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.…
A new study warns that giving dementia patients trazodone could be as risky as giving them atypical antipsychotics.…
The Maryland Senate recently passed two bills that seek to improve how the state responds to complaints of nursing home abuse and neglect.…
An AARP study warns that the use of antipsychotics as chemical restraints on elderly patients with dementia is increasing among those who do not live in nursing homes.…
