Visitations from Family Could Help Dementia Patients as Nursing Homes Cautiously Reopen
From the very start of the pandemic, our elderly loved ones have been the most at-risk and nursing homes needed to be protected at all…
One Killed, Four Injured after SUV Crashes into ER at Atlanta Hospital
One person was killed, and multiple people were injured, when an SUV crashed into the lobby of Piedmont Hospital’s emergency room Tuesday morning.
Atlanta Hospital Using Bottled Water after Main Break
An Atlanta hospital was using bottled water Saturday after a main break on the Georgia Tech campus led to outages and a boil water advisory…
Virus Visitor Bans Renew Interest in Nursing Home Cameras
Visitation bans at nursing homes have renewed interest in legislation that would allow families to put remote cameras inside the facilities to help see how…
Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Patient’s Pain Medication
An intensive care unit nurse who stole fentanyl and morphine, both pain medications, from an unconscious patient by withdrawing the drugs from his IV line…
United States Settles Disability Discrimination Case Involving Residents and Prospective Residents of a Senior Housing Community
The United States announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has approved a consent order resolving allegations that three defendants…
Massachusetts Man Indicted on Charges of Attempted Arson at Senior Healthcare Facility
An East Longmeadow man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with an attempted arson at a Longmeadow senior healthcare facility in…
As States Reopen, Nursing Home Operators Can’t Assume They’ll ‘Be in the Clear Forever’
As COVID-19 initially swept through nursing homes across the country in March and April, operators and staffers had a key advantage: Just about every state…
OK Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Which Resulted in the Death of Three Patients
On June 18, 2020, a grand jury charged Donald Hyungjoon Kim, MD, 53, for distributing opioids and other controlled substances illegally. In 2018, the Oklahoma…
EEOC Sues Pediatric Health Care Alliance for Retaliation over Harassment Complaints
Pediatric Health Care Alliance, a Tampa-based pediatric medical practice, violated federal law when it retaliated against a female registered nurse for reporting that a doctor,…