Families continue to show interest in placing hidden cameras in the rooms of their loved ones at nursing home facilities. Upon placing a camera, one family found that their loved one was left 16-18 hours without food, water, or a change of Depends. The hope of families is to uncover more abuse by filming their loved ones when they cannot be present.

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home stating the home failed to provide adequate care and a safe environment to prevent falls for a patient at risk for falling. The patient tripped on electrical cords and oxygen lines causing her to fall. As a result of the fall, smthe patient suffered bone fractures of the face, traumatic brain injury, a neck fracture, and other injuries.The nursing home's attorney is denying negligence.

A nursing home employee has been sentenced to 6 months in jail after stealing thousands of dollars from patients at the nursing home facility where they resided. The employee cashed $6,000 worth of numerous checks from a resident trust fund account. The residents had not requested the money, nor did they know it was stolen.

 A nursing home certified nursing assistant has been charged with abuse of a patient after tying the patient's feet together with a plastic bag. The nurse initially stated that the patient performed the restraint on herself. However, she later admitted to tying the patient's legs together herself in order to keep the patient from climbing out of bed. “Nursing home residents are among our state’s most vulnerable citizens and they, along with their families, should …

A court ordered a nursing home facility to produce records to a state protection and advocacy service looking into the care of some patients. The agency was in search of the documents to verify if patients were experiencing abuse and neglect. The nursing home would not produce the records, prompting a lawsuit to retrieve them.The future will reveal if any further court involvement will be required as the agency moves forward with its investigation.

Two nursing home patients died after chest x-rays were misinterpreted by amateur employees without the proper knowledge or qualifications to interpret them. The owner of the x-ray company now faces 10 years in prison. Under his leadership, employees interpreted x-rays and falsified physician reports. The company also under the owner's leadership requested reimbursements for performing the x-rays and submitting reports.