Trials have been reschedule for former nursing home employees accused of abusing nursing home patients. The abuse included pinching patients' breasts and noses, putting soap into a resident's mouth, dropping a naked resident into bed, slapping a resident and putting a gloved finger into a resident's mouth. The abuse took place over a 6 month period.The former employees have been charged with up to 14 counts of abuse for each employee.

The attorney general's office in one state has filed a lawsuit against a nursing home company for advertising high “staff-to-patient” ratios without fulfilling them. The nursing home did not properly staff enough CNA's to service the patients will daily care needed. When surveyors visited facilities, the nursing home increased floor staff with administrative staff to give the appearance of higher levels of direct patient care staffing. “In reality, when DOH surveyo…

A woman posing as a healthcare worker has been sentenced to 65 years in jail after stealing thousands of dollars, jewelry, and other keepsakes from nursing home patients. The patients ranged in ages from their 70s to 100. Loved ones of the patients could not believe the woman stole from their parents. One patient called her son with tears over the wrongdoing.

The nursing home parent of a nursing home chain is now facing a lawsuit after staff at a nursing home were interviewed regarding staffing in their facility. The nursing home employees testified that the facility was understaffing the nursing home. This had a direct impact on patient care. Patients were left unchanged and wet in bed, and not toileting patients often enough.

The family of a loved one has filed a lawsuit against a nursing home for a medication error. The patient was given an overdose of narcotics, which led to his death. The pain medication was not even prescribed to this patient at any does.

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home after a patient died.The patient was found dead on the floor after falling, the final of numerous times at the nursing home. Originally the family was told the patient died of a heart attack. However, the an autopsy was performed and it was ruled that the patient died of “positional asphyxia,” due to the patient's position.“[The patient's] death was senseless and could have easily been avoided if the staff and administra…