Ohio Nursing Home Aide Charged over 2018 Patient Escape
Federal agents have arrested a nurse’s aide who was working when a a dementia patient fled a Canton nursing home two years ago and later died.
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Man Arrested for Sexual Battery, Elder Abuse at California Nursing Home
An employee has been arrested for inappropriately touching a patient at the Cypress Ridge Care Center in Monterey.
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Nurse’s Aide Charged with Battering Indiana Nursing Home Patient
A nurse’s aide faces a felony charge over allegations she battered an 84-year-old patient at an Indiana nursing home.
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Iowa Nursing Home Cited for Death, Sexual Abuse
An Iowa nursing home that cut staffing to compensate for financial losses is on a federal watch list after inspectors cited the home for contributing to a resident death, hiring…
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Kaiser Permanente Agrees to Settle Americans with Disabilities Act Claims and to Improve Access for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Patients
Southern California Permanente Medical Group and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide a qualified sign…
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Ohio Nursing Home Employee Sentenced for 98-Year-Old Patient’s Fatal Fall
A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge described a 98-year-old woman who lived in an Oregon nursing home as “spunky” and someone whose life was cut short by an unintentional…
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Nursing Home Association Sues County over Ruthie’s Law
A statewide nursing home association has sued Erie County, challenging the legality of a local reporting law it says duplicates state and federal law.
Read More »Bond Set for Woman Accused of Posing as Nurse at Ohio Nursing Home
A woman accused of stealing someone’s identity to work in a local nursing home/senior rehabilitation facility appeared in front of a judge February 21 to answer to criminal charges.
Read More »Criminal HIPAA Violation Case Sees Healthcare Worker Charged on 415 Counts
A former employee of ACM Global Laboratories, part of Rochester Regional Health, has been accused of accessing the medical records of a patient, without authorization, on hundreds of occasions in…
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Vermont Settles Allegations of Neglect and False Claims with Three Genesis Healthcare Nursing Homes
Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced a settlement with three Genesis Healthcare subsidiary-operated nursing homes in Vermont — Burlington Health & Rehab, St. Johnsbury Health & Rehab, and Berlin Health &…
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