Family of Resident in Pennsylvania Senior Living Center Sues Facility for Dumping Resident and Causing His Death
The family of a New Jersey man who was a resident in a Pennsylvania senior living center has filed a lawsuit charging the facility with negligence and wrongful death. In…
Read More »New York Nursing Home Fined $20,580 after Wheelchair-Bound Resident Elopes Unnoticed
Federal authorities recently fined a New York nursing home $20,580 after a cognitively impaired wheelchair-bound woman with a history of wandering eloped unnoticed from the facility. Based on the New…
Read More »New York Medical Transportation Company Admits Defrauding Medicaid
A US attorney recently announced the guilty plea received from the owner of a taxi and limousine company for conspiring to defraud Medicaid. The accused man admitted to committing several…
Read More »California Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Kickback Scheme
A California man recently pleaded guilty to conspiring with his spouse, the owners of home healthcare agencies, and a hospice agency to pay and receive illegal kickbacks in exchange for…
Read More »Former Administrator of Utah Rehab-Skilled Nursing Facility Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $170K
The former administrator of a Utah rehabilitation and skilled nursing center was arrested about seven months ago and charged with two counts of money laundering and three counts of theft-all…
Read More »Police Arrest Man Believed Connected to Homicide of 95-Year-Old Florida Nursing Home Resident
Nearly one month after the homicide of a 95-year-old resident in a Florida nursing home, police have arrested and charged a man with first degree murder. An investigation has been…
Read More »Virginia DOH Launches Investigation in Stabbing Death of Nursing Home Resident
Last month, after an 86-year-old resident in a Virginia nursing home was found stabbed to death, his 65-year-old roommate was arrested and charged with his murder. Since then, the Virginia…
Read More »New York Nursing Home Gets Maximum $7,000 Fine for Repeated Understaffing Deficiencies
A New York nursing home that has received continuously low ratings has been given the maximum fine of $7,000 by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) after being…
Read More »Colorado Man Faces Felony Charge for Giving Marijuana Candy to Resident in Wyoming Nursing Home
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main active ingredient found in marijuana plants that produce the “high effect” most users seek. It is often infused with different types of candy-chocolate and other…
Read More »Texas Nursing Home Employee Caught on Hidden Camera Abusing 93-Year-Old Resident
The daughter of a 93-year-old woman in a Texas nursing home placed a camera in her mother’s room last fall after her mother told her that someone was hurting her….
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