One of the more devastating legal cases Steve Levin has handled involved a nursing home resident who suffocated to death after becoming trapped between a bedrail and their mattress. Levin, a personal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients declined nearly 40 percent nationally in recent years as the federal government, states and the nursing home industry placed ...

Residents of bankrupt long-term healthcare facilities are more likely to suffer adverse care outcomes, according to a new working paper released this week. Researchers found patients were more likely ...

The staffing of qualified social workers (QSW) was associated with a significant reduction in the use of restraints in nursing homes, particularly in facilities serving residents with cognitive ...

According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), as many as 5 million older Americans are abused each year, and many of them live in nursing homes. Nursing homes use restraints with the intention to ...

Sylvia Taylor-Stein led the drive against chemical restraints. She was inspired by her grandmother who had Alzheimer's. Long-term care watchdog Sylvia Taylor-Stein remembers visiting activity rooms in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A Cedar Rapids nursing home where gift cards for residents were stolen has been fined $500 by the state. State inspectors allege that in September, a ...

Filmmaker's mom suffered from chemical restraints, infections and dehydration. Here's how you can protect your family members. A total of 83% of U.S. nursing homes had staffing levels that were lower ...

Physical restraints are used on fewer than 3 percent of the 6,300 nursing home patients in North Dakota, in large part because of an ongoing educational effort, officials say. Years ago, "We had some ...