The former bookkeeper of one nursing home has been sentenced to prison for stealing funds from resident accounts. Joseph The 33-year-old bookkeeper was sentenced to serve 18 months in state prison after he was convicted of stealing $115,734 from residents at the facility. The man, who was a financial specialist at the nursing home, pleaded guilty to accessing a number of residents’ accounts that had credit balances and changing the information, according to court records.

The family of a mentally impaired nursing home resident is suing the facility, alleging it failed to prevent abuse at its facility. According to the lawsuit, in last September, another resident allegedly burned the man with a cigarette. The incident did not result in a serious injury, wasn’t severely hurt.

According to a Department of Health report, a former employee of a nursing home has been accused of having sexual contact with a resident at the facility. The report states that a resident told a state inspector that several times while he was providing care, an employee repeatedly sexually assaulted her. The employee accused of the incidents has been the subject of a previous allegation of inappropriate sexual behavior at a different facility, according to the report.

The family of a 100-year-old woman who sustained frostbite to her face after the oxygen tank she was using leaked and froze inside her nostrils, have filed a lawsuit claiming neglect by the facility, the equipment distributor, and the manufacturer of the tank. In the complaint, , filed in late February, the elderly woman’s family alleges that while she was receiving liquid oxygen from a portable tank a cloud of white vapor began to surround the woman’s face and the oxygen tubing froze to her nec…

The former director of nursing at one nursing home home was arrested last week in connection with neglect charges. A warrant has also been issued for a licensed vocational nurse at the facility, however it is believed that she has fled the state. Both have been charged with felony elder abuse likely to cause great bodily harm and death.

A man, mentally ill, pleaded guilty in last week to the murder of an elderly resident in 2009 while the men were living in an assisted living facility. The suspect had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoia, and chronic alcohol abuse, according to the Division of Health Service Regulation Adult Care Licensure Section which responded to the murder. Following the guilty plea, the man was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years and nine months in prison.