The Department of Health has ordered one nursing home not to admit any more patients, until several problems have been corrected. Officials conducted a surprise inspection of the facility last week. Inspectors said they found several quality-of-care issues at the facility, including problems with pain management, fall prevention, and pressure ulcer prevention.

The son of an elderly woman is suing her nursing home after his mother was left with a severe brain injury. the son claims that while his mother was a resident of the the nursing home from May 2008 through April 2010, she sustained multiple falls. The falls occurred at times when his mother was, or should have been, under direct supervision nursing home staff.

The State Board of Nursing Home Administrators has charged the former administrator of a nursing home with professional incompetence, negligence and regulation violations.  The man who was administrator from December 2008 to March 2010, is scheduled for a disciplinary hearing on April 12 before the state’s nursing home administrators’ board. The allegations against him include the sexual conduct involving two dementia residents under his care, according to the complaint. Inappropriate condu…

The former director of a personal care home was sentenced in court this week following allegations of theft and exploitation.  The man, who was sentenced in circuit court circuit court, was ordered to serve 2 years in federal prison, 10 years probation, and he must pay $340,000 in restitution. The charges stem from the theft of Social Security funds while the man operated a rest home. The conviction marks the end of a nearly three-year investigation and prosecution by the Attorney General’s…

A nursing home resident was stunned with a taser this week after he reportedly used a ballpoint pen to stab a female employee in the chest.  Police were called to the facility early Wednesday morning to subdue a 79-year-old man who staff could not control. According to police, the resident was shouting that he wanted to kill everybody. The elder man, who suffers from dementia, refused to put down the pen or talk to officers.

The Department of Public Health in one state has issued penalties against three nursing homes in the same county after concluding that poor care led to deaths at each of the facilities. The three facilities got the most serious citations possible under state law, according to the Health Department. The first facility must pay $75,000 following the 2010 death of a patient, who suffered a fatal brain injury after falling out of bed.