OIG Cites Minnesota VA Hospital for Failure to Prevent Veteran’s Suicide
A recently released report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) disclosed that a Minnesota Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital had been cited for the second time in two years for…
Read More »Resident in New York Nursing Home Arrested for Alleged Assault on 9-Year-Old Girl
Police have confirmed that a 77-year-old resident in a New York nursing home was arrested and is being held on a $100,000 bond for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl visiting…
Read More »Flooding Causes Temporary Closing and Forces New York Nursing Home to Lay off 132 Employees
All of the 132 employees at a New York nursing home are being laid off due to the facility’s temporary closing. The New York Department of Labor lists the reason…
Read More »Paraplegic Resident in Oklahoma Nursing Home Claims He Was Wrongfully Discharged
A 34-year-old paraplegic resident in an Oklahoma nursing home claims he was not allowed back into the nursing home after he returned from a short stay in the hospital on…
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Authorities Still Seeking Unidentified Assailant Who Smothered a Nursing Home Resident and Escaped
Florida police are still searching for an unidentified white male who after midnight last Sunday is believed to have smothered an elderly home resident to death. The man fled the…
Read More »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 her father. The woman reports…
Read More »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 with a younger population, the…
Read More »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 difficile (C. diff) that is…
Read More »Four Patients File Lawsuit Claiming Ransomware Attack against Alabama Hospital System Disrupted Their Medical Care
In October 2019, a ransomware attack forced a multi-hospital health system to be offline for 10 days to allow the system to be rebuilt and recover patient data. While the…
Read More »Iowa Nursing Home Sued for Negligence by Estate of Resident
The family of a 58-year-old resident in an Iowa nursing home has filed a lawsuit claiming that staff members failed to treat the resident properly after she fell and fractured…
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