A nursing home has closed after receiving ten violations for poor quality care of patients. The nursing home facility received a rating of “inadequate”, the lowest possible rank in the system. Patients suffered various forms of abuse and neglect.

A nursing home bookkeeper has been sentenced for theft of five residents at the nursing home where she worked. The money was taken from the residents trust funds in the amount of $1,836.17. She wrote checks to herself and forged the signature of the nursing home administrator.  The former bookkeeper made the checks appear as reimbursements for needs of the nursing home patients.

The right nursing home can be a difficult choice when deciding where to place a loved one that needs skilled or longterm care. When looking at facilities, there are various resources that can be utilized in order to make the best possible choice. Some of those choices include the state department of health and ombudsmen.  Ombudsmen are advocates for nursing home patients.

A news team investigated nursing home abuse on social media, finding multiple instances of indecent photos that were shared or posted of elderly patients under the care of nurses. The photos were taken unbeknownst to the patients, but circulated to the masses. Family members are looking for a stronger criminal crackdown on offenders of this type of abuse.  Some patients are abused and unaware, unable to fight back.

Women in a nursing home were surprised by delivery drivers. The drivers collected money, bought red roses and volunteered time delivering the flowers to nursing home patients. Every woman in the home received a dozen roses.  The patients enjoyed receiving the gifts at their lunch tables.

A nursing home found itself in “immediate jeopardy” for a second time following a citation and threat of immediate jeopardy that was lifted just five weeks earlier.  The recommendation was made “that the home’s civil penalty be raised from $250 a day to $6,050 (time period not specified).” If the level of severity was not raised, residents would potentially be forced to leave the nursing home facility due to loss of Medicare and Medicaid funding.   “The findings have the home agai…