According to a recent local news article, a nursing aide is under arrest on charges she abused a patient in Springfield Township, Hamilton County court records show. The aide is accused of assaulting a Burlington House Healthcare Center patient, according to her arrest report from Springfield Township police. Burlington House…
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Nursing Home Aide Arrested On Charges of Elderly Abuse
Selecting a good nursing home or care facility for your loved ones is a difficult and trying process. Trusting an elder or group home to help our loved ones and family members following hospitalizations or for long-term care is a stressful and complicated decision. That choice can be even more…
Office of the Inspector General Releases Report on Nursing Home Oversight and Quality
According to a recent report released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the state of nursing home violations, nursing facilities were among six provider types with the most patient abuse and neglect convictions tied to Medicaid than other provider types in 2023. 841 criminal and civil patient…
Disability Law Center Investigation Uncovers Understaffing, Overmedication, and Neglect at Nursing Home
Under the best of circumstances, it can be difficult to select a good nursing home or care facility for your loved ones. Trusting such institutions to help our loved ones and family members following hospitalizations or for long-term care is a stressful and complicated process. That decision can be even…
Nursing Home Resident Dies After Staff Fails to Change Oxygen Tank
When families pay nursing homes to care for their loved ones, nursing homes assume a duty to ensure a resident’s basic needs are met. Failing to adequately attend to residents’ medical needs can worsen their condition and lead to severe injury. When nursing homes neglect medically vulnerable residents, they may…
Nursing Home Charged with Patient Death and Abuse After Four-Week Inspection
It can be an incredibly difficult decision to trust the care of your loved ones in a care facility. Entering into the process is always easier when you know you can trust the staff members at a facility. As people age, it can sometimes be necessary to consider nursing homes…
Nursing Home Resident Dies After Staff Fails to Change Oxygen Tank
When families pay nursing homes to care for their loved ones, nursing homes assume a duty to ensure a resident’s basic needs are met. Failing to adequately attend to residents’ medical needs can worsen their condition and lead to severe injury. When nursing homes neglect medically vulnerable residents, they may…
Employee Charged in Nursing Home Death Case Had Previously Been Fired for Neglect
Under the best of circumstances, it can be difficult to select a good nursing home or care facility for your loved ones. Trusting such institutions to help our loved ones and family members following hospitalizations or for long-term care is a stressful and complicated process. That decision can be even…
Nursing Home Employee Charged with Patient Abuse, Alleged to Have Verbally and Physically Abused Patients
It can be an incredibly difficult decision to trust the care of your loved ones in a care facility. Entering into the process is always easier when you know you can trust the staff members at a facility. As people age, it can sometimes be necessary to consider nursing homes…
The Reality of Nursing Home Neglect in Maryland
As we approach the holiday season, one family’s story reminds us of the harsh reality faced by countless elderly individuals in nursing homes. According to a recently published neww report, an elderly woman who had been known as the architect of perfect family Christmases, found herself at Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation…