According to police, an elderly couple was found dead of an apparent murder-suicide in their assisted living facility apartment. Police believe the 81-year-old man shot his 80-year-old wife before turning the gun on himself. The man’s wife had been living at the facility because she suffers from Parkinson’s Disease.

A former nurse was sentenced on Wednesday in connection with the deaths of six residents at a nursing home in 2006. The nurse received probation after six patients died from overdoses of morphine. The former nurse pleaded guilty to criminal neglect.

The Attorney General’s office in one state is reviewing a citation stemming from the way nursing home officials responded to allegations that a male nurse’s aide tried to suffocate one resident and lay in bed with another. According to the citation staff at the facility failed to immediately report the allegations to the administrative staff after the alleged incidents. When the allegations were reported to the administrative staff, they failed to conduct a thorough investigation and report the …

A nursing home resident suffered minor injuries after a car crashed through the brick wall of the facility over the weekend. According to police, the car hit two parked vehicles before crashing into the nursing home around 1 a.m. Two residents were in the room that the vehicle entered.

A dementia patient of an assisted living facility has died after wandering away unnoticed from the facility. According to police, the 79-year-old resident was struck by a vehicle traveling 25 mile per hour through an intersection. The accident occurred about 6 p.m.

Police are working with the prosecutor’s office concerning charges against a former nursing home worker who was indicted in October for taking credit cards from at least five elderly residents and using them to play bingo. The 37-year-old nursing home employee was arrested October 13 after a detective followed her to a bingo night, where she was seen using one of the stolen credit cards to purchase $140 worth of bingo cards and supplies. The police investigation had been ongoing since the summer…