Nursing Homes News

The director of a Windsor County nursing home under investigation for alleged dangerous behavior at the facility could lose her license today.

A state appeals panel has upheld the federal government's decision to yank nursing home Hillcrest West's certification as a Medicare provider.

You cannot always tell a nursing home by its front entrance. Or solely by its Medicare survey ratings. Those ratings are a good place to start, but they're not the best place to end.

The owner of a nursing home in Hamilton's east end is accused of assaulting two elderly residents last fall.

When a loved one lives in a nursing home, you want him or her to be safe and happy. Here's what you can do to help.

Reaction to this week's ruling by an administrative law judge against Northlake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Merrillville was predictable. Neither the owner nor the residents want the troubled nursing home to close. Despite their objections, the ruling likely spells the end for Northlake, which faces closure Monday. Only 13 residents continue to live in the 150-bed, for-profit nursing ...

Your loved one is moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility. You're worried. Will she be safe, happy and treated with respect and kindness? Will she get all the medical attention she needs?

The state of Pennsylvania has shut down a West Philadelphia nursing home.

County closes on nursing home sale BLAKELY - Lackawanna County has closed on the $13.4 million sale of the Lackawanna County Health Care Center with Miami, Fla.-based Millennium Management, county officials said. Majority commissioners agreed on Millenni

Remember Gregory George? He's the man from Auburn who says his nursing home abandoned him inside an Angola Hospital Emergency Room. Now, a State Department of Health report is confirming his story.  

Authorities say an 80-year-old is dead after her husband shot her at a nursing home. Investigators say 80-year-old Curtis Hargrove is accused of shooting his wife Harriett Hargrove in the head twice at the Alzheimers-Related Care Community in Onslow County.

Two people have been arrested and charged with breaking into a medicine cart at a Kingsport nursing home and stealing patients' medications. Kingsport police say Elisa Minton Henry, 29, has been arrested.

Officials seek to solve problems in troubled facilities Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes.

Chicago and state officials are moving forward with legislative proposals to improve safety inside the state's troubled nursing homes. After two hearings, 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith today introduced ordinance amendments designed to strengthen city inspections of nursing facilities, increase enforcement and penalties and require the homes to make public more details of their financial and ...

THE brand new Hendford Care Home with Nursing in Yeovil will be opening for business on Monday – but visitors were able to get a sneak preview of the new facilities yesterday during an open day.

LUDLOW -- Vermont state officials scheduled an emergency hearing on allegations that a nursing home director interfered with medical care, failed to keep records or adequate supplies on hand and attempted to intimidate her staff.

The state's largest nursing home trade group is criticizing a legislative proposal announced Tuesday, saying it goes "way beyond" issues of safety and could hurt patient care.

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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- State lawmakers and advocates for the elderly are proposing legislation aimed at reforming the way nursing homes operate in Illinois. Meanwhile, a nursing home trade group criticizes the plan, saying it goes "way beyond" issues of safety and could hurt patient care.

Springfield, IL - Many Illinois nursing homes are being called unsafe and unfit. So now legislation is being introduced so there's more regulation. Tuesday in Springfield, the AARP, nursing home advocates,

State authorities say they plan to shut down Uptown's troubled Somerset Place facility, one of the state's largest nursing home.

Posted 5 minutes ago at 10:00 am. It didn’t take long for Woodland Terrace to gain popularity. In just its third week since opening, the senior living residence already has half of its units full.

A NUMBER of elderly patients at Beaumont Hospital have been put on two weeks’ notice that they face a weekly bill of €1,365 if they fail to apply for nursing home support under the State’s Fair Deal scheme.

CEDAR CITY — Retired military veterans are holding a Town Hall meeting Friday to launch a public campaign for a...

The future of the Trinidad State Nursing Home remains cloudy after a meeting Monday involving the Las Animas County commissioners and state officials.

DIXON – Going home again isn’t an option for Wilma Wren. The 89-year-old is a resident of Dixon Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, an adjustment that’s been difficult, since Wren clings tightly to one dream.

A Kent nursing home worker accused of sexually assaulting a 71-year-old woman pleaded not guilty to a rape charge Monday in King County Superior Court.

Community and religious leaders in the Uptown neighborhood are holding a candlelight vigil Monday afternoon as a troubled nursing home closes.

Police are searching for a missing 37-year-old woman who left an Uptown nursing home last month and was last seen at a Minneapolis hospital.

CEDAR CITY - Accommodating infirm and aging veterans with a Southern Utah State Veterans nursing home has divided St. George and Cedar City, which are both vying for it to be in their municipalities.

Nearly 2,500 nursing home residents in Massachusetts were given powerful antipsychotic drugs last year that were not intended or recommended for their medical condition, a practice that is more common here than in most other states, according to a Globe analysis of federal data.

VOLUNTARY welfare organisations (VWOs) were abuzz with the latest move by the Health Ministry to bear the full cost of building two new nursing homes.

The Watchdogs: The head of one of the security companies the health department hiredin summer 2006 to look into nursing home safety -- V.I.P. Security & Detective Services, of Matteson-- reported on its contract that the company had been in business fortwo years and had annual sales of $50,000. V.I.P. , however, had been incorporated just three months before. 

For many, nursing is more a calling than merely aprofession.

Associated Press - March 8, 2010 3:45 PM ET KENT, Wash. (AP) - A Kent nursing home worker accused of sexually assaulting a 71-year-old woman pleaded not guilty to a rape charge Monday in King...

The transition of moving into a nursing homes can be a tough one for many senior citizens. In this weeks Senior Spotlight, meet one senior who says her new home made that change much easier.

CHICAGO (AP) - Beefing up staffing in Illinois nursing homes and raising fines on facilities that endanger residents are key features of reform legislation announced Tuesday by two Chicago lawmakers, union leaders and advocates for the elderly.

Protecting your loved ones from another family member could be a difficult task, according to one nursing home director.

Families across the Alleghenies place their trust in nursing facilities to care for loved ones, but a report of a recent crime in Centre County has some people questioning the safety of local long-term-care facilities.

Care2Learn Inc., the leader in online continuing education and training for post-acute healthcare providers, has received national ANCC Accreditation as a Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). ANCC Accreditation status is the result of a thorough review process and is bestowed only on continuing education providers who meet the ANCC’s high ...

New Brunswick's auditor general says the provincial government overlooked a number of important items when it signed an untendered contract for the construction of three new nursing homes.

Illinois authorities said they plan to shut Somerset Place, one of the state’s largest nursing homes, by Friday Illinois authorities said they plan to shut Somerset Place, one of the state’s largest nursing homes, by Friday.

State authorities said today that they plan to shut one of the state's largest nursing homes by Friday and are working to transfer out the remaining 76 residents.

State authorities said today that they plan to shut one of the state's largest nursing homes by Friday and are working to transfer out the remaining 76 residents. Medicaid funding to Uptown 's troubled Somerset Place facility is being cut off, and the state health department has moved to revoke Somerset's license after repeated inspections that found violence, abuse and mistreatment of residents ...

The director of a Windsor County nursing home is under investigation for alleged dangerous behavior which could pose a risk to patients.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- State lawmakers and advocates for the elderly are proposing legislation aimed at reforming the way nursing homes operate in Illinois.

Associated Press - March 9, 2010 3:14 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State lawmakers and advocates for the elderly are proposing legislation aimed at reforming the way nursing homes operate in...

MASON CITY — Skilled nursing patients from Hancock, Winnebago and Wright counties will soon be referred to Hancock County Memorial Hospital rather than Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mercy officials announced.

The veterans' home site selection committee ended its tour of Southwest Montana in Anaconda Thursday as Deer Lodge made its pitch. Singing kicked off Deer Lodge County's bid for a proposed veterans' home. The public filled Washoe Theatre to show support for the home coming in Anaconda.

Hospitals in Edgerton, Friendship, Hillsboro, Osceola, Sparta and Stanley have dropped their nursing homes in recent years. In Edgerton, Friendship and Shawano, hospitals have given up home health care services.