TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local nursing facility is the center of a homicide investigation. Arbors at Oregon is accused of medically neglecting a patient for months. “In her golden years at the twilight ...
The call comes in about four times a week. Nursing home residents call in a panic because they were sent to the hospital for a medical or mental health condition. Then, when the hospital discharges ...
Hospitals are struggling with long emergency room (ER) wait times, capacity issues, and staffing shortages. A growing number of patients with cellulitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, ...
A Wisconsin nurse avoided jail time after amputating a hospice patient's foot without consent. Mary K. Brown pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of patient neglect, with original felony charges ...
GUTHRIE, Okla. (KFOR) — Three nursing home workers have been arrested and accused of sexually exploiting elderly residents in their care. Guthrie Police Chief Don Sweger said the department first ...
A new study revealed that of the Medicaid beneficiaries who were recently diagnosed with cancer, one in seven (14%) received care at a nursing home, and more than half of these individuals were using ...
A nurse at a Clermont County nursing home was arrested after being caught on a security camera smoking what deputies described as “a white substance” right next to a patient.Brian Kenny, 57, was ...
After an unexpected fall led to spinal cord injury, maybe your 65-year-old father hoped he'd be back to his routine in no time. His doctor, however, says it's not safe for him to discharge home.
Patient advocates can help people navigate billing, services, and a range of other non-medical aspects of living in a nursing home or assisted living. September 25, 2024 Add as a preferred source on ...
OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s ...
UR Medicine has launched a new program called Hospital at Home to help ease the overcrowding crisis in local emergency rooms.