We found several cases where residents deemed “at risk” for wandering got out of their facilities, without authorization or ...

Placing a loved one in a nursing home is an act of trust—a belief that they will be safe, cared for, and valued. But what happens when that trust is broken? What if your loved one, due to lack of ...

A Peoria nursing home received nearly $30,000 in fines last year from the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to prevent residents from wandering off the property, not properly providing ...

The incident had the potential to affect seven residents in the nursing home who were identified “as being an elopement risk,” the state found. In the rooms of those seven residents ...

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities nationwide have gotten in trouble after medically fragile and cognitively impaired residents have wandered away.