Scheduled budget cuts in one state may cause some of the sickest and loneliest people in that state to suffer the most. The cuts will reduce the number of trained advocates who visit nursing homes to expose and prevent abuse and neglect….

A nursing home was ordered to bring in restaurant food after state health officials discovered several serious food safety violations. The state suspended the food permit of the nursing home for the day on Tuesday, requiring residents to receive restaurant…

An assisted living home for senior citizens was shut down because of disturbing allegations of abuse. Investigators say some residents were tied to their wheelchairs and had gags placed in their mouths. Detectives and the Department of Health and Mental…

A former nursing assistant tearfully apologized Monday for allowing an 89-year-old nursing home patient to freeze to death last winter after she wandered out of the home. The aide never checked a door alarm that sounded about 2 a.m. on…

One state’s department of health has ordered immediate changes at a nursing home and rehabilitation center for continued failures to track and treat bedsores (pressure sores, pressure ulcers, decubitus ulcers) and reposition patients. Records show one patient who required the…

An aide at a Bristol, Virginia nursing home, National HealthCare on North Street, was indicted on four counts of aggravated sexual battery last week. A former nurse at the same facility said she tried twice to report inappropriate sexual behavior…