The state has come up with a new plan to allow elderly and weak prison inmate to be released from prisons into nursing homes. There is precedence, however, the update to the plan is that the opportunity to live in a nursing home is now open to a wider variety of inmates. Those arguing in favor of this plan say that elderly inmates are no longer a threat to society.

A nursing home facility fired one of their nursing home employees, because the woman was caught on video tape pushing one of the home’s residents to the ground. The video tape shows that the resident had opened a drawer and when the woman walked in she closed the drawer and then pushed the resident to the floor. When first confronted about the incident the woman claimed that it was an accidental fall.  However, upon reviewing the video surveillance it was confirmed she purposefully shoved t…

A former nursing home employee was arrested recently for stealing drugs and money from the nursing home in which she was employed. She pleaded guilty for all charges she received. The woman mostly stole pain medication from her residents and also many times would persuade them to lend her money.

There is a growing concern for residents of nursing homes who are given the blood thinning medication Coumadin. The concerns stems from the difficulty for nursing homes to control the use of the drug in a way that all residents remain safe using it. It either results in the facilities accidentally administering too much blood thinner, causing them to bleed out, or not enough, causing them to obtain blood clots.

One nursing home now has the record for receiving the largest nursing home fine in the United States. About one-third of the patients in this facility were found to be infested with scabies. For awhile there were reports of rashes among the residents, but the nursing home operators failed to act on these claims.

Recently one state has decided to lower the standard of care for nursing home facilities. This state has also sent letters to all the nursing homes saying that there were no reports needed if residents fell or had been harmed from medical errors. Statistics show the difference.