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RN Wrongly Halts CPR on Nursing Home Resident
A registered nurse with a history of disciplinary actions wrongly ordered a halt to CPR on a dying resident at a nursing home in an incident last December, state officials said Tuesday. “She is dead,” the nurse told a fellow…
Assisted Living Worker Convicted of Torturing Four Residents, Killing One
A former employee of an assisted-living facility was convicted of torture and multiple counts of elder abuse following the death of an 80-year-old resident in 2007 and the abuse of three other residents. Jurors deliberated less than a day before…
Resident Waits Twelve Hours Before Being Sent To Hospital With Two Broken Legs and Broken Shoulder
A nursing home where a patient had lain for almost 12 hours with broken bones is facing fines and a possible termination of its ability to collect funds from Medicare and Medicaid after a state review found conditions there harmful…
Nursing Home Provider Sued by Attorney General for Falsly Claiming Medicaid
A for-profit nursing home provider is facing charges of deceiving the state by overstating Medicaid reimbursements for more than 20 facilities across one state, according to the Attorney General’s Office. The company received more Medicaid reimbursements than it was entitled…
Nursing Home & Rehab Center Faces $10,000 Fine Due to Resident’s Unexplained Broken Leg
One nursing and rehab center was fined $10,000 over a resident’s unexplained fractured femur, according to a citation report from the State Department of Inspections and Appeals. The report was published March 16 after facility survey dates in February and…
Facility Blamed For Neglect of Two Residents, Both of Whom Died of Sepsis From Pressure Ulcers
Four months after their mother’s death, the daughters of one nursing home resident say there is no doubt in their minds that the rehab and extended care facility in which their mother was a resident is responsible for their mother’s…