A study conducted with more than 60,000 nursing home residents from 2005 to 2009 shows that half of nursing home patients who fall and suffer from hip die or lose the ability to walk shortly after. Patients with hip fractures over the age of 90 are the most likely to die or become completely disabled. Individuals that live outside a nursing home are only in danger of a 20 percent chance of dying.

A nursing home is under investigation for not reporting a lewd act performed by an employee. A certified nursing assistant made sexually suggestive commments to a patient in the presence of others. The family was not notified, nor was the incident documented.

Neglecting to maintain mechanical lifts to ensure their proper operation is the cause of a nursing home patient’s death. The nursing home had ignored issues that continued over time and failed to implement safety precautions. The Department of Health revealed no history of inspections on the lifts.

A jury awarded $3.3 million in damages to a man and his family for the pain and suffering he experienced due to negligent care. The injuries included bedsores, skin tears and abrasions, dehydration, malnutrition, and E. coli and urinary tract infections.

A nursing home is under investigation for delaying the distribution of information to indviduals whose family members were sexually abused in their rooms at the facility. Families do not understand the reason for the delay of an entire week. The abuse happened on several occasions when a male resident groped three different women.  “We trusted them with the precious thing we have, our mother, and we trusted them to take care of her and they did not,” said a man who did not want to be identi…

A nursing home is under state investigation after alleged reports that nursing home abuse went unreported. Multiple complaints of abuse and neglect included broken bones, skin tears, verbal abuse and physical abuse. Current employees who are not involved in the accusations have doubts about the facility and were willing to comment.