After state health inspectors visited the one 514-bed nursing home in February, they were clearly alarmed. Inspectors found resident screaming, biting and kicking as four attendants held them down for bathing or treatment. Often, the inspectors found, patients received improper…

One nursing home is being sued by the family of a resident who was burned while smoking. A state investigation found that staff at the home did not remove the resident’s oxygen tube and tank before allowing him to smoke…

An elderly woman who shared her house with her 26-year-old great niece who was being paid nine-hundred dollars a month by the state’s In Home Supportive Services Program to take care of her was the victim of terrible neglect.When police…

A caretaker accused of stealing from people in a nursing home made her first appearance in court Tuesday morning. The 44 year-old woman, was arrested on suspicion of fraudulent use of credit cards, petit theft, exploitation of the elderly, bank…

State officials have fined a senior care center $50,000 for poor care connected with the Oct. 3 death of a 74-year-old resident who choked on food. The resident was developmentally disabled and known to be at risk of choking on…

Dr David Dosa, a geriatrician and assistant professor at Brown University, said that five years of records showed that one nursing home’s feline friend (Oscar) can predict when death is nearing for the residents, sometimes better than the nurses can….