Devastation struck a nursing home in Massachusetts in 2009 when a 100-year-old resident, Elizabeth Barrow, was strangled and suffocated by her 97-year-old roommate. Just one month before her untimely death, Elizabeth Barrow celebrated her 100th birthday with her family. Her death shocked her family, who holds the nursing home accountable for putting her mother in […]
Nursing home neglect is a serious matter. One that can lead to grave medical issues and even death, as is the case with a Lakeland Nursing Home this week. A lawsuit has been filed against a Florida nursing home, claiming that before her death last year, the resident developed serious medical issues as a result […]
A nursing home in Florida, which has already received fines from the state for neglecting to report an alleged sexual assault, is now facing new lawsuits. The lawsuits claim that residents at this nursing home, which was placed on the state watch list in 2012, were not properly taken care of. The families of these […]
In 2013, a surge of news reports brought to light many issues in assisted living homes in the state of California. As a result, new bills have been proposed to seek greater reform in the regulation of the state’s 7,570 nursing homes. To date, 12 reform bills have been approved by the Legislature this year, […]