A former caregiver at an adult family home was sentenced to 31 months in prison on Friday for the the death of an 87-year-old resident in her care. The resident suffered for 22 days without proper care in 2008 before…

One state has plans to introduce legislation that is geared towards identify more nursing home abuse and neglect. Under the legislation, nursing homes would be required to notify coroners of every resident’s death. Current law does not require nursing homes…

83-year-old Mae Breaux is at the age where many of her peers are living in nursing homes, but she comes just to visit and volunteer. Several times a week, she volunteers in a nursing home, visiting with residents and bringing…

The Attorney General’s office in one state has identified over 100 nursing home residents with active arrest warrants after several unannounced facility sweeps conducted in 2010. The state  began the sweeps of nursing homes after a Chicago Tribune investigation revealed…

A nursing home is being fined after maggots were found on a patient’s body. The patient died of an unrelated medical issue. Among issues noted by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of License and Regulatory…

The son of a 71-year-old nursing home resident who was struck and killed by a train earlier this year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home On the morning of March 18, 2010 the woman left the…