The family of a former nursing home patient is suing a nursing home after the former patient was allowed to fall down a second story flight of stairs. The patient died shortly after due to blunt force trauma to his head. The door when opened set off an alarm at the facility, however, the alarm was reset by nursing home staff without identifying the door that had been opened and by whom. The nursing home staff was also negligent in providing the patient with support and failing to follow his…

A nursing home patient is suing a nursing home after surviving injuries from a medication error. The nursing home facility failed to administer the patient’s prescribed Coumadin, necessary for thinning the patient’s blood to avoid blood clots. Failure to thin the blood in at-risk patients can cause clots that lead to strokes and/or heart attacks.In this case, the nursing home’s failure to administer Coumadin to the patient resulted in a DVT, deep vein thrombosis causing pain and swelling.

One nursing home has become the first in its state to introduce a greenhouse on the facility property for patients. The nursing home patients are able to go to relax, enjoy plants and flowers, and remember those they have lost. “I come out here and i'm not depressed, my blood sugar is down, I just feel really; it smells good in here, it's cool in here and we can see what grows,” says one nursing home patient.”This offers a place for them to come, get away from everything…

A nursing home employee is in prison after being sentenced to 30 days up to 6 months for theft. The nursing home employee stole more than $70,000 from nursing home patients over a span of 4 years. Many loved ones of nursing home patients and community members are upset The community believes her time sentence should have been longer.

A nursing home patient has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulted another patient. The patient was seen by a nurse over the other patient in chair. The assaulted patient stated that he was hurting her privates.

A nursing home has been brought under a lawsuit after employees stole $2.5 million from a patient's investment account. The family was made aware and immediately took action to become a guardian for patient who over time become highly medicated and unable to reason. The employees were writing and cashing checks from the patient's account for over 2.5 years.