Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of…
Police Find Body of Woman, 92, Reported Missing from Ohio Nursing Home
Police said they found the body of a 92-year-old woman who was reported missing on Christmas Eve, after they responded to a welfare check on…
Many Nursing Homes Suffered Burst Pipes from Extreme Cold
A ruptured pipe left a central Alabama nursing home without water. Four patients were transferred from a Maryland nursing home after a water pipe burst…
Two Taken to the Hospital after Pipe Burst at Tennessee Nursing Home
Two people were taken to the hospital after a pipe burst at a nursing home in Greene County, resulting in ‘partial ceiling damage’ and flooding.
Resident Dies after Being Found Outside Michigan Assisted Living Center in Bitter Cold
The death of an 82-year-old woman found outside a Michigan assisted living facility early Friday is under investigation by police.
Ohio Assisted-Living Residents Manage to Fight While in Wheelchairs
Two residents in wheelchairs got into a fight at Grand Pointe Assisted Living Dec. 13 when one accidentally bumped into the other in a hallway.
A Decade of Drugging
In 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care to reduce the use of dangerous…
Women Sexually Abused by ICU Nurse Sue Colorado Hospital
Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where…
Man Accused of Threatening to Blow up Pennsylvania Hospital
A Westmoreland County man who was angry over how the hospital was caring for a relative is now facing felony charges after police say he…
Lawsuit to Be Filed Against Ohio Nursing Home after Woman Left, Died Nearby
A wrongful death lawsuit will be filed against an assistant living facility in Independence claiming its failure to provide for its residents led to the…