Nursing Homes News

The decision is one of the hardest you will ever make. Your spouse, parent or another loved one needs care that assisted living or home health care simply cannot provide. You need to choose a nursing home.

A nursing home is to close at the end of the month because it is no longer viable, says its owners.

A nursing home which had 15 residents recently but now has only three is no longer viable, say its owners.

SALISBURY — Police are charging a Massachusetts woman with larceny for allegedly stealing prescription medications from a Salisbury nursing home.

WHITE HALL - A White Hall nursing home is in line for a $35,000 state fine after a February survey of the facility concluded there were deficiencies in care, including the death of a resident who suffered from septicemia.

Plans to replace Broome County's Willow Point Nursing Home are not off the table. The legislature approved an agreement with the state Dormitory Authority to analyze the proposed new nursing home that will be built on the Greater Binghamton Health Center on Robinson Street. The survey would make some cost estimations, determine boundaries and underground utilities locations and review the ...

Two elderly women were taken to hospital after they crashed into a nursing home in Ashleigh Ave, Frankston. Picture: Ian Cook | See and buy thousands of photos at Newsphotos

Norovirus 'stomach flu' hits Palm Beach County nursing home and around the area

A White Hall nursing home is in line for a $35,000 state fine after a February survey of the facility concluded there were deficiencies in care, including the death of a resident who suffered from septicemia.The Illinois Department of Public Health...

Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Broome County moves forward with plans to replace its current nursing home with a new facility on the East Side of Binghamton.

Part of a defamation lawsuit filed by the company that bought Lancaster County's nursing home has been dismissed.

A Hollywood nursing homes where a string of former film stars and movie workers have lived out their final days has become embroiled in legal battle over plans to close it down.

ST. AUGUSTINE - It's been five years since St. Johns County applied to become the site for the state's newest veterans nursing home.

A resident of a Sikeston nursing home has been struck by a train on tracks near the residence.

The director of a Windsor County nursing home will keep her license while she fights criminal charges.

Capital Health has lifted restrictions at a nursing home in Musquodoboit Harbour, but is keeping them in place at a nursing unit at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. The nursing home was closed to visitors for almost two weeks after some patients and staff fell ill with norovirus-like symptoms. On Monday, Capital Health announced four patients and one ...

When Pattie Doyle took piano lessons as a little girl, she was just awful, she remembers. But residents of the local nursing home applauded enthusiastically for the 8-year-old. "These are the nicest people in the world," Doyle remembered thinking. That youthful impression steered her toward a career working with seniors — and a corporate award for leadership.

A nursing home patient’s daughter claims her father’s civil rights were violated by staff at his Ashdown, Ark., nursing home who disapproved of his relationship with a white female resident.

Within two months of the opening of a Covington nursing home, state investigators cited it twice for

The Meyers love to entertain, so they wanted their home to be spacious, open and elegant. But "we didn’t want the house to look like a hospital, or a nursing home."

The state Department of Health has initiated an investigation into an outbreak of norovirus, a highly contagious gastrointestinal disease, at a Kapolei nursing home.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new 45-bed dementia nursing home are set to go before East Riding of Yorkshire Council's planning committee on Monday. (18/03/2010)

In another sad case involving nursing home abuse, a former aide has just been sentenced to 10 years of probation for sexual abuse of a patient at the nursing home where he had once worked, said the Troy Record. Robert Gundersen, 52, was facing up to seven years for charges that were brought against him [...]

Canada is in danger of losing huge numbers of nurses to other countries as provincial governments struggle to slash deficits by freezing or cutting their jobs, nursing advocates say.

WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County commissioners approved a motion this week to advertise the sale of the Valley Crest nursing home property with a minimum base bid of $4.7 million. The county plans to open bids after advertising the sale for three weeks. A

A local, bipartisan delegation of state lawmakers is introducing legislation to prevent more local nursing homes from closing.

