Community Care of Rutherford, Inc., a nursing home, was fined for leaving fall prone residents without adequate supervision, including a resident who fell twenty-eight times in five months, and ultimately died from head trauma caused by a fall. The nursing home appealed the fines and defended itself to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) on the [...]

The U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing on elder abuse on Wednesday, March 2, at 2:00 p.m. Entertainer Mickey Rooney, an elder abuse advocate, will share his personal story of financial and emotional abuse as an elder. An official of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will also unveil a new GAO [...]

Brewer Rehabilitation and Living Center reported an outbreak of scabies to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently. The CDC provided the center with information on how to get rid of the infestation. Scabies, a small mite that burrows underneath the skin, are spread through person-to-person contact as well as contact with unsanitized clothing [...]

According to one estimate, one in fourteen elders in Maine are victims of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation. A recent publication by Elder Justice Partners provides an overview of potential legal remedies available for those who have suffered neglect or abuse in a nursing home or assisted living facility. For instance, when a nursing home [...]

An investigation by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of complaints about the care at a nursing home in Kennebunk, Maine, led the agency to uncover multiple violations of federal and state regulations. Residents with incontinence were left in soiled bed linens without a change of linens. A resident was observed eating [...]