As reported in McKnight’s Long Term Care News & Assisted Living, nursing home administrator’s salaries rose this year at their highest rate in the past four years. The increase comes despite an economic recession and slower compensation gains for nurses…

A nursing home has been fined $50,000 by state health officials in the choking death of a nursing home resident. The unidentified man died in March after choking on his lunch, according to an inspection report from the stateDepartment of…

A former murder defendant, 42, who once resided at a nursing home at Living Waters Assisted Living in Fishersville, has been charged with sexually assaulting another resident at the home. That resident was a 94-year-old woman with severe dementia. The…

The stories are horrifying: -A resident being severely beaten with a two-by-four board to the point of vomiting blood. -Residents not receiving medication for over a week. -A resident who had not had a bath from June until November. They’re…

A 29-year-old nursing home employee was arrested for taking pornographic pictures of residents in her care. According to the Galax, Virginia, police chief,  “an adult protective service worker with the [local] Department of Social Services received an anonymous complaint that…

A nursing home will be fined after a resident fell within 24 hours of being admitted and later died from untreated injuries from the fall. The nursing home has a history of problems and fines by the state inspection authorities….