Illinois Nursing Home Employee Steals Visitors’ Credit Cards

A nursing home employee is accused of stealing credit cards and blank checks from residents’ visitors and then going on a shopping spree.

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Nursing Home Employees Formally Charged in Patient Deaths

Prosecutors have formally charged four ex-employees of a Florida nursing home where a power outage after a hurricane led to 12 residents’ deaths.

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Police Investigate Alleged Sexual Assault of Ohio Nursing Home Resident

Kettering police are investigating an alleged sexual assault of a paralyzed patient at the Heartland of Kettering nursing facility.

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Bedbugs Causes Partial Closure of NY Cancer Center

The outpatient area of C.R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital was “restricted” September 13 because of bedbug contamination.

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Man Dies after Truck Crashes into Ohio Hospital

Raymond Leiendecker, 45, is in custody after authorities said he crashed his pickup truck into an Ohio hospital September 13, killing an employee.

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Michigan AG’s Office Stops Financial Exploitation in St. Clair Probate Case

The Office of Michigan Attorney General filed objections in a St. Clair County probate case after Lisa Tramski, a nursing home leasing agent who became a guardian, convinced an 85-year-old…

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Daughters Sue NH ALH after 84-year-old Father Vanishes

A year after an 84-year-old man wandered away, never to be seen again, from an assisted living facility in New Hampshire, his two daughters have sued.

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EEOC Files Two Lawsuits for Employees with Epilepsy

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed two lawsuits charging two separate employers with disability discrimination after they fired employees who had seizures at work. Such alleged conduct violates…

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Connecticut: Nursing Home Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit

An East Hartford woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her late husband against Manchester-based nursing home and rehabilitation center Westside Care Center.

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Mystery DNA Swabber Swoops on Washington Seniors

A group of Kennewick, Washington, seniors could be the latest targets of a new type of Medicare fraud.

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