Feds: Unlicensed son injects patients with dirty needles
Oak Park, Mich.— An unlicensed man is accused of handling injections for his 84-year-old father and using non-sterile needles at a pain clinic in Oak Park, according to FBI agents.
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Prison inmate admits working in three St. Louis area healthcare facilities
An Illinois prison inmate pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted using fake nursing and educational credentials to work at three healthcare facilities.
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Sweden to serve 3D-printed food to elderly in care homes
Swedish municipalities plan to start 3D-printing at care homes for the elderly, stimulating residents’ appetites by making puréed food look like the real thing.
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Florida nursing home employee arrested for making prank bomb threat
A nursing home employee was arrested for making two prank 911 calls — on a dare from a co-worker — warning of an explosive device at a Leesburg facility, according…
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Doctors witness miracle as patient with Parkinson’s walks again
Casa Grande, Ariz. — Doctors and nurses say they witnessed a miracle in Pinal County when one of their patients with Parkinson’s who had not walked for years, stood up…
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Man Proposes to Girlfriend Disguised as Patient at Nursing Facility Where She Works
A man expressed his undying love at the Arizona nursing facility where his girlfriend works with a staged proposal.
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Bingo brawl at Canadian nursing home prompts police response
When a bingo-related dispute heated up at a long-term care facility in Rideau Lakes, Ont., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers had to be called in.
Read More »Pennsylvania Man Charged for Stomping Fellow Resident to Death
After stomping a fellow resident (Resident 1) nearly to death, Resident 2 grabbed a registered nurse by her hair and started swinging her around the room. “I’m going to die,”…
Read More »Employee Accused of Beating Resident Exposed as Felon
A Colorado nursing home changed its background check process after one of its now-former employees, who’s accused of beating an elderly Alzheimer’s resident, was shown to be a convicted felon.
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