A man who suspected his wife was being abused by nursing home staff hid a video camera in her room, capturing two unprovoked attacks by a worker, according to a police report. Detectives used that evidence Wednesday to file first-degree…

A nursing home worker was arrested Thursday morning after she struck a 65-year-old nursing home resident across the left side of her face with a closed fist, according to the arrest affidavit. The nursing assistant allegedly went in the woman’s…

I recently donated Nintendo Wii gaming systems to resident councils at 18 different nursing homes in the Lynchburg and Roanoke area. As reported in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly blog, “Appomattox nursing home liability lawyer Bob Carter is no doubt making friends…

In a shocking case, a 25-year veteran of one of the largest fire departments in the country was charged with soliciting and accepting bribes from owners of nursing home facilities. Prosecutors allege that the fire inspector accepted or solicited bribes…

A nursing home worker has been charged with elderly abuse and six felony counts of possession of dangerous drugs. The thirty-three-year-old laundry worker allegedly removed a prescription medication patch from a resident’s arm. The patch delivered the medication fentanyl, a…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people older than 65 will double to 14 percent from 7 percent of the world’s population in the next 30 years, rising to 1.4 billion by 2040 from about 506 million…