A nursing home aide has been sentenced to jail for punching an elderly patient in the face. The aide will spend four weeks in jail and serve 5 years of probation. She has also been stripped of her license as a certified nursing assistant. The patient had Alzheimer’s but the judge noted that was no excuse for abuse.

A nursing home has been cited by the state health department for failing to adequately “protect residents from fire”. The nursing home failed to update sprinkler systems and perform fire watches. An adequate sprinkler system offered an 85% chance of controlling the fire, but the patients were not given that chance.

A drug company had an elaborate kickback scheme involving doctors prescribing drugs to patients in nursing homes. The anti-epileptic drug that was coaxed to doctors to prescribe was depakote. However, the drug company made agreements with doctors to prescribe the drugs to patients and then receive a kickback for providing the drug.

A nursing home chain has been cited for numerous violations at multiple facilities. The state is standing by their citations despite backlash from the homes about the process of the investigations. Inspections are held annually and visits are always unannounced.

A nursing home has received several pumpkins from the community to celebrate fall with the residents. The individual who was going to supply the pumpkins had a drought and was unable to donate them. Others in the community heard of the need and decided to help. The residents will enjoy a pumpkin carving activity because of the generosity of individuals in the community.

A nursing home company's former CEO has been indicted for laundering money as part of an elaborate kickback scheme. Several of the companies management employees were inflating the cost of goods and services in order to add money to a shell company and divert millions of dollars into their pockets. The CEO, COO of the nursing home chain and others were found to have purchased elaborate items and trips with the money. Items included vacation homes, rolex watches, private jets among othe…