As high schools across the nation prepare for prom, one group of students decided to provide nursing home “seniors” a prom of their own. The prom attendees ranged in ages from 80 to 101. The event included 75 seniors and their families, featuring food, dancing and prom queens, as their was a tie for the title.

Six nursing homes were recently fined for violations due to negligent patient care. Two of those facilities were fined and cited for patient deaths. One facility allowed a patient to fall and suffer injuries.

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home for negligent care of one of its patients. The patient suffered multiple pressure sores leading to her death. An administrator of the estate said, the nursing home “failed to properly and accurately assess her decedent’s condition and failed in supervising the care and treatment to prevent the development and deterioration of multiple pressure sores.”  The patient developed the pressure sores and died within a month.

A nurse was charged with theft and falsifying records after stealing medication from a patient. The medication was a blend of hydrocodone and acetaminophen. She took the drugs home and self-administered them after they were discontinued for the patient.  In efforts to cover her actions, the nurse destroyed the medication administration record for the patient that would log the amount of medicine administered to the patient.

A nursing home aide was charged with a felony after police were notified of a missing piece of jewelry. A patient at the nursing home where the aide work was missing a wedding ring. Valued at over $1,000, the ring was sold at a pawn shop after the aide stole it.  The charges against the aide included felony counts of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

A nursing home has been cited and fined $25,000 for allowing multiple patients to fall multiple times. The facility was cited with a fine at level A. The only level more serious is a level AA which means a death occurred.