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The Virginian Pilot reports that three employees are suing a nursing home because they did the right thing. Three nurse’s assistants previously employed at a Virginia nursing home are claiming that they were suspended and later fired to attempt to persuade them from reporting patient abuse to authorities. The three assistants also claim that in …

A family that sued the nursing home for the wrongful death of their mother received $5 million for their loss. The jury in the case of a 90-year-old woman with dementia who died after escaping the McKinleyville facility where she was staying awarded her family $5 million in damages on January 18th. Marjorie Fitzpatrick’s adult …

Take care when signing the paperwork to place yourself or a loved one in the care of a nursing home. Many contracts contain binding arbitration clauses, which basically say that the facility cannot be taken to court in the event of a dispute. These clauses include disputes regarding care and wrongful death. Joan Maurer’s father …

Fraud is big business within the skilled nursing sector. Former President Obama’s administration put some key plans into place to combat this kind of fraud. These plans are expected to continue under Trump’s new administration. The plans that Trump’s administration is likely to preserve is the use of data analysis in fraud investigations and the …

A Florida nursing home, along with its parent company, are being sued for in the death of an 84-year-old resident. The resident was dropped three feet and suffered a head injury along with injuries to her legs and hips that eventually led to her death according to the lawsuit. Eleanor Rooney Corrado was in the …

An Augusta hospital, doctor, and nursing home are all named in a lawsuit filed by a woman on behalf of her brother’s estate. The lawsuit comes after her brother was taken from an Augusta nursing home to a local hospital. When discharged, instead of taking him back to the same nursing home, he was taken …

A New Hampshire nurse’s aide is facing serious charges after she was caught trying to sell stolen jewelry at a pawn store. 24-year-old Megan Lakos was arrested last Thursday, accused of stealing jewelry from the patients at the nursing home she was employed at and then trying to sell the goods at a pawn store. …

Fresno County has been experiencing an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease – and three weeks ago a resident of a nursing home in northeast Fresno was diagnosed with the respiratory illness. County health officials were able to confirm last week that a resident at Horizon Health & Subacute Center had been diagnosed with Legionnaires. The county …

There is a saying that chutzpah can be defined by the attitude needed to ask a court for mercy because you’re an orphan after killing your parents. While not quite that brazen, a former nursing home worker from Gwinnett County did ask for clemency after her attack on a dementia patient. Unfortunately for her, the …

Nursing home residents can become victims of abuse or neglect. A good many of these cases are at the hands of facility employees. However, at times, abuse can come from their fellow residents, sometimes ending in tragedy. Virginia authorities announced last Thursday that no charges would be filed in the death of a nursing home …