A nursing home patient has been arrested for sexually assaulting another patient. The 69-year-old male patient was caught assaulting a female 60-year-old patient. The patient had a previous record of criminal history for intoxication and disrupting the public, among other charges. Unfortunately, sexual abuse cases are increasing in nursing homes as one of the most common types of abuse. In the state where this incident occurred, reported incidents have gone up 8% in two years.

Legislators failed to back a bill with the goal of increasing the penalty for nursing home abuse and neglect. Nursing homes currently have a maximum fine imposed by the state to create a ceiling on the penalty of their actions or non-actions in regards to patient care. Elder care advocates worked to increase the fines to bring greater repercussions to nursing homes in violations of state healthcare standards.Despite the failure to pass the bill, elder care advocates will try again in the future….

A nursing home patient has filed a lawsuit after suffering abuse from a nursing home facility security guard. The security guard struck the patient who had Alzheimer's. He hit her in the face, causing her to fall. As a result, the patient suffered bruises to her face and torso.

Falls are the number one cause of injury in nursing homes. Falls often come from lack of supervision due to inadequate staffing or training on how to best care for a patient to prevent falls. A patient at one particular nursing home was no exception.

Nursing homes may see a decline by 2021 according to some calculations. Family members are finding alternatives to nursing home care that are more cost efficient and yield better health outcomes for patients. The industry that typically fights for the bottom line will find that lower staffing levels and older facilities may not be effective competition against the option to stay at home. Even potential patients that would typically struggle to be mobile or drive are finding modern opportuni…

The former owner of a nursing home facility has been fined $650,000 due to the liability of a stolen phone. The phone contained records of more than 400 patients. The Office of Civil Rights cited that the records stored on the phone was a violation of security rules related to records.“The issue of mobile devices has been a consistent theme in both recent OCR enforcement and public statements, and everyone in the HIPAA circle of enforcement should be paying close attention to mobile device…