Baxter Healthcare Corporation Mobile Lift Component Recall
This recall involves removing devices from where they are used or sold. The FDA has identified this recall as the most serious type. This device…
Lawsuit Filed Against Illinois Nursing Home Due to Resident’s Death Last Year
A wrongful-death lawsuit seeking more than $300,000 has been filed against an Illinois skilled-nursing facility due to the death of a resident last year.
Two Possible Causes of Deadly Fire Identified in Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility
Smoking materials or an oxygen machine issue may have sparked the deadly fire at Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, investigators announced…
SC Assisted Living Facility Ordered to Close After Residents Found Locked Inside
An assisted living facility in South Carolina was ordered to close after it was revealed during an investigation that they were in violation of at…
Iowa Nursing Home with History of Abuse Cited in Resident Death
A Cass County nursing home with a history of resident abuse has been fined $9,500 due to new allegations of resident abuse and poor-quality care…
Tenth Person Dies Following Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Fire
A 66-year-old woman has died from injuries sustained in the Fall River assisted living facility fire, bringing the total death toll to 10, Bristol County…
Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of Louisiana Nursing Home; No Explosives Found
Emergency responders investigated an anonymous bomb threat called in to a nursing home just before 8 p.m. on July 17, according to the Rayne Police…
Hospital Reports Iowa Nursing Home for Abuse Related to Resident Care
A Cedar Rapids nursing home has been fined $13,000 after a resident received, in error, 12 medications that were to have been administered to another…
Caregiver at Ohio Retirement Community Indicted on Rape Charges
A former caregiver at a Conneaut retirement community has been indicted on felony rape charges for alleged sex abuse involving elderly residents, Ohio Attorney General…
North Carolina Nursing Home Fire Triggers Massive Response, No Deaths
Officials said teamwork and communication are what helped them rescue 92 people from a Morganton nursing home fire on Sunday afternoon.