A nursing home is being blamed after one of its residents died from choking on food while left to eat without proper supervision. The 90-year-old man was eating in his room with his wife, when he began turning blue. According to a department of health investigation report, he had taken a few bites, began to choke, and died.

After a police investigation into a recent nursing home fire, officials are calling the fire intentional.  According to police,  a 46-year-old male resident of the Assisted Living and Memory Care unit admitted to starting the fire on Sunday. The resident has been placed on a psychological hold and is being evaluated at the county medical center. The fire started shortly after 7 p.m.

A former nursing home nurse who added tap water to a painkiller prescribed for a 105-year-old nursing home patient  was sentenced to prison Friday. U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers on Friday sentenced the woman to three years in prison under a plea deal that will allow her early release if she successfully completes a drug treatment program.

Residents were moved from an assisted living center last week after state officials discovered a mouse and roach infestation at the facility. According to inspection reports, the facility has had problems with mice and cockroaches since 2008. The facility owner has hired an exterminator as needed to handle the problem at the facility, but officials told him Wednesday that the building required extensive fumigation.

Police are searching for a missing nursing home resident who is bipolar and in need of medication. The man, only 21-years-old, walked away from the nursing home where he was being treated. According to police, he is bipolar and suffers from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

A former nursing home employee is speaking out against the facility claiming she witnessed abuse and neglect. The employee worked as a certified nursing assistant at the facility for around a month and a half. She alleges that during her short employment with the facility she witnessed and reported several cases of resident abuse.