Nursing homes in one state are experiencing a 97% annual turnover rate of staff. Nurses say they are overworked and have a patient ratio they cannot handle. Family members of loved ones a nursing home say that they have difficulties getting nurses to respond to call bells in their love ones rooms.You're talking about, on average, the entire staff, direct care staff, turning over at least once a year,” said the president of the state healthcare association.

A nursing home has been accused of abuse after a patient's death. The patient died after suffering a hip fracture during a transfer and died a month later. The patient required 2 people to transfer her from her wheelchair to the bath tub.

A nursing home employee has been charged with elder abuse after footage caught on a hidden camera was reviewed. The footage showed the caregiver slapping, hitting, and abusing the patient suffering from dementia. The caregiver made the dementia patient stand for hours unable to sit on the raised bed. “The degree of violence used in this instance is extreme,” the judge on the cass said.

A nursing home has been fined for neglect of a patient that led to his death. The patient was allowed to choke and die after necessary procedures were not followed. The patient's food was not cut in pieces for him since he was known for choking.

A former nursing home employee was convicted by a grand jury following an investigation into her care of the elderly. A complaint was made regarding her level of care and the facility investigated. Pursuant to the investigation, care violations and abuse were identified for 5 different patients under her care.The nurse was arrested and then convicted of abuse of the nursing home patients.

Only one year after a for-profit nursing home facility fell under new leadership, a class action lawsuit is rising. With staffing plummeted and patients neglected, the DOH filed many citations following up on numerous complaints. One family that is part of the current lawsuit against the facility lost their loved one due to the facility's lack of care. My family and I believe the administrators at [the nursing home] have my mother’s blood on their hands because she laid there for …