A licensed nursing home administrator in Iowa is now facing multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from one of her own residents while serving as the administrator at Aspire of Muscatine. Prosecutors say the victim was a vulnerable adult under her care. The administrator tricked the resident diagnosed with dementia, schizophrenia, and
Kentucky lawmakers are considering House Bill 491, legislation that would allow residents of nursing homes and other long‑term care facilities to install visible video monitoring cameras—often called “granny cams”—in their rooms to help deter and document potential abuse or neglect. Under the proposal, facilities would be required to post notices when a room is being
A state citation against a hospital-based nursing home in southeast Iowa underscores a basic truth about long-term care: resident safety depends on competent assessment and timely intervention, not the label on the building. A woman with Down syndrome died after choking during a meal while staff failed to recognize and respond to obvious signs of
A new WalletHub analysis just confirmed what too many South Carolina families already know: our state is failing older adults. South Carolina ranked second-worst in the nation for elder-abuse protections in 2025 — a staggering indictment of how little we invest in preventing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of our seniors. For years, the Palmetto State
A recent investigation documenting hundreds of resident on resident assaults in nursing homes across the country exposes a form of harm that is far more common than most families realize and far more preventable than the industry admits. These cases include broken bones, sexual assaults, and deaths. They are not freak incidents. They follow recognizable
A criminal case out of Florida exposes a form of elder abuse in assisted living facilities that often receives less attention but is just as serious: financial exploitation from inside the facility itself. Authorities allege that the executive director of an assisted living facility stole jewelry from residents’ rooms and pawned the items for personal