Police are investigating a nursing home employee accused of taking an inappropriate picture of a resident and posting it on the social media site, Snapchat. Snapchat is a smartphone application that takes a picture that can be sent to a recipient or multiple recipients who can view it for 10 seconds and then it “disappears.” It is a highly popular fad with teenagers. Some warn that privacy is not guaranteed.

A nationwide third-party provider of laboratory and X-ray needs to nursing homes settled a whistleblower lawsuit for $17.5 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The company is Kan-Di-Ki LLC, which does business as Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology.

A 62-year-old resident of an assisted living facility died after he wandered away from the facility and was struck by a police cruiser at 5 a.m. The man who had schizophrenia, dementia and near-blindness had previously wandered from the facility twice and was found about a mile away each time. The man’s family is disappointed in how the facility did not better look out for his brother.

A man who was almost ready to be released from a nursing and rehabilitation home burned to death recently when his clothing caught fire. His sister explained that he was smoking a cigarette on the patio when the lighter in his pocket suddenly caught his shirt on fire. Security cameras show him on the patio when it happened.

A recent study found that poor and aging black Americans may have lower quality nursing home care. Researchers at the University of Central Florida explained that statistics show that nursing homes that serve predominantly black residents tend to struggle financially and provide lower quality care than those with no black residents. “There is no simple fix,” assistant professor Latarsha Chisholm of the University of Central Florida said.

An aide at an assisted living center was sentenced to two years (deferred) for her role in a resident’s extensive injuries to her feet from too-hot water.   The 24-year-old former aide pled guilty to negligence causing serious bodily injury to an at-risk adult, a felony. She also must perform 240 hours of community service and won’t be allowed to be a caretaker during her sentence. Prosecutors explained that the resident had no feeling in her feet and was given a tub of hot water to so…