Officials have discovered that a Florida woman currently on house arrest for allegations of fraud is still running an assisted-living facility. The woman was charged with fraud after allegedly billing a hospital for $83,000 for temporary employees that her company did not actually supply. According to detectives, the “employees” who were paid the money were actually friends of the woman who returned much of the money to her.

Laws in one state were modified this month to allow convicted criminals of offenses such as assault, battery and first degree robbery to work in nursing homes. The Executive Director of the State Association of Health Care Providers explained that the law changes what crimes would be considered barriers for employment in the nursing home industry. The law permits individuals to work in a nursing home if seven years have passed since the completion of any sentence for assault, battery, indecent e…

Officials with the Department of Health and Environment Control have determined the care at a nursing home where a woman died in intense heat last summer was “substandard.”  The 84-year-old resident was found unresponsive last June after the air conditioning in her wing of the facility stopped working. Police went to the nursing home to check on the residents after concerned family members complained about the heat. Officers discovered that a wing of the facility had reached 91 degrees beca…

A woman has filed a formal complaint with the state after her husband nearly died due to nursing home neglect. Her husband was admitted to the nursing home with a small pressure ulcer (also known as bedsore, decuibtus ulcer, decubitus sore, and pressure sore). Within a month, the sore had grown to the length of a football.

A local church celebrated Veterans Day by honoring five purple heart recipients with ties to central Virginia. Court Street United Methodist Church dedicated its Sunday service to remind the community that freedom is not free. The congregation honored four men wounded in the line of duty as well as Staff Sergeant Greg Copes who lost his life serving our country.

Officials are investigating the death of 94-year-old assisted living facility resident who died in a wheelchair accident during a facility fire drill.  The woman was injured after her wheelchair rolled down a hill outside the facility and into a ditch filled with water. Fire and Rescue officials were called to the scene after the resident was found in the ditch by a caregiver. The emergency responders noted in their report that the woman had abrasions and cuts to her arms and legs and had w…