NH mandates Alzheimer’s care training ahead of elder boom
Designation as the second fastest aging state in the nation comes with a sober responsibility to properly care for a mushrooming population of vulnerable elders.
Daughter of Pennsylvania Nursing Home Resident Claims Aide Assaulted Her Father
The daughter of an 82-year-old resident with dementia, who has resided for three years in a Pennsylvania nursing home, claims that an aide recently assaulted…
Man paralyzed from chest down says he was kicked out of Okla. nursing home
A 34-year-old paraplegic man denies claims that he is a danger to others at the Oklahoma nursing home from which he was allegedly evicted on…
Long-Term Care Facilities Not Unscathed by Opioid Diversion and Abuse
Hardly a week passes without a news story on the effects that the growing opioid crisis is having across the U.S. Although most reports deal…
Police seek man they believe smothered Florida nursing home resident to death
A 95-year-old resident of a Port St. Lucie nursing home is dead and police are looking for a man who ran from the room when…
CDC Reports New Antibiotic Resistant Strain of Clostridiodes Difficile Identified in 15 Patients at Veteran Affairs (VA) Facilities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that 15 patients in VA facilities were infected with a newly recognized strain of Clostridioides…
