The family of a former nursing home resident is suing the facility after they say the facility neglected to take care of their loved one. The woman who died four years ago, was admitted to the facility because her family could no longer care for her at home. One day at nursing home staff found her unresponsive, and she was admitted to the hospital.

Officials at one long-term care nursing home are consulting with experts and have installed equipment to disinfect its water after 8 people at the facility were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. According to the Department of Health, no one has died in the outbreak so far. The facility administrator says a device has been installed which will disinfect the facility’s water.  Legionnella bacteria, found in the homes water, causes pneumonia-like symptoms.

Health officials in one state have fined a nursing home after it failed to provide patients with prescribed doses of medication for heart disease, dementia and other conditions.According to the report, the 190-bed facility, listed 18 patients who received wrong doses of the drugs prescribed to them over the previous three to four months. In total, several hundred doses had not been administered as prescribed. The Public Health Department fined the facility $3,00 for the violation.

A former nursing home employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a resident at the facility earlier this summer. Today the man accepted a plea deal in court and which carried a nine years prison sentence. The plea deal also requires that he serve five years probation after his release.

A former nursing home administrator agreed to serve prison time last week for defrauding Medicaid out of $2.2 million and failing to pay taxes. The former administrator pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal tax fraud. The sentencing is scheduled for December 6th.

A nursing home has been issued a heavy fine from the state Department of Public Health after investigators found that multiple nurses at the facility had been failing to provide prescribed medications to patients. A citation issued August 18 states that, the director of nursing at the facility became aware of the concerns regarding some nurses’ failure to administer prescribed medications in July. An internal investigation found at least 18 cases in which residents were not given medications as …