A nursing home is being highlighted for an incident involving a dementia patient that was found rolling in the floor. The patient had been on the floor for four hours. An inspector visiting the facility identified the patient and noted the incident to the facility.

A nursing home overseas is now offering apologies for not responding faster to the patient abuse and neglect issues that arose numerous times. The administrator and a nurse were sentenced for participating and/or overlooking the issues. The current administrator is trying to turn the reputation around after so much negative publicity.

A family attempting to file a wrongful death lawsuit after a loved one died at a nursing home was surprised to find that certain nursing homes can claim immunity. In at least one state nursing homes that are not for profit can claim charitable immunity from lawsuits. The law was put in place for hospitals who treated patients at no charge in the past to protect them from malpractice cases.

A nurse is on probation after neglecting to follow nursing home policy when a patient in her care fell. The nurse was bathing the patient when he fell in the shower. He suffered abrasions on his back.

A nursing home is on probation for not reporting an allegation of abuse towards a patient within the required timeframe. Since they did not follow protocol, the nursing home is currently allowed to admit patients. Adult Protective Services completed an investigation about the abuse.

Union nursing home caregivers are on strike demanding better wages and benefits and lower nurse to patient ratios. The workers will not go into work until the nursing home administration will make changes to their agreements. In the meantime, the administration has hired replacements to maintain their facilities.