Unlocked door enabled nursing home shooting death; security experts urge better preparation for such...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 15, 2023
A security expert is warning nursing homes to perform a vulnerability assessment and assign someone to check perimeter doors in light of a facility shooting death at a California facility.
Residents, nearby college placed on lockdown after shooting outside Georgia nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2018
A nursing home employee was killed in the building’s parking lot Friday morning, authorities said.
Married couple dead in Houston nursing home shooting
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jun 27, 2014
A man allegedly shot and killed his wife in a Texas nursing home before killing himself Thursday morning, police reported.
Visitor shot and killed on the grounds of an assisted living community in Kansas
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 15, 2014
A woman visiting her mother at an assisted living facility in Kansas was gunned down in the parking lot Sunday, in what authorities are describing as a hate crime.
Woman with dementia, comatose nursing home resident shot in possible ‘mercy killings’
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 12, 2013
Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting deaths of his wife, who had dementia, and his sister, who was in a coma at a nursing home, authorities in Los Angeles announced Wednesday.
Resident who tried to murder assisted living supervisor escapes prosecution
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 27, 2013
The 87-year-old man who said he tried to kill an assistant living supervisor because he felt “bullied” will not be prosecuted for shooting the long-term care employee once in the stomach.
Who will be pronounced the bad guy in this nursing home crime?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 06, 2013
The news flashed across my screen and immediately I said to myself, “This type of headline could be very bad for nursing home operators … or maybe just kind of bad.”
When tragedy moves us
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 17, 2012
I don’t believe there is one person who can hear about the tragedy at Sandy Hook and not be moved. I think many people are moved to a “call for action” in some way.
Nursing home killer sentenced to life in prison
Sep 07, 2011
A man who went on a shooting rampage at a North Carolina nursing home that killed eight people was convicted of second-degree murder and has been sentenced to life in prison.
Nursing homes touched by gun violence
By
Liza Berger
Mar 30, 2009
It is hard enough to read about random acts of violence. It is another story altogether when those incidents occur in your own community. That is how long-term care providers likely feel after learning...