Nursing home abuse is an epidemic and our blog is designed to inform on nursing home abuse cases, nursing home abuse resources, and legal options for families of loved ones who have suffered from nursing home abuse or neglect.
Most of the first deaths in the United States from COVID-19 were of residents of a long-term care facility in Washington state. The federal government has issued new guidelines in an attempt to keep nursing home residents safe from COVID-19. The new federal guidelines, issued in a paper called a “guidance”, direct nursing homes to take action to prevent the spread of infection.
It’s no secret that overmedication runs rampant in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, but until a recent NPR report, it wasn’t entirely clear how rampant. The numbers may surprise you. Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are currently receiving antipsychotic drugs,…
The state of New York has proved slow, inadequate and both when it comes to disciplining nurses that put long-term care patients in harm’s way, and in doing so, emphasizes a nonchalance towards nursing home safety that has advocates up…
Overmedicating of nursing home patients continues in California, says a federal lawsuit filed against two homes earlier this month. Facilities in Watsonville, California, are accused of inappropriately administering drugs like Haldol and Risperdal to patients, causing negative changes in their…
KION News Two California nursing homes are under fire after federal officials filed complaints against the owners and operators citing abuse and fraud, according to CBS News affiliate, KION Channel 5. Two facilities in Watsonville, California, the Country Villa Watsonville…
Nursing home residents refused medications and tried to escape the facility by scaling fences after a visit from a state inspector, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The nursing home, Regency Manor Rehabilitation & Subacute Center, responded to the residents’ attempts…
Kansas has more than 300 nursing homes, and collectively that rank among the worst in the country when it comes to administering antipsychotic drugs to patients with dementia. A federal report shows that while prescription rates nationwide dropped 17 percent,…
Serial neglect of a patient resulted in a four-figure fine on a Tuscon, Arizona-based nursing home, according to a recent Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com report. The facility at Emeritus at Catalina Foothills in Tuscon was fined a civil penalty by the Arizona Department…
A nurse in New York is accused of administering morphine instead of a muscle relaxant to a nursing home patient with spina bifida in February 2012, and earlier this month she was indicted of felony charges, according to Newsday. Officials…
Minnesota pharmacy Geritom Medical, which specializes in long-term medical care, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. City police offers provided a uniform presence as the DEA searched Geritom Medical, located on Florida Avenue just north of Old Shakopee Road, according to…
