A jury awarded $1.2 million to a family for the abuse of their loved one. The patient suffered from dementia and experienced abuse caught on camera.  Caregivers at the nursing home facility were caught hitting, throwing and jerking around the patient while under their care.  Nursing staff also shoved latex gloves down the throat of the patient, shoved the patient’s head to get her to lie down. Due to the dementia the patient could not speak to the abuse or recall it, but the camera sho…

A nursing home employee has been charged with stealing narcotics from the facility.  The nurse allegedly stole from one patient and is attempted to steal from another patient. The case is being prosecuted by the attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The attorney general wants to crack down hard on the theft and abuse of taking a vulnerable patient’s prescription medication.  “My office will not tolerate a nurse taking advantage of a nursing home resident under her care,” said…

State officials have taken over a nursing home after an unannounced recertification inspection took place.  The inspection revealed that some patients were in “immediate jeopardy” causing the state health department to take action to protect the residents. The facility’s license was revoked with a 180-day period of time for the home to remain open. However, the nursing home can appeal the citations before the findings are made public.

A one year sentence in jail could be on the horizon for one nursing home employee for assault charges. The nursing home employee was caught on video placing a hot pepper in the mouth of an 82-year-old patient. Co-workers witnessed the abuse and reported the employee to supervisors.

A new study is reformatting data from the nursing home rating system to identify states in which 1 and 2 star ratings hold a high percentage. One state housing the largest amount of 1 and 2 star nursing homes has a percentage of 51 facilities below a 3-5 star rating. Another state has 41 percent of its facilities holding 1 and 2 star ratings.

A nursing home patient’s family is suing for wrongful death after a loved one experienced a “horrific, horrific” incident. The patient was given oxygen while struggling to breathe, only to be burned at a negative 297 degrees. She was given pure liquid oxygen.