A former nursing home health-care giver pleads not guilty to the abuse of a 96-year-old patient under the employee’s care. The allegations involved physical injury by “grabbing or twisting her arm, hitting and thumping her on the head”. The patient sustained a bruised arm and several knots on her head.  The charges involve a Class B felony of second-degree elder abuse.

A recent murder-suicide at a nursing home has jarred nursing home caregivers into action to reach out to seniors in light of the incident. Since murder suicides are becoming more prevalent in nursing homes, promoting opportunities that exist to aid with the emotions that accompany the difficulty of putting a loved one in a nursing home is increasingly important. Caregivers are encouraging each other to get outside of the administrative box in which they network and foster better connectivity and…

Medicare provides billions of dollars to aid injured nursing home patients every year. A government study report provides a focus and a hope that more will be done by the federal government to promote safety in nursing homes. “With these studies we’re hoping the federal government will do more to improve care and safety in the health care environment“, said a U.S.

A former nursing home employee will be sentenced after pleading guilty to the embezzling money from nursing home patients. The worker stole nearly half a million dollars. Her sentence will involve paying restitution of $460, 266 to the 136 patients from whom she stole while she was office manager at the facility.  The stolen funds came primarily from overpayments to the nursing home for room and board.

A governor is working to accumulate state funding in the amount of $7.4 million to build an eighth and ninth veteran’s nursing home in his state. The project is personal as his father is a veteran. Funding would be part of the state budget proposal and the facility would aid in accommodating the more than 700,000 veterans in the state.

A certified nursing assistant who allegedly abused a nursing home patient suffering from dementia is now facing court.  The CNA was observed by a co-worker holding the door shut and the victim had bruises on her arms and wrists.  Another co-worker also participated holding the door shut so the patient could not leave the room while the abuse took place. The abuse incident was caught on video surveillance, confirming what took place.