A lawsuit filed against a Florida assisted living facility indicates it gave an elderly resident multiple doses of the antipsychotic Invega, despite express warnings not to give the drug to dementia patients, resulting in numerous falls, injury and permanent loss of mobility.…
Federal inspectors have launched three investigations into potential nursing home neglect and abuse this month, with two focused on the response to COVID-19, and another into the use of psychotropic drugs as chemical restraints.…
A new study finds that FDA warnings reduced the use of antipsychotics as chemical restraints on elderly nursing home residents, but in many cases, the facilities may have switched to other drugs which caused different health problems.…
Federal regulators will begin adding special icons on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website to help families identify which facilities have been cited for incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect.…
New York has agreed to pay $6 million to the families of three women who say they suffered years of abuse and neglect, including physical assaults, at a state-run nursing home.…
A new study finds that dementia patients treated at home may be more prone to injury and to suffer from unmet medical needs.…
A new report warns that Pennsylvania is ill-prepared for the coming influx of nursing home residents, which may leave them vulnerable to neglect and abuse.…
A new federal report found deficiencies in 80% of all hospice care centers in the U.S., and determined that 300 failed to provide adequate care to dying patients.…
A proposed bill in Minnesota would allow family members to place cameras in relatives’ rooms to monitor for nursing home abuse and neglect.…
Phoenix police have arrested a nurse who they say raped a nursing home patient in a vegetative state, impregnating her and leading to the birth of a child late last year.…
