An 81-year-old man apparently managed to escape from a nursing home hours before being found dead along a road. The coroner’s office says the man was found unresponsive early Tuesday along a road after he shimmied through a window at…

In the early morning hours last Sunday, an 86-year old man, reportedly suffering from dementia, rolled down a short flight of stairs in his wheelchair at a nursing home and died. The man went through at least one security door,…

A jury awarded a landmark verdict of $11 million to the widow of a 36-year-old man with traumatic brain injury who died after ingesting foreign objects while in the care of an assisted living facility. The verdict included $2 million…

An 84-year-old assisted living facility resident wandered away from her home and was found drowned in a lake. She had living at the facility for almost three years, according to a sheriff’s report. She had been living in the rehabilitation…

Congress is considering legislation that would eliminate taxpayer-funded bonuses to nursing homes. The legislation is an amendment to the budget bill that has been debated by Congress. The amendment was accepted by unanimous consent of the Senate on Thursday, but…

A man has been charged with felony caretaker abuse in connection with the alleged mistreatment of nursing home residents. Bail was set at $100,000 for the 31-year-old nursing aide. He was charged Thursday with two felony counts of caretaker abuse…