Based on a recent study in one state, residents in a minority race are experiencing a lower quality of life in nursing homes compared Caucasian residents of the same facilities. The minority group residents claim they would put themselves in the category of receiving a lower quality of life in almost every aspect except for the room size/environment, which is the one thing all residents are required to have in common. Nursing homes are found to have better or worse quality of life expectations…

A huge Medicare sting has made 46 arrests of doctors and nurses for fraudulent billing in the amount of $712 million. The fraudulent billing came from nursing homes, clinics, and doctor’s offices and preyed upon the elderly, homeless and unknown patients who were shipped medical assistive devices and then billed for them, even though they did not need them. The FBI was involved in the investigation and ran the sting, considered to be the largest Medicare fraud bust in history.

A nursing home chain that operates 300 facilities nationwide in 22 states has a lawsuit pending due to violations in the quality of care its patients receive. The lawsuit is limited the facilities in only one state at this time. The attorney general is citing 36 facilities in the same state for failing to provide care to its vulnerable and elderly patients.

The outcome of a lawsuit filed for wrongful death and neglect has ended with an award of $18 million to the family of a woman who died suffering abuse from a nursing home. The woman was 94 at the time that she died and was left in a state of extreme neglect. The patient developed pressure ulcers that exposed nerve endings and allowed for infections like E.

Two nursing home workers have been allegedly charged with abuse of an elderly patient. The patient was dragged through the nursing home hallway by his hospital gown that was raised all the way to his neck and left untreated from a head wound for 20 minutes. The abuse was caught on tape and the attorney general’s office was contacted to report the abuse and neglect.

A nursing home owner has pleaded guilty to stealing $149,000 from a patient. The money made up the patient’s life savings. Through a plea deal, the former nursing home owner will not serve jail time, but will be responsible to pay back $139,420.56 of the total funds that were stolen as are restitution.