A nursing home resident was booked into jail this week after being charged with the rape of another resident. The 57-year-old suspect had an extensive criminal history extending for thirty years which included a charge of attempted murder and involuntary manslaughter. Police charged the man with forcing himself onto a female resident.

The death of a nursing home patient is being investigates as involuntary manslaughter. Police, the district attorney, and state officials are all involved in the investigation of the death of the 85-year-old resident. According to court records a female resident with dementia died after she was pushed by another resident, fell and hit her head.

A search for a missing dementia patient has ended after he was found safe. The man was a resident at a Newport News assisted living facility when he went missing last Wednesday. According to police, the 54-year-old man was last seen by staff at Hilton Plaza Assisted Living Facility around 9:30 p.m.

Police recently arrested a caregiver accused of shackling a mentally ill resident to a table. According to investigators, an exterminator was at the facility and witnessed the woman on the ground, chained to the table. The exterminator called 911 and reported the situation.

A caregiver accused of stealing over $7,500 from an elderly client has been indicted by a grand jury. The woman faces multiple charges of elder abuse and fraudulent transactions. The suspect was a home health nurse for the 86-year-old victim.

According to a researchers, enhanced disinfection methods can dramatically reduce the presence of the resilient Clostridium difficile (C. diff) organisms in healthcare facilities. The study published in the journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology looked at efforts by a veterans hospital to eliminate C.