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Three nursing home employees were arrested after a Snapchat video showed them "vaping" over a dying resident. According to a Newsweek article, the assisted living employees appeared in a video where they used profanities and were seen smoking from a vape pen. In the background was a 76-year-old woman who was dying after suffering a...

A scabies outbreak in a nursing home has prompted action by Georgia lawmakers who are looking for ways to curtail future infestations. The death of Rebecca Zeni, 93, due to a scabies infection made national headlines and raised questions about how to prevent such tragedies from happening again. The Georgia Department of Public Health released...

You trust the nursing home to care for your loved one, but sometimes the facility falls far short of its duty – so far short that employees can be indicted on criminal charges. That’s what happened earlier this year in a case involving a vulnerable World War II veteran who died in the Northeast Atlanta...

If you suspect nursing home abuse or neglect, it’s critical to take action as soon as possible. The state of Georgia created a state complaint hotline that allows anyone to call and report a problem. But astonishingly, the hotline does not always work, according to a recent news report by Fox 5 Atlanta. Lisa Overholt,...

It’s one of the most important decisions a family has to make – choosing a nursing home for a loved one who needs constant care. Nursing homes provide a solution for elderly persons and even young people who have disabilities to the extent that they cannot care for themselves. But too often, patients are mistreated...

Most people living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities have Alzheimer’s disease or some form of dementia, and the facilities are dosing them with unnecessary medication, placing their lives at risk. That’s according to a report by Human Rights Watch titled “They Want Docile:" How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with...

Finding the right nursing home or long-term care facility for a loved one can be difficult and stressful. You want a safe and clean facility. You want the nursing home staff to be respectful and friendly. You want to be able to quickly access information about facilities that might have a history of nursing home...

Nursing home abuse goes unreported   The Department of Health and Human Services has been investigating cases of nursing home abuse that had never been reported to authorities. An assistant regional inspector general with DHHS, Curtis Ray, found more than one hundred cases of abuse to residents of nursing homes have not been reported to...

Late last year, a regulation was passed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that sought to address arbitration requirements for residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. Prior to that rule, there were no requirements limiting the use or nature of mandatory arbitration agreements. The lack of regulation meant that...