A nursing home employee has pleaded guilty to nursing home abuse after striking a nursing home patient. The employee hit the patient in the face and pushed him, causing him to fall and injure his shoulder, causing a rotator cuff strain. The employee had been at the nursing home for four years.“Caregivers are entrusted with the health and safety of nursing-home residents, and to intentionally cause physical harm to a resident is a gross violation of that trust,” said the attorney gene…

A nursing home that self-reports data for accreditation has come back with high marks. This has enraged the family member of a loved one whose father was abused at the same nursing home. The caregiver that abused the patient served jail time for the incidents caught on camera by the patient's daughter. However, rather than a response of gratitude, the nursing home facility condemned the patient's family member for videoing the caregiver without knowledge.

One in three of a state’s nursing homes in the western region have been ranked the lowest possible rating. One area affecting the overall ratings was low staffing in nursing home facilities. Staffing affects the overall rating of the 5-star ranking system.Only one nursing home received the full 5-star rating available to those facilities that meet all criteria.

The desire to aid dementia patients with therapeutic remedies for the frustrations and confusion associated with Alzheimer's, a physical therapist turned CEO helped conceptualize a design for a controlled environment that would take people back to what they know. Patients struggling with dementia often remember from age 21 and younger. Therefore, the physical therapist designed an assisted living facility that looks like the 1930's inside. The facility specializes in caring for pa…

The granddaughter of two nursing home patients is trying to rally support through social media. Currently her grandparents are separated. “After 62 years together in marriage they have been separated for 8 months due to backlogs and delays by our health care system, whom have the power to have my grandpa moved to the same care facility as my grandmother.

A nursing home has been reinstated to admit patients after being under a patient admission freeze. The nursing home facility allowed two patients to die and was fined $250,000. The facility was also cited for a lack of staff training on important care issues, such as life support care and empty oxygen-delivery machines, among others.After two return surveys the nursing home facility was allowed to receive patients.