A lawsuit against a county-run nursing home alleges shoddy care of a nursing-home resident led to months of pain and, ultimately, her death. The lawsuit alleges staffers at the county-run nursing home caused an 81-year-old resident to fall, then failed to treat and report…

One state has launched an investigation into a nursing home that may be infested with scabies. Since a television news report, several more victims have come forward. One of the residents, 89, started complaining of an itchy rash a month ago…

Not-for-profit nursing homes, on average, deliver higher quality care than for-profit nursing homes, although many factors influence this relation among individual institutions, according to a study recently published. Researchers analyzed the results of 82 observational studies and randomized controlled trials that investigated…

A former certified nurse assistant at a nursing home has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to abusing an elderly patient. The 42-year-old aide was arrested in May for physically abusing an 88-year-old resident of the nursing home on Oct….

State authorities are now reviewing the personal care home, where an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient was staying, before she wandered away and died. A representative from the state’s Department of Community Health says the state’s licensing and regulation board is reviewing…

A nursing home has agreed to pay a state fine after an investigation found several civil violations, including nearly a month’s delay in getting a resident treatment for a skin problem that turned into a serious pressure sore (bed sore,…