An independent consultant for Medicaid and Medicare Aid is facing charges for fraud and theft. The consultant worked with family applying for Medicare and Medicaid attempting to reduce assets and qualify for greater aid. The individuals that came to her would transfer their savings accounts into her care to give the appearance of less assets to cover nursing home care.

A nursing home has announced its seventh resident with Legionnaires. The disease is most often found in hot water or aerosol or mist systems. The disease can be fatal.

Reform is underway for the state ranking third worse in nursing home ratings in the nation. Reports show that 1 in 4 nursing homes were cited for abusing patients. As one example of abuse, one citation revealed that a nurse stuffed dirty gloves in a patient’s mouth.

A nursing home caregiver is facing felony charges after stealing narcotics from a patient’s prescription medication. The patient is paralyzed and was prescribed oxycodone. The nurse took three of them and was arrested.

A nursing home’s food safety rating continues to drop after repeat inspections. Issues found with the food service areas included mass quantities of gnats, molded food in the refrigerator and food stored on the floor, which was also unclean. There were also issues with the water temperatures for cleaning and rinsing.

Nursing home care responsibility has come into question as individuals in one state have written editorials to a paper. The question of who holds nursing home facilities and caregivers responsible for quality care has numerous answers. The responsibilities for various aspects of care are divided among different departments and government agencies.