3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (22+ words) BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Boca Raton nursing home let a bedbound, oxygen-dependent woman languish for years...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (284+ words) According to the Ohio Department of Health, its Abuse, Neglect, Misappropriation, and Exploitation Program investigates allegations of abuse, neglect, misappropriation and exploitation. The Ohio Department of Health says its complaint process is intended to protect patients and residents from abuse,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (495+ words) A South Carolina family is suing a memory care facility after an unlocked door allegedly allowed their 83-year-old relative, who had advanced Alzheimer’s, to wander outside alone, where she was later found covered in fire ants. NBC affiliate WCBD reported…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1716+ words) If a resident is in immediate danger, seek medical care first. Proper documentation captures objective facts for clinicians, state investigators, and legal representatives under Virginia law—without relying on memory or triggering counterproductive arguments at the nurses’ station. Documentation captures…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (653+ words) Shelba Catterton's loved ones allege that staff did not contact them or police until hours after the incident An 83-year-old woman with Alzheimer's has died more than two weeks after being found covered in an estimated 1,000 ant bites at the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (755+ words) Grandson Joe Smith sits beside his grandmother Shelba Catterton’s bedside along with his mother Sherri Lero at Lowcountry Community Hospice House Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Summerville. CHARLESTON — Nearly 36 hours passed before an employee at Harmony at West Ashley called 911 for Shelba…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (773+ words) A family behind a medical malpractice suit against a Brunswick County nursing home is now moving the case out of the courts. Frank Phelps III filed a medical malpractice suit against Brunswick Health & Rehab, LLC, for the "wrongful death" of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (282+ words) Posted August 19, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma The similarity surprised the researchers. Assisted living residents tend to be more independent and mobile, and they have more privacy than nursing home residents, factors that might be expected to lower the risk of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (282+ words) Posted August 19, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma The similarity surprised the researchers. Assisted living residents tend to be more independent and mobile, and they have more privacy than nursing home residents, factors that might be expected to lower the risk of…...