EEOC Update: What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and the Coronavirus
The EEOC enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, including the requirement for reasonable accommodation and rules about medical examinations and inquiries….
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Missouri Nurse’s Aide Charged with Stealing Drugs from Patients
A nurse’s aide has been charged for allegedly stealing pain relief patches from hospice-care patients.
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Nursing Home Aide Charged with Sexually Touching 3 ‘Helpless’ Patients
A nurse’s aide has been charged with sexually touching three “helpless” patients at two nursing homes in Bergen County.
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West Virginia Woman Sues Nursing Home for Family Member’s Death
A Charleston woman is suing Marmet Center and Genesis Healthcare alleging her family member died because the nursing home failed to properly care for him.
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Massachusetts Nursing Home Shed Fire Quickly Doused
A reported brush fire on March 3 turned into a shed fire, right next to a Weston nursing home.
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Youngstown Physician Indicted for Operating a “Pill Mill” That Distributed Controlled Substances, Including Opioids, and Causing the Deaths of Two Patients
Martin Escobar, age 57, of Youngstown, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a 145-count indictment charging the unlawful distribution and dispensation of controlled substances, causing the deaths…
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Virginia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Adderall, Oxycodone
A Fairfax medical doctor pleaded guilty today to illegally diverting Adderall and oxycodone to six different patients, including a patient who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a…
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Dog Attacks Patient inside Houston Alzheimer Care Facility Twice in One Month
A Houston-area family has filed a lawsuit against a Tomball Alzheimer’s care home, claiming their elderly mother was mauled by the facility’s dog twice in one month.
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Three Nurses Stabbed with Scissors at New York Hospital; Patient Charged
A patient at Ellis Hospital allegedly stabbed three nurses at Ellis Hospital February 27 with medical scissors.
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Older Parkinson’s Patients Often Wrongly Given Antipsychotics, Study Says
More than one-third of older people with Parkinson’s disease in long-term care who experienced therapy-related psychosis were prescribed antipsychotic medications considered inappropriate under current guidelines, a study found.
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