An assisted-living facility and one of its maintenance workers are being blamed for poor supervision of a resident with Alzheimer’s disease who wandered outside and died of hypothermia last November. The Department of Health determined the woman left through an…

State health investigators have concluded that a nursing home is to blame for the death of a resident who rolled down a stairwell in her wheelchair last May and died. The report by the State Health Department said the woman…

Surprise inspections by state investigators uncovered deplorable living conditions at a one nursing home.  These inspections found 37 pages worth of violations. The home is now closing it’s doors this week. Among the violations, patients were found in beds that…

A couple accused of bilking a dying Virginia woman out of thousands of dollars pleaded guilty yesterday to single charges of grand larceny and misdemeanor abuse.  The pleas by Timothy Propst, 33, of Weyers Cave, and Gracia Jean Propst, 32,…

A certified nursing assistant (CNA) was sentenced Monday to a possible 23 month prison sentence and banned for life from the healthcare industry. The former CNA admitted in court to stealing pain medication patches off two elderly residents at the…

A nursing home was issued an $80,000 fine and the most severe penalty under state law after an investigation determined that a nurse’s failure to perform the Heimlich maneuver on a patient resulted in his death.  According to the report…