Minnesota Nurse Walks 2.5 Hours to Work in Snowshoes
A November blizzard dumped close to two feet of snow in northern Minnesota, so one nurse walked two and a half hours in snowshoes to get to work because of…
Read More »Wisconsin Woman Threatens to Blow up Nursing Home
A woman is facing a felony charge of bomb scares and up to three and a half years in prison after calling the Wellington Place Assisted Living Facility on November…
Read More »Former Ohio Nursing Home Employee Posed as Administrator to Interfere with Care
Police say a “disgruntled” former employee of an Ohio nursing home was arrested earlier this week on a charge she tried to interfere with care, potentially putting patients at risk.
Read More »Deer Crashes through Tennessee Hospital Window and Injures Three Patients
A six-point white-tailed buck crashed through a window of a hospital in northeast Tennessee November 11, only to be struck and killed by a wildlife officer’s car after it dashed…
Read More »Armed Man Hides in Texas Nursing Home to Get Away from Police
Police in Alice, Texas arrested a man they said was armed with a rifle and who tried to hide inside a nursing home in a patient’s room.
Read More »Former Oregon Nurse Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking
Rene Elene Griffin Nunn, 60, a resident of Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. At the time of…
Read More »Lawsuit: Man Bled to Death in Illinois Nursing Home, Then Employee Stole His Phone
The family of a Bolingbrook man who was left alone to bleed to death in a nursing home — and then had his iPhone stolen from his room after his…
Read More »Former Hospital CEO and Nursing Home Medical Director Convicted of Illegally Prescribing and Obtaining More Than 15,000 Pain Pills from Pharmacies in 3 States
Gainesville, Ga. — John Michael “Mike” Gowder and James Heaton have been convicted after a two-week jury trial on 102 counts related to illegally prescribing and obtaining more than 15,000…
Read More »California Nursing Home Residents Told to Find New Homes
Some of California’s most vulnerable nursing home residents, many of whom have nowhere else to go, are receiving letters from their healthcare plans saying they are no longer eligible for…
Read More »Robot Assistant to Improve Elderly Care in Nursing Homes
Overworked care staff in nursing homes and hospitals may soon have their workload reduced with the help of a Social & Autonomous Robotic health Assistant (SARA), an innovation supported by…
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