The sons of a former nursing home patient have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against the nursing home. The patient was admitted after a fall with a broken leg. The patient developed gangrene, had his leg amputated, and developed pressure ulcers on his backside the size of a fist. The family alleges in its lawsuit that the nursing home allowed their 67-year-old father to deteriorate and ultimately die under their watch.

A nurse aide has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after a decade of raping Alzheimer’s victims, because one victim remembered and spoke out about it. “What this man has done for a period of almost a decade is … prey on Alzheimer’s patients because they’re forgetful and they can’t remember and oftentimes they die,” said the prosecuting attorney in the case.”In 2016, Your Honor, he made the grave mistake of hurting the wrong woman.

A nursing home patient is filing a lawsuit for negligent care and short staffing at the facility where he stayed. After breaking both feet, the patient was admitted to a nursing home of his own volition. He expected the care would meet his needs of daily dressing changes following surgery and the physical therapy required to recover. The nursing home staff failed to change his bandages daily as the doctor ordered.

A nursing home employee was arrested and is out on bond for stealing from a patient. The employee forged checks totaling nearly $17,000 signing the patient's name. The funds were supposed to cover the patient's medical bills, but the employee used them for personal expenses.The nursing home employee faces exploitation of an elderly person, third and fourth degree forgery and theft charges.

A nursing home facility no longer has a license due to 43 incidents involving medication errors. The health information and quality authority investigated and issued a report identifying its concerns. “The impact of such medication-related errors could potentially be catastrophic and therefore, a judgment of major non-compliance was made,” said the report.The facility was also found to have unclean showers due to fecal matter and urine.

A nursing home administrator has been suspended after allegations of abuse arose. A patient suffering from dementia was certain she had taken a shower already, but the administrator forced her to take one anyway. In the force of the incident, the patient was left bruised and the family reported it to the police department. The administrator was charged with third-degree assault and battery.