The arrest has been made of a caregiver of an elderly man. According to police, the female caregiver became angry and threw a glass table top on the floor, injuring her 95-year-old client. The caregiver, 35-years-old, was arrested after the victim called his family  to tell them that his arm had been cut by the broken glass.

According to police, on Monday afternoon a man visiting his mother in a nursing home shot his mother and then himself. The man was 60-years-old when he shot his 86-year-old mother at the facility.  When police arrived the subjects were dead on scene. Local police explained the shooter appeared to have planned out his actions.“There’s a note that this was planned out, that this was something that he was going to do,” said the police chief.  Police cautioned citizens to be aware and aler…

Health department officials in one state substantiated complaints last week against multiple health care facilities in the state. In the report released last Tuesday, the state substantiated an allegation of neglect in a case  in which a resident suffered a second-degree burn from a hot pack. The incident occurred in March, and it was one of three hot-pack injuries at the facility this year.

One nursing home facility is taking the proper steps to eliminate a bedbug problem, according to the health department. The facility immediately reported a bedbug infestation to the Health Department when it was discovered last week. However, since bedbugs do not carry disease like other bugs or parasites, it is not an issue that the health department must monitor.

Police have found an 83-year-old man who went missing from  a nursing home earlier this week. the elderly man was last seen around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the facility.

The former administrator of a personal care home which has been shut down admitted that he stole $300,000 from disabled residents and used the money to buy personal items including personal vehicles.  The former administrator pleaded guilty this week in Circuit Court to theft, exploitation and tax-evasion charges. The personal care home was shut down by this fall because state authorities and the attorney general’s office had ongoing concerns about the non-profit’s financial health and poor…