US DOL Urges Healthcare Facilities, Providers to Employ Effective Safety, Health Programs
Amid the pandemic, US healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving those in need. In…
Acting NJ AG Announces Indictment against Two Nurses in Connection to the Death of an Individual in Absecon, NJ
Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Tracy M. Thompson announced that a former Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) was indicted for allegedly…
Police claim elderly hospice patient was smothered to death with pillow at IN nursing home
Court records are revealing disturbing new details about what led to a woman’s death inside a nursing home on Indy’s south side.
Fire prompts mass evacuation of RI rehab facility; 24 patients hospitalized
Ambulances from across the state lined up outside the Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center of Rhode Island, February 3, after a fire broke out on the…
Wisconsin Nursing Home Closures Prompt Request for More State Aid
Seven Wisconsin nursing homes have announced closures since last year and staffing shortages have led others to shutter some beds, a state group says, for…
At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’
More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the fight against record numbers of…
Syracuse Nursing Home Slammed for Medication Mix-Up That Lands Resident in Emergency Room
A Syracuse nursing home resident suffered a heart attack and kidney failure after being given another resident’s medications by mistake, according to a state Health…
Lawsuit: ‘Negligence’ Led to Ohio Health System Attack
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Ohio-based Memorial Health System in the wake of a ransomware attack last August that reportedly involved…
Former Kansas Nursing Home Worker Charged with Raping Resident
An Overland Park nursing home employee is in the Johnson County jail Wednesday night after being arrested and charged with raping a resident.
Woman dies after being found in freezing weather outside Iowa assisted living facility
Iowa authorities are calling the death of a woman at an assisted living facility “suspicious” after she was found outside in below-zero temperatures.