Nursing Home Neglect In The News

An 84-year-old woman living in a filthy house with no heat told a deputy on Thanksgiving that she tried to keep warm at night by getting her 66 cats to lay on her.

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SPOKANE - A 59-year-old woman accused of depriving her mother of food and water, leaving the older woman soaking in feces and urine, and stealing thousands of dollars from her estate said the allegations are untrue.

Amelle Morisma wasn’t a neglectful mother, just a harried one. It was May 28, just hours before the 33-year-old mother’s graduation ceremony at Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology and she was cleaning her apartment at Fairway Preserve in North Naples and cooking for her graduation celebration. That night, Morisma, a certified nursing assistant for 13 years, was to accept her certificate to be .

ROME — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced the arrests of two Rome nursing home employees for stealing and then pawning an engagement ring belonging to an 89-year-old resident.

A shared sentiment of outrage was felt by law enforcement when they viewed the conditions in which a 73-year-old Coffee County man lived and died. Denver Neal was found dead Nov. 19 in what was his home –– where only walls resembled what was once a house.

Hillcrest West, one of three nursing homes on Knox County property that's up for sale, has been flagged by the federal government as a chronically poor performer that should be monitored more often for compliance with health and safety regulations.

ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - Two Rome nursing home employees have been charged for allegedly stealing, and then pawning an engagement ring that belonged to an 89 year-old resident at Bethany Gardens Skilled Living Facility, the Attorney General's Office said.

Eight nonprofit social service groups serving Yolo County have received grants from a fund established by Congregation Bet Haverim, Jewish Fellowship of Davis.

Mom's Boyfriend Arrested In Infant's Death (Indianapolis) -- A 28-year-old Kokomo man has been charged in connection with the death of an infant. Derrick Fox is charged with neglect resulting in death after his girlfriend's infant died while in his care.