State officials are offering cameras to families of nursing patients in order to record care they receive.  Family members are allowed to have the video cameras for 30 days to secretly record caregivers caring for their loved ones.  The recordings can then be handed to the attorney eneral's office to prosecute against any neglect or abuse. The cameras must not have audio in order to avoid violating wiretap laws.

Hundreds of nursing home facilities and assisted living facilities have failed to meet standards to have backup generator power sources installed. The new standard was put into place after 12 residents died during hurricane season last year from one facility whose air conditioning stopped working when the power went out. There was no backup generator to supply power and maintain cooler temperatures in the facility. As a result, all facilities in the state were given a deadline to be in comp…

One state has passed a bill allowing “granny cams” to be used in nursing homes under certain conditions. One condition requires the family to notify the nursing home that they are installing a video camera in the residence room. The other condition requires that the family of the love one in the nursing home get consent from any roommates that would also be recorded by the “granny cam”.

A nursing home nurse has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The charges came from an incident where the nurse allowed a nursing home patient to fall from a lift chair. The chair was 5 feet above the ground when it should have only been 1 – 2 feet.

A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home alleging wrongful death. The nursing home staff was accused of negligent treatment of a mentally ill patient. The staff would keep the patient in the basement and force him to fight another patient for the staff's entertainment.After having seizures, the patient was placed in a bathtub with running water where he died.

Three individuals have been charged with nursing home theft. One of the individuals was a nursing home employee who stole a credit card from a nursing home patient. The nursing home employee shared the credit card with others who then purchased items on the card.Items charged to the credit card amounted to more than $160, with an additional attempt to purchase items costing more than $800.