Nursing homes in one state will find it more difficult to prevent fines when cited for nursing home abuse and neglect of patients. The state is passing a law to prevent working around hefty fines that come with citations. The state has low ranking nursing homes and advocates for better care desire to see improvement.A state senator supporting the bill said that the state “needs to send a clear and unambiguous message that we’re serious about protecting our most vulnerable citizens from abuse and…

A nursing home employee has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after being captured on hidden video abusing a patient. “She would make him clean himself up after accidents,” described the patient's son. “There’s one situation where she ran up to him and put her middle finger in his face…you could see her cleaning his genital area and then forcing the same rag into his face.” Police detailed a report of the incidents after reviewing the video.

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home for allowing a patient to deteriorate under their care. The patient developed pressure ulcers that according to the lawsuit should have been prevented. The nursing home failed to provide appropriate supervision and assistance. The patient died after developing the bed sores.

 A nursing home facility will open with the same owners that closed another facility under the turmoil of “doll abuse” towards dementia patients. Two employees of the facility were banned from ever working with vulnerable people or children after being jailed for their actions. The facility closed after being investigated and branded “inadequate”.Whistleblowers unearthed other concerns of abuse and neglect of the patients at the facility.

A nursing home was recently cited and fined $552,109 for a patient's death. The patient had expressed a desire to leave the home on multiple occasions, but nonetheless was allowed to freely move through the building. The patient was noted sitting near the front doors and later disappeared at midnight the night he went missing.

A nursing home has filed a lawsuit after a patient was found dead with her head stuck between an air mattress and the bed rail of her bed. The lawsuit cites lack of staffing, bed height and failure to re-examine the patient's bed conditions as permitting the patient's death. The family's attorney noted the incident “an unnecessary and untimely death.” The facility recently changed ownership, identifying former owners and staff on the Complaint. For more, read the sto…