Nurse’s Aide Charged with Battering Indiana Nursing Home Patient
A nurse’s aide faces a felony charge over allegations she battered an 84-year-old patient at an Indiana nursing home.
Texas Man Suspected in Deaths of 14 Nursing Home Residents
A 47-year-old Texas man, charged with being a serial killer and indicted in the murder and robbery of 12 nursing home residents in northern Texas,…
Anxiety Mounts among US Health Workers on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Outbreak
Doctors and nurses say they are alarmed by reports that multiple health workers in the United States have been sickened by a deadly coronavirus and…
Legionella at Ohio Nursing Home Not Revealed until after 90-Year-Old Checked In, Family Says
A nursing home in Ohio with three confirmed cases of Legionnaires bacteria since October did not disclose the cases at check-in, says a resident’s family,…
Two Connecticut Physicians Pay over $4.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Dr. Crispin Abarientos and his wife, Dr. Antonieta Abarientos, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they…
Residents Returned to New York Nursing Home after Carbon Monoxide Leak
Most residents of a Carthage nursing home returned to the facility Sunday afternoon, after a carbon monoxide leak forced their evacuation Sunday morning.
More than 2,200 Patients Notified after Some Private Records Lost in Possible Privacy Breach
The private health information of 2,298 hospital patients is at risk of being shared after multiple files were lost during transfer between Gulfgate Health Center…
Pennsylvania Woman Has Nursing License Suspended
The State Board of Nursing recently suspended the license of an Albrightsville nurse who failed to report her criminal conviction in Northampton County.
Former Oklahoma Nursing Home Employee Threatens to Blow up Facility
Local police recently arrested and booked a man after he threatened to blow up the nursing home where he had worked before being fired for…
Diversicare Health Services, Inc. Agrees to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Diversicare Health Services, Inc., has agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims…