing medication from…
New York nursing home evacuated, what’s next?
The fallout from a major water problem at a nursing home continues.
NJCCIC 2019 Year in Review: Ransomware
As 2019 comes to a close, the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) would like to focus on this year’s top story —…
Montana Woman to Pay $94k in Elder Theft Case after Nursing Home Business Manager Alerts Authorities
Attorney General Tim Fox announced that Del Linda Frost, 60, who recently pleaded guilty to exploitation of an older person, received a suspended sentence and…
Woman’s Estate Sues Iowa Nursing Home for Negligence
The estate of a Hawarden, Iowa, woman has sued a Hawarden nursing home for negligence, saying that staff members’ failure to properly treat her after…