A large award was decided by a jury trial in the case of two sons whose mother died a month after a nursing home fall. The woman died Sept. 15, 2006. The sons, in their civil suit, contended that their…

A nursing home employee, 30, was arrested on Wednesday after the facility performed a two week internal investigation. The former nurse’s aide (CNA) has been charged with three counts of injury to the elderly or disabled by exploitation. The charges…

Employees at an independent living complex equipped with emergency alarms ignored the emergency alarm set off in an apartment at the complex for four hours as the resident bled to death, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The complaint…

A former nurse aide at a nursing home has been sentenced on abuse and neglect charges according to the attorney general and the Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control. The former aide was sentenced to one year of jail…

A second nursing home employee has been fired from one facility for allegedly abusing an elderly patient, according to police.  The facility has now terminated three of their employees this month, including two for allegedly abusing disabled patients and one…

In January 2009, an 88-year-old nursing home resident was found in a pool of blood behind a closed door in a room that was used to store equipment. The resident suffered from broken bones in her face, bleeding in her…