The children of a woman who died when her head was lodged between the side rails and air mattress on her bed at a nursing home have now filed suit. In the complaint, the family blames the manufacturer of the mattress and side rails for their mother’s death on August 24, 2009. The woman, who had been a resident at the facility since April 6, 2007, developed pressure ulcers and required an air mattress during her residency at the long-term care facility.  On the morning of her death, she was …

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has fined one nursing home over $700,000 after a state inspection. The inspection report by the State Department of Health lists a number of minor infractions and five serious violations.

Police have confirmed that the human remains found on Saturday are that of a brain-injured who went man missing August 4th from his personal care home. The 32-year-old man who was part of a severe brain-injury program was noted as missing during a medication round at the facility. The man’s body was discovered by hunters in the area.

Jurors have found a North Carolina man guilty of eight counts of second-degree murder after deliberating for eight hours over two days. The 47-year-old man was then sentenced to eight consecutive sentences which will amount to life in prison. One woman, whose mother one of the victims, shook as she testified at a sentencing hearing after the verdict that his actions had a lasting effect on her five children, grandchildren and a great-grandchild she will never meet.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly forging over $18,000.00 in checks while working at a nursing and rehabilitation facility.  The woman allegedly forged the checks while working as a business office manager for the facility. Last week the District Attorney’s office filed a criminal complaint charging the woman with 29 counts of forgery, one count of theft by unlawful taking and one count of receiving stolen property. In July, the facility administrator to terminate the employee.

Residents at nursing home’s in Virginia ate their meals on paper plates and played bingo to help pass the time before full power was restored last week. Three days after Hurricane Irene blew through Virginia, at least 59 long-term-care facilities across the state still were operating on generators as of midafternoon Tuesday. After Hurricane Isabel in 2003, there was an effort to identify and maintain a list of long-term-care facilities so they would be given priority for power restoration after …