According to a recently published study, the number of persons diagnosed with and dying from dementia continues to climb. The study found that persons dying from dementia receive poor end of life care including the use of procedures or tests…

A 40-year-old nurse’s assistant admitted Friday she abused a patient at the nursing home where she worked. She admitted that she struck a patient’s buttocks. The patient was bruised and “visibly shaken by the event,” but “wasn’t seriously injured physically,”…

The International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel released a 23-page white paper titled “Legal Issues in the Care of Pressure Ulcer Patients: Key Concepts for Healthcare Providers,” detailing and identifying key concepts to help healthcare professionals with preventative legal care practices…

The former director of resident services at an assisted living center has been charged with stealing narcotics from an Alzheimer’s patient at the facility. The 23-year-old employee was charged with felony counts of possession of narcotic drugs and possessing an…

They are supposed to be cared for. Instead, state health inspectors say patients at a local Alzheimer’s assisted living facility were left unattended. Now, the facility has to pay for that lapse. State health inspectors have come down hard on…

A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 72-year-old woman who lived in the nursing home where he worked, police said yesterday. A 35-year-old nurse’s aide was arrested this week after authorities received a report May 27 that the…