Two months after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the needs of older adults in the region remain an urgent priority. Dr. Martin Gorbien, a geriatrician, and Lauren Kessler, a licensed clinical social worker, both from Rush University Medical Center, will be among the first older adult specialists to travel to Haiti to provide care at make-shift nursing homes. Gorbien and Kessler will leave ...

A Hollywood nursing home where a string of former film stars and movie workers have spent their final years has become embroiled in legal battle over plans to close it down.

TROY — A Schoharie County man was sentenced to a decade of probation Tuesday for sexually abusing an elderly patient at the nursing home where he once worked as an aide.

America’s population is aging. For many of our parents and grandparents, the level of care they need often leaves them in a skilled nursing facility. While they provide excellent care, just because you’ve reached a certain age doesn’t mean you need to be in a nursing home. In fact, based on state estimates, nearly 6,500 [...]

Finding a good one takes research and perseverance, but unfortunately, the typical search is made under duress and with little time available.

THE Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Wes Read, yesterday officially opened the new Hendford Care Home with Nursing.

GANADO - The city of Ganado will open the doors of a new nursing and rehabilitation home Thursday as construction continues on a $1.3 million hotel facility near downtown.

More than 25 pensioners had to be led to safety after arsonists smoke-logged their nursing home.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state Senate report released Friday said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole.

TWO elderly women have been taken to hospital after their car crashed into a Karingal nursing home today.

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee heard a report Tuesday night about $790,000 or more in capital expenses said to be needed at Christian Care Center of...

SIOUX FALLS -- In the foster home operated by Barb Lefdal, there are no toys lying on the living-room floor, no stuffed animals on the sofa, no swing set in the backyard.

Two months after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the needs of older adults in the region remain an urgent priority. Dr. Martin Gorbien, a geriatrician, and Lauren Kessler, a licensed clinical social worker, both from Rush University Medical Center, will be among the first older adult specialists to travel to Haiti to provide care at make-shift nursing homes.

State and local officials have their fingers crossed as they wait for word that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will release $12 million in federal funds to start construction on a veterans nursing home in Lenoir County. Gov. Bev Perdue...

The graves of about 12 Caswell Developmental Center residents who died during the early years of the facility’s existence will be moved to an alternate site as the start date for construction on a state veterans nursing home nears. “We wanted to...

James W. Spylios, 88, of Nashua, NH passed away peacefully on Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Derry, NH after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s.

Harrison County Home and Public Health Home Health Supervisor and Registered Nurse Teresa McCandless believes the skilled nursing care program may have established roots as far back as 1920, though the program has evolved and continues to evolve to fit the needs of their clients.

Signature HealthCARE, a fast-growing nursing home operator, is moving its corporate headquarters from Florida to Jeffersontown, creating at least 120 jobs with typical salaries between $60,000 and $95,000, company officials announced Monday.

The payout, which is believed to be the biggest of its kind, was awarded to relatives of Leslie Terry, 86, whose home was sold to pay for his £3,500-a-month care.

The item here yesterday about Supreme Court candidate Courtney Henry’s bundle of nursing home/insurance lobby/medical contributions spurred quite a bit of feedback, so let’s throw this in the hopper, too. It’s a letter from some prominent lawyers in Northwest Arkansas (Henry’s home turf), endorsing her opponent Judge John Fogleman. I’d been inquiring about this. Fogleman is a [...]

SAPPORO (Kyodo) Police on Sunday raided locations linked to a deadly blaze in Sapporo that killed seven nursing home residents the previous day. The fire at Mirai Tonden nursing home, which is being investigated as a case of negligence resulting in death, prompted police to send investigators Sunday to the home of Michinori Taniguchi, who is the president of Mirai 25, which runs the facility.

Sikeston -- A resident of a Sikeston nursing home has died from injuries suffered when a train struck her.

More than 100 nursing home operators throughout the state are lobbying for a tax increase on their own facilities because many believe it's the only way they'll survive.

NOTHING can wipe the smile off Barbara Redshaw’s face.