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State Assembly leaders decided Monday to shelve a bill (S1612) that would have mandated staffing levels at nursing homes in New Jersey, according to Kevin McArdle, a spokesman for Assembly Democrats. The state Senate had already approved the proposal in July, but any bill that does not pass both chambers by Jan. 14 has to be reintroduced when the new session begins later this month....

Port St. Lucie police are still investigating two days after a 95-year-old man was killed in his own room at the Tiffany Hall Nursing Home. Though police have not released any new information regarding suspects or the victim, one expert says there are several possible scenarios in this case. Brian Lee, the executive director for the nonprofit “Families for Better Care,” says...

Port St. Lucie Police are investigating the murder of a 95-year-old man in a nursing home. According to police, dispatchers received a call from a nurse at Tiffany Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Hillmoor Drive in Port St. Lucie shortly after midnight saying "someone tried to hurt a patient." When police arrived on the scene they found an adult male dead. Police were told...

A 25-year-old certified nursing assistant was arrested Monday for reportedly sexually assaulting an elderly woman at a nursing home. Christopher Alan Lacau, of Vero Beach, is facing three counts of lewd and lascivious battery on an elderly person, according to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office.   Lacau forced the woman to perform oral sex three times between Dec. 16 and Dec....

A former nursing home employee is facing criminal charges after police said falsely identified herself as an administrator and risked putting patients at risk. Erin Chandler, 31, is charged with attempting to commit an offense. In September, she was suspended from Delhi Post Acute nursing home . While on suspension, police said she placed a call to Intelