A Virginia medical licensing board has charged the National Health Care-Bristol of ignoring reports of nursing home sexual abuse and discouraging reporting the problem in the first place. The accusations against two current NHC-Bristol staff members and a former nursing…

One state has revoked a nursing home’s license after citing the facility for neglect, abuse and lack of supervision -including a woman who tried to get out 40 times in 12 days and succeeded twice. Witnesses also told investigators a…

At least 20 patients staying at one assisted living center were taken to area hospitals after becoming ill Friday morning. This was the latest of several viral outbreaks the facility has been dealing last week. The company who owns the…

Investigators with the State Department of Health and the attorney general’s office spent several hours at  an unlicensed personal care home where 16 people allegedly were locked in and not allowed to have visitors. The Health Department received a recent…

One state has proposed legal reforms to discourage power-of-attorney abuses that have cheated the elderly, the disabled and their heirs. The report, which is the result of an 18-month study ordered by the state House, includes draft legislation.. The study…

A San Francisco convalescent home employee suspected of smothering to death an 87-year-old woman in his care Monday, has been arraigned. The suspect appeared in Superior Court where he pleaded not guilty to murder with the use of a deadly…