As of January 17, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have identified Avante at Harrisonburg, of Harrisonburg, Virginia as a special focus facility which has recently graduated from the program. According to CMS, special focus facilities are facilities that have been identified as having care issues that put the facility at risk of losing its federal funding. The special focus facilities generally have twice as many care deficiencies as the average nursing home.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have identified Carriage Hill Health & Rehab Center of Fredericksburg, Virginia as a special focus facility which has shown improvement in recent months but remains on the list.  According to CMS, special focus facilities are facilities that have been identified as having care issues that make the facility at risk of losing its federal funding. The special focus facilities generally have twice as many care deficiencies as the averag…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have identified two Virginia nursing homes that have been added to the list of special focus facilities. As of January 17, 2013, Coliseum Park Nursing Home,  Hampton, Virginia and Envoy of Stratford Hills, Richmond, Virginia have been designated special focus facilities recently added to the list. Special Focus facilities are facilities that have been identified as having care issues that make the facility at risk of losing its federal …

A woman who suspected that her grandmother was being abused in a nursing home made a startling discovery after she installed a hidden camera in her grandmother’s bedroom. After noticing unusual bruises on her grandmother, the woman was prompted to install the camera. When she watched the footage, she saw a nurse’s aide abusing her 89-year-old grandmother.

The manager of a small assisted living facility was arrested after she was found with prescription drugs that belonged to former residents, police said Friday. The woman was arrested earlier this month on multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance after police found a box containing pill bottles and plastic bags full of pills in the woman’s room, according to the report. The woman told police she was planning to dispose of the pills but did not know until that day that she could tak…

The State Attorney General in one state has charged a care giver with elder abuse after the death of an elderly woman in her care. The 88-year-old patient died last June from large bedsores (also known as pressure sores, pressure ulcers, decubitus sores, and decubitus ulcers) at the in home elder care facility. The victim had dementia and her family paid the facility almost $3,000 a month to care for her.