Michigan Experiencing Increase in Legionnaires’ Disease
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is coordinating with local health departments across the state to investigate a recent increase in reports…
Iowa Family Pursues New Legal Strategy in Wrongful-Death Case
If a nursing home company can sue residents to collect payment, residents should be able to sue the same company for wrongful death even if…
Sex Offender Gets 3-Plus Years in Prison for Wisconsin Nursing Home Assaults
A man who prompted an investigation into a Sauk City nursing home after being charged with sexually assaulting residents there in 2018 was recently sentenced…
California nurse pleads guilty to elder abuse after patient dies; gets probation and loses nursing license
A Riverside nurse whose failure to properly assess and treat a 69-year-old nursing home resident’s bed ulcer caused a fatal decline in the woman’s health…
New study by WHO Europe and ECDC examines variations in antibiotic consumption in European countries 2014–2018
The WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have released a report on the consumption of antibiotics…
High vaccination rates drive low numbers of new COVID deaths in Louisiana nursing homes
A year after COVID-19 ravaged Louisiana nursing homes with sickness, isolation and death, fatal cases have plunged to near zero in recent weeks, further highlighting…
Police Arrest Suspect in Attack on Illinois Rehab Patient
A male suspect, identified as a nursing assistant on staff at a Chicago nursing home, was arrested Friday, July 9, and charged with Aggravated Criminal…
SC AG announces Sumter man indicted for attempted sexual assault of nursing home resident
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a Sumter County Grand Jury has indicted Towodi Shequoyah, 37 years old, aka Abdullah Muhammad, on two…
State Fines San Diego Nursing Homes over Handling of Alleged Sexual Assaults by Caregiver
California regulators have fined two local nursing homes for violations relating to how they handled sexual assault allegations against a former caregiver.
90-year-old woman infected with UK and South African COVID-19 variants at the same time
Researchers in Belgium report on the case of a 90-year-old woman who was simultaneously infected with two different variants of concern (VOCs) of COVID-19, in…