The New York Times is taking a closer look at the new health care bill in relation to elder abuse. Part of the newly signed health care law includes $777 million for programs to prevent and prosecute elder abuse over…

One state’s nursing homes have received $880 million in additional funding from a 2004 state law designed to help hire more caregivers and boost wages. But 232 homes did just the opposite. They either cut staff, paid lower wages or…

A lawsuit accusing a hospital of negligent care including failure to change medical tubing and letting bedsores become infected, has been transferred to the U.S. District Court. The suit claims that hospital’s long-term acute care center failed to properly care…

A woman has been sentenced for stealing nearly $10,600 from the nursing home where she worked. The state attorney general’s office says the 38-year-old woman was given a suspended sentence of 5 years in state prison. Under the judge’s ruling,…

A former employee of an upscale retirement home accused of physically assaulting four vulnerable residents was convicted Thursday of torture and elder abuse. Jurors deliberated about five hours before finding the man guilty of all eight counts against him. As…

A former nurse at a nursing home has been sentenced to five years in prison in the burning death of a patient. The Messenger reported that the 52-year-old registered nurse received the sentence on a reckless homicide charge in the…