An out-of-state nursing home is under the microscope after a routine inspection by the state’s department of health which led to citations. The state inspectors found that the nursing home gave patients wrong dosages of medication, failed to perform tests for…

Two nursing homes were hit with big fines for having an unauthorized employee. Federal prosecutors say that both nursing homes hired a nurse who had been previously banned from working in facilities that receive federal health care funds, like Medicare. Such…

Three top administrators of a county-run nursing home were fired or forced to resign minutes before a county board committee was set to convene to discuss staff response to a patient’s sexual behavior. The three administrators were told to leave…

According to news reports, Gertrude Baines, the oldest person in the world, died at her California nursing home on Friday. She was 115 years old. Baines was born April 6, 1894, in Shellman, GA. A black woman, Baines was the…

A car accident outside a nursing home that critically injured a resident was the second such incident in less than two years at the facility. A resident was hit after leaving the nursing home early one morning. The 70-year-old remained…

The state board that disciplines one state’s nursing home administrators hasn’t issued any sanctions in two years and isn’t reviewing the state’s own care facility inspection reports, according to a large state newspaper. The Board of Nursing Home Administrators, which…