Nursing Home Abuse

Diversicare of Nicholasville has received the largest fine in recent years after a January inspection found that an outbreak of scabies went on for months and affected 45% of residents. The facility was fined $891,350 because of the operators’ unwillingness to respond to nurses and their supervisors complaints about residents with rashes. One of the…

People are living longer today than they ever have, and the number of our elders who are in nursing home care keeps growing at a rapid pace. The 2010 U.S. Census recorded the greatest number of people age 65 and older in all of the history of the census at 40.3 million, which is about…

Fifteen nursing homes throughout Northeast Ohio are among the worst-rated facilities in the nation and show no signs of improving, according to an USA Today analysis of ratings given by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The ratings take into consideration patient abuse, cleanliness of the facility and equipment, staff licensing and quality of…

Nursing home facilities nationwide continue to be hit with large verdicts in negligence cases due to improper treatment of the elderly residents placed under their care, according to a recent Senior Housing News article.  Trans Healthcare Inc. was just slammed with $1 billion in punitive damages and $110 million in compensatory damages regarding the death of…