A 21-year-old housekeeper at a Missouri assisted living facility came to work one day to find his boss left his a note saying he was in charge of the residents. The note said, “You probably could have guessed by now but I am not coming back.  If you do walk out or leave without certified staff, corporate will report you to the State and you will be placed on an EDL list and possible jail time.”Now he says he is stranded with residents for whom he cannot provide care.

Two licensed nurse practitioners as well as a certified nurse assistant were arrested Friday following the 2014 death of an 89-year-old patient whose calls for help were ignored by the nursing home staff. The charges include felony murder, neglect to a disabled adult, neglect to an elder person or resident of long-term care facility, abuse, exploitation of a disabled or elder person, and concealing the death of another. For more, read the story.

A nursing home settled a lawsuit accusing it of medicating residents to make them easier to manage.  The facility said the $500,000 settlement is not an admission of liability.The lawsuit alleged that the nursing home prescribed a woman heavy doses of anti-psychotic and anti-anxiety drugs without cause, leading her condition to deteriorate. According to her nephew staff said she was given the drugs “to keep her in bed.” For more, read the story.

On February 1, 2018, the Virginia State Board of Social Services released new regulations for assisted living facilities in the Commonwealth.  For more, see the new regulations.

A nursing home in Memphis, Tennessee, has been fined $500,000 by federal and state authorities for filing false claims to Medicare and Tenncare from 2012 to 2015, the Department of Justice said. “Residents of nursing homes are some of our most vulnerable citizens. When nursing homes break the law by defrauding the government for substandard or worthless services we will use our resources to combat this fraud and hold them accountable,” said the United States Attorney for the Wes…

After seeing her grandmother move from facility to facility without ever receiving the care or attention she deserved, a woman decided to open her own assisted living home. “Clara lived with my family from when I was 10 years old,” the granddaughter recalled. “After I left for college, her dementia really started showing and progressing to a level where my parents couldn’t take care of her in the home.””Nana” struggled with chronic dehydration, urinar…