Nursing Home Information and Articles

(AP) Two former employees of an Ohio nursing home accused of failing to check on a resident who wandered outside and froze to death have been sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Courier reports 37-year-old Rachel Friesel and 20-year-old Destini Fenbert… Read More

OTTAWA — Family members of a 76-year-old woman who froze to death last winter outside a Pandora nursing home spoke Friday morning at separate sentencings for two former nursing home workers. “… No one was there to help her,” said Steve Campbe… Read More

OTTAWA — The final nursing employee charged in the death of a resident in January appeared in the Putnam County Court of Common Pleas Thursday for a final pre-trial hearing before facing a jury trial. Megan E. Schnipke, 31, of Columbus Grove, was m… Read More

ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families that staffing levels were often inadequa… Read More

LEVELAND, Ohio – On September 17, Joanne Moore will get her day in court. “It’s taken so long,” she says. Eight years. But it’s worth the wait. Because it’s for Janice. In a 2010 lawsuit, Moore argued cops and pros… Read More

The New York Times article, ‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years, substantiates Consumer Voice’s long-standing concern about the inaccuracy of previous staffing information based on self-report… Read More

TOLEDO, OHIO — A nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering off was outside in temperatures hovering around zero for about eight hours before staff members noticed she was missing and found her dead from hypothermia, a state i… Read More

A nursing home resident with dementia and a history of wandering off was outside in temperatures hovering around zero for about eight hours before staff members noticed she was missing and found her dead from hypothermia, a state investigation found.… Read More