The Nursing Home Complaint Center is making identification of US nursing home neglect and abuse it number one priority in 2011. The group is saying, “we believe needless sepsis infections, septic shock, broken bones, wrongful death, and elder abuse in our nation’s nursing homes are at epidemic levels.” The group says, “one of the biggest problems we see in the vast majority of our nation’s nursing homes is staffing levels, are not high enough to meet Medicare, or Medicaid standards, with the res…

A nursing home has been impacted severely by the flu since last week. The facility has been forced to keep more than 100 nursing home residents in “isolation” according to the county health department. Residents were unable to spend time with their friends and family over New Years.

Following a University of Cincinnati study Nursing homes across one state are playing music over a loud speaker every two hours, prompting caregivers to stop what they’re doing and make sure residents are re-positioned. The 10 facilities participating in the program are being studied by researchers in connection with Signature HealthCARE. Directors and Administrators of facilities participating in the program have had good thing to say so far about the music.

Officials in one state are proactively responding to reports that serious allegations of abuse and neglect in nursing homes have often gone ignored due to administrative holes. The officials are taking action to make sure that type A citations will be prosecuted more often. The Cabinet’s inspector general, who’s office issues the Type A citations, has established regular meetings to keep better track of them.

A nursing home has been cited by the State Department of Inspections and Appeals for an incident where a resident wandered away from the facility. The facility received the citation along with a $3,500.00 fine earlier this month. The man, who has Alzheimer’s, was discovered missing on Nov.

A woman has been charged with verbally and physically abusing a nursing home resident last March. The 21-year-old nurses aide who was released on $1,000 bail after an initial appearance earlier this month in Circuit Court, was charged with one felony count of abuse of a patient, according to the state Justice Department, which is prosecuting the case. The complaint claims that the aide was one of two certified nursing assistants performing bed checks when a resident activated an alarm by attempt…