NJ stats: More people calling for help, fewer committing suicide
New Jersey’s suicide prevention helpline handled more than 32,700 calls between February and August of this year, but the monthly count of individuals taking their…
Two-Alarm Fire at Missouri Nursing Home Forces Evacuation
No one was injured in a two-alarm fire at the Villas Nursing and Residential Care in De Soto Sunday at 9:10 a.m.
Illinois Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Claims to Medicare
An Illinois nurse practitioner (NP) recently pleaded guilty to knowingly participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare by performing medically unnecessary visits in nursing homes…
Piedmont Patients Had Private Information Compromised in Data Breach
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, which includes two hospitals and a cancer treatment center in Columbus, is mailing letters to an undisclosed number of patients to inform…
Pennsylvania VA Hospital Nurse Charged with Using her Position to Obtain Painkillers
Ann Makepeace, age 30, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics…
Fire Forces Patient Evacuation, Temporary Closure of PA Hospital
A fire in an underground tunnel forced the evacuation of all 14 patients and the temporary closure of UPMC Lock Haven.
Illinois Nursing Assistant Lied about Dementia Patient’s Disappearance, Police Say
A worker at a Metro East nursing home lied to police about the disappearance of an elderly dementia patient who was later found “barely conscious”…
Wisconsin Man Charged with Elder Abuse after Alleged Theft of $427,000 from Elderly Victim
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced charges against Terry Lynn Culver, 58, of Oshkosh in relation to the theft of over $427,000 from a 92-year-old resident…
New requirements to strengthen nursing facility staffing and accountability in Massachusetts
The Baker-Polito Administration announced a new Nursing Facility Accountability and Supports package a set of policy reforms and funding for nursing facilities that builds on…
Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Data Analysis Indicates Slight Increase in LTC Cases and Deaths over Summer Months
The deadly effects of the Coronavirus in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country in the early months of the pandemic account for more than…