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Man Goes Missing During Transport from Nursing Home To Hospital
Police announced this weekend that a 50-year-old man who reportedly suffers from mental illness is missing. Police asked the public in the area to keep their eyes open. He was last seen while being taken to the hospital from a…
UPDATE: Health Department Found No Deficiencies In Relation to July's Resident Assault
A state Health Department investigation of the nursing home where an 88-year-old resident attacked his 91-year-old roommate has found that the facility had no way of predicting the event. The alleged attacker has been transferred to a psychiatric facility, the…
Nursing Assistants Charged With Abuse After Using Elderly Resident to Pull a Prank
Six Skilled Nursing Center former employees were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of elder abuse. Each of the former employees could be sentenced to up to a year in jail if found guilty of the elder abuse charges. All of the…
Nursing Home Administrator Charged with Failing to Report Sespected Abuse
The State Attorney General announced Thursday that a nursing home administrator has been charged with failure to report suspected abuse. It is alleged that the administrator was made aware of the suspected sexual abuse of a patient by another patient…
Nursing Home Under Investigation After Resident Dies Days After Being Beaten by Roommate
Investigations are under way at one nursing home after a resident’s death. The 91-year-old resident died on July 23 after he allegedly was severely beaten by his 88-year-old roommate. The resident passed away a few days after the assault. The…
Nursing Home Fined $100,000 by State After Resident's Deadly Fall
A nursing home has been fined $100,000 for alleged negligence that resulted in the death of an 85-year-old resident. An investigation by the State Department of Public Health says staff at the facility failed to provide adequate supervision and assistance…