The facility, which is owned by R.A.V.E Residential Services, a non-profit company, was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to protect residents from violent attacks instigated by a teenage resident of...
The Class AA fine, which is the most severe under California state law, arose from a 2008 injury and death of a 60-year-old long-term resident. The woman, who suffered from an inherited muscular disorder, fell...
According the Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals criminal complaint, in May or June 2009, Beaudette reportedly took off his ring and glasses and assumed a “fighting stance” while screaming, cursing, and threatening a resident....
According to resident Gilbert Bouchez, “The whole wall was covered, the whole length… That’s probably why I’ve been coughing and hacking since April and they can’t seem to get it to stop.” See the full...
In Rockford, Illinois, nursing home competition is fierce, but it can lead to abuse or neglect. Rockford is considered “overbedded” due to an overabundance of nursing care and rehabilitation beds. The average occupancy rate in...
Elmer Huntsman was admitted to Elmwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on August 26, 2008. Huntsman was required to sleep with a continuous positive airway pressure system device (CPAP), which forced air into his lungs and...
On August 8, 2010, one hundred year old Dorothy Butler was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center Emergency Department suffering from severe hemorrhaging, four broken ribs, and “two pressure sores and bruising”. The cause of...
Almore, a registered nurse employed at Britthaven of Chapel Hill in North Carolina, reportedly gave a dose of unprescribed morphine to 84 year-old Rachel Holliday, an Alzheimer’s resident who later died. The medical examiner attributed...
Angela Broihahn, a former Wisconsin nursing home aide, was charged with six counts of patient abuse, one count of attempted nursing home patient abuse, and four counts of possession of narcotic drugs in connection to...
Some studies have shows that 35 to 85 percent of nursing home residents are malnourished. The causes vary as to why so many nursing home residents suffer from malnourishment. In most cases, the cause of...