A hospital has settled a class action lawsuit after a deadly outbreak of C. difficile at the facility. According to court records, in the spring of 2008, 91 patients infected with the C.

A long legal battle in one state has come to a close after nursing home residents claimed that the state had been stealing from them. The 1991 class-action suit alleged that up to 16,000 nursing home residents were cheated out of insurance co-payments and deductibles when the state began double-billing them for services. The judge on the case said the abuse by those supposed to be public servants was shocking, especially with the victims being elderly and in poor health.

Police have arrested a nursing home employee who is accused of slapping a dementia patient who recently had brain surgery in the head. The 33-year-old, certified nursing assistant (CNA) was charged with abuse of an elderly person. The elderly victim is a patient who suffers from dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

Fire and rescue workers were forced to evacuate elderly nursing home residents after the facility’s roof was blown off by hurricane Sandy.  The incident was first reported around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to police.  In addition to the roof, the nursing home also saw significant interior damage making it necessary to evacuate all residents, according to officials. The residents were transported to nearby facilities using buses and ambulances.

Police arrested a personal care home provider after a blind dementia patient wandered away from her room and was found dead in a creek about 100 yards from the building.  The caretaker was charged with felony neglect of a dependent person and involuntary manslaughter. Court documents indicate that the caretaker was operating with an expired license and that she turned off three audible alarms designed to warn staff of dementia patients exiting the building because the alarms “annoy” her. Th…

A nurse at a State Mental Hospital has been charged with a felony after she allegedly neglected a patient’s calls for help. The patient, who was pregnant at the time, had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital, where she gave birth to a baby with severe brain injuries. The child died months later.