e crimeA male certified nurse assistant at a nursing home was arrested and charged with the repeated rape of two elderly women in his care. Police said Friday that the 32-year-old man was taken into police custody Friday on five counts of sexual assault after allegedly raping a 93-year-old and 80-year-old woman multiple times. According to the police department, the aide admitted to assaulting the women several times over the past six to seven months, telling authorities they…

A three-day expose by U-T San Diego recently showed serious problems with the state’s assisted living facilities. In response, California lawmakers are pledging to make changes, by increasing penalties and inspections. The expose found that facility workers who abuse or neglect residents are rarely prosecuted and the maximum fine for injury or death at a facility is $150.

A new study has found that nursing home care improves in critical areas — including falls, quality of life and rehospitalizations — when state government and nursing homes collaborate in a performance-based incentive program. The researchers analyzed Minnesota’s Performance-based Incentive Payment Program and its impact on care quality in participating nursing homes. With state funding, PIPP rewards nursing homes which take initiative to identify their specific problems, employ evidence-based …

The mystery of why an 83-year-old “glamorous” resident of a nursing home was found slumped over and uncouscious on March 23, 2009, is hoped to be resolved during the murder trial of the nursing assistant who is accused of her murder. Prosecutors say that the accused was the only nursing assistant working on the floor the night before the woman was found. They claim that she gave the resident a fatal dose of insulin and almost immediately began using the woman’s debit card to withdraw cash.

A state audit revealed that a nursing home facility billed Medicaid nearly $500,000 for the use of luxury automobiles “not related to patient care” and “mortgage expenses that could not be verified.” The audit by a state agency found that the luxury cars were for the personal use of members of the facility’s management.” The nursing home also charged Medicaid for “mortgage expenses . . .

A dementia patient at a long-term care home is recovering after a staff member found mice nibbling at her face. “We found out that last Sunday … one of the staff of that facility walked into this resident’s room and found mice nibbling on her face,” said the executive director of a watchdog agency.