A certified nurse’s assistant and her friend have been charged with invasion of privacy after allegedly posting a photograph of a resident’s genitalia to Facebook, the state Attorney General’s Office said this week. The CNA, 26, allegedly used her cell phone to take the photo, which she then sent to her friend. The friend posted it to her Facebook page.

The Department of Health issued a final inspection report this week detailing findings of poor care at one nursing home. According to the report, investigators from the Health Department found that staff at the facility failed to answer nurses’ call lights for 15 minutes, left residents in urine- and feces-soaked clothing, failed to provide an on-going program that meets the interests and well being of residents, and under and over medicated residents. A representative from the Office of Health …

The nursing home where one person died earlier this month after a a fire erupted in a meth lab located at the facility, has been cited for violations by the Department of Health. According to police, the individual killed was not a resident or an employee at the facility. Six others were treated for various injuries relating to the fire.

A nurse addicted to pain killers was hired by nursing home after nursing home after she kept getting fired for suspicion of stealing drugs from previous facilities. The nurse, 42, avoided law enforcement for several years before she was finally jailed. The nurse was arrested on felony charges after stealing Vicodin (narcotic pain medication) from two of her former nursing home patients, yet she was still hired by another nursing home, as director of nursing, where she once again stole drugs from…

Police have arrested a young woman on suspicion of stealing more than $53,000 from an elderly man who hired her as his caregiver. The woman, 21, was booked into jail on charges of felony embezzlement, forgery, and financial elder abuse by a caregiver. The woman had been caring for the 71-year-old man, who suffers from a condition that renders sufferers unable to coordinate their muscle movements, but police said he is of sound mind.

One state is in a losing battle to eliminate Clostridium difficile (“C. Diff”), a gastrointestinal bacteria that most often strikes people who are both taking antibiotics and receiving medical treatment. C-Diff  is linked to 14,000 deaths each year nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.