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Former Nursing Assistant In Baton Rouge Indicted For Negligent Homicide

January 3, 2026

The Louisiana Attorney General announced on October 6, 2025 that a former nursing assistant at a facility in Baton Rouge has been indicted by a grand jury after an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. According to the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, on June 14, 2024, Diamond [...]

New OIG Report On Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Programs Failures

May 10, 2025

In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took steps to bolster nursing home emergency preparedness and response through enhanced Requirements for Participation (RfPs). Nursing homes must meet these RfPs to begin or continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [...]

$35.8M Awarded In Back Wages After Investigation Found Nursing Homes Wage Theft

October 2, 2024

The U. S. Department of Labor announced on July 30, 2024 that a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers employed by the operators of 15 residential skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facil[...]

Man Convicted Of 2010 Rape At Maryland Nursing Home

March 21, 2019

After a four-day trial during March 2019, a criminal jury convicted a Maryland man of first-degree rape, armed robbery, and a weapons charge related to an incident that occurred at a Maryland nursung home on December 6, 2010. The man was identfied when his DNA in a databank was matched to evidence o[...]

CDC Reports Rising Rate Of Falls Leading To Death In Older Adults In The United States

June 30, 2018

The CDC reported on May 11, 2018 that the rate of deaths from falls increased in the United States by 31% from 2007 to 2016 (an average of 3.0% per year), with the largest increase per year among persons aged ≥85 years. In 2016, a total of 29,668 U.S. residents aged ≥65 years (i.e., “older[...]

98-Year-Old Florida Nursing Home Resident Died After Being Left Outside In The Sun

June 11, 2018

A 98-year-old Florida nursing home resident who was outside in the hot sun for an unknown period of time on May 27, 2018 was found unresponsive with a temperature of 103.2 degrees. She died two weeks later in the hospital from hyperthermia caused by exposure to the sun. An investigation by the Flori[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Fall Results In $15,000 State Fine

May 20, 2012

State nursing home regulators in Iowa have announced that a nursing home in Washington, Iowa has been fined $15,000 as a result of an investigation into a resident’s fall at the nursing home. According to the report of the investigation, the employees of the nursing home were enjoying a Christ[...]

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