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Former Housekeeper At Nursing Home Says She Was Fired For Reporting Resident Abuse, Neglect
A former worker at a nursing home is suing the facility and one of its contractors for wrongful termination after she reported abuse and neglect of the nursing facility’s residents. In the lawsuit, the woman said she worked as a…
Nursing Home Fined $100,000 After Resident Died From Brain Injury After Botched Wheelchair Transfer
A nursing home has been fined $100,000 after state officials concluded that poor care led to the injury and death of an elderly resident who fell and injured his head. The penalty is the state’s most severe, officials said. The…
Body May Be Exhumed To Determine If Mouth Burns From Being Fed Scalding-Hot Cereal Caused Death
Authorities are investigating whether homicide charges are warranted in the death of an elderly man who died just two weeks after he was severely burned from being fed scalding hot cereal by an aide at a geriatric facility. The county…
Nursing Home Worker Turns Himself In For Sexual Assault of Incapacitated Resident
A 26-year-old Wyoming man is accused of criminal sexual conduct with a mentally incapacitated woman at a Grand Rapids area nursing home. The former employee is accused of inappropriately touching a female resident. He was an employee of the nursing…
Nursing Home Aides Suspended After Nude Photos of Helpless Residents Uncovered
An investigation into a nursing home has revealed disturbing allegations of employees taking dozens of nude and partially nude pictures and videos of residents. A 55-page document has been released by the state Department of Health outlining those incidents and others at the nursing…
Nursing Homes Face Huge Fines After Negligence Causes Two Resident Deaths
State officials have fined two nursing homes for providing care so inadequate that it led to the deaths of two patients. In one case, a woman died from dehydration. In the other, staff failed to provide CPR to a man…