Two nursing home employees have been charged with manslaughter in the death of a patient. The patient was sent to the hospital and died shortly after. Autopsy results revealed death due to blunt force.
A nursing home has been cited and fined for failure to maintain the standard of care for patients in its facility due to a shortage of staffing. Patients in the facility were not fed, toileted, or bathed. There were also patients who did not receive insulin shots as ordered and required for treatment. The nursing home went through changes in administration that led to poor oversight of staffing.
A nursing home fire broke out when a resident’s bed caught on fire. The bed was close to an air conditioning unit and the coils sparked a fire. The resident was taken from the bed along with other residents who were evacuated. Some patients were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
Three nursing home employees were charged with exploitation of an elderly person after posting a Snap chat video while a patient lay dying in her bed after having a stroke. The nurses were to monitor the patient while waiting for a hospice nurse. Instead they posted a video of the patient while smoking a vape pen and cursing at the camera.
A nurse is being investigated for abuse of an elderly patient at a nursing home. witnesses claim they saw the patient being abused. One of the incidents witnessed involved the patient being locked in a room or 20 to 30 minutes.Another incident involved the patient being cursed that and held pin to the bed with her arms crossed.
A nursing home has been cited to failure to report incidents involving sexual assault. A resident admitted to the home was a registered sex offender. Another resident at the home accused the man of sexual assault.After it was reported, 9 other incidents were uncovered.
