According to McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living publication, the percentage of long-stay nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. That is from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare…

Narcotic possession and theft charges have been filed against a former employee of two nursing homes. The former employee allegedly stole prescription drugs in order to satisfy her addiction. If convicted on the charges, the 33-year-old female defendant faces a…

Authorities are investigating the case of a 93-year-old nursing home patient who slipped and fell last month as she was getting out of bed, taken to a hospital and later died. The nursing home patient was treated at the hospital…

Residents of a nursing home were secretly videotaped in their rooms for nearly one year by hidden cameras installed to thwart theft, a state investigation revealed. The Agency for Health Care Administration discovered the surveillance system while inspecting the nursing…

An 85-year-old nursing home resident apparently wandered outside the home, fell, and died this week. Her body was found in front of the nursing home by staff around 6 a.m. Wednesday.  Police are investigating, but do not suspect foul play,…

A search was under way late Sunday for a woman missing from an assisted living home. The 45-year-old woman was last seen about 5 p.m. having dinner on the porch at her assisted care home. She suffers from dementia and…