The family of a demented 81 year-old man who disappeared from an assisted living facility recently sued the facility and its owner for failing to protect the man.  The man wandered away, or eloped, five years ago from the facility and has not been seen since.  Before…

The corporate owner of an 18-facility chain of nursing homes was recently sued on behalf of all patients who received care at its nursing homes over a three-year period.  According to the lawsuit, the corporate owners devised a strategy to understaff its facilities, undertrain its staff, and…

A nursing home patient strangled to death on a safety belt after slipping down in her wheelchair.  The woman had been a patient at the facility for less than a week when she died.  An aide at the facility wheeled the patient to her room,…

An employee of an assisted living facility was charged with a sex offense committed against a female patient.  The assisted living facility specialized in providing care to patients with developmental disabilities.  The aide was found in the patient’s room by  another employee, who was “concerned about…

Seven Hills Health Care Center, a city-owned nursing home in Richmond, Virginia, is shutting its doors, and its 169 beds are being acquired by Autumn Corporation, a for-profit North Carolina nursing home chain.  Seven Hills was owned and operated by…

The nation’s 54 worst-performing nursing homes were recently identified by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but the federal agency continues to keep secret a list of at least 74 additional nursing homes with a history of performance…