There’s no place like home for the holidays. Most people try to get home to celebrate the holidays, but when that’s not possible because you’re in the hospital or a nursing home, it can be a sad, lonely time of…

A nursing home worker who was fired after alerting state inspectors to the circumstances of a resident’s death says that state employers must be held accountable for terminating “whistle-blowers.” “As caregivers, we’re the eyes and ears of our residents’ families,…

An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility. The 40-year-old man died in July of acute Fentanyl poisoning. The synthetic opiate…

A tenth-grade student has a heart for the elderly at a nursing home near her home. Every Sunday morning she brings a basket filled with about 20 bottles of nail polishes to the female residents at the nursing home. She discusses…

A recent feature article provides great ideas for buying gifts for loved ones in assisted-living or nursing homes, because getting the right gift can be tough. There’s not much space, they have everything they need, all of their food is…

For four years, a woman worked as a nurse at a Meiers Corners nursing home, administering medicine and injections, treating patients’ wounds and compiling progress reports. The only problem was the woman is not a nurse and never received any nursing training or…