A nursing home aide, along with her accomplice are accused of stealing property, grand larceny, tampering with business records. The aide stole a credit card from a patient for whom she cared and spent $5,000 with it. The accomplice helped her get past the pin code to spend money.  The money was spent on gambling among other things, along with bank withdrawals.

The power of attorney for a nursing home patient has filed a claim in a lawsuit against a nursing home facility. The claim states that the nursing home staff allowed the patient to fall, sustaining a fracture. The claim sites negligence of care in monitoring the patient, and failure to provide a safe environment.  The lawsuit seeks damages and attorney fees, citing reckless misconduct and statutory violations.

Three nursing home caregivers were sentenced to 60 days in jail for verbally and physically abusing a patient in their care. The nursing staff slapped and splashed water on the patient, threatening to splash urine instead. The patient died a month later.  Although the abuse was more than unfortunate, it was fortunate that the patient told his son about the poor treatment and the nursing staff was secretly recorded on video.

A nursing home patient has been abused by violating her rights to privacy. She was photographed and videoed naked. The footage was then posted to Snapchat.

Arbitrations offered in lieu of trial by nursing homes are currently under fire as nursing home patients and their loved ones realize the benefits they are signing away. According to a study conducted in 2009, arbitrations bring an average of 30% less in the way of an award for the family based on the claims made. Also, arbitrations are costly.

Legislators are working to void the occurrence of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in nursing homes. Individuals opposed to arbitration agreements in nursing homes believe it is an unfair time to offer the pre-dispute arbitration agreements to families placing loved ones in nursing home care. They are often not in a state of mind to translate the jargon of the agreements, or to think through future possibilities of the necessity of waiving an arbitration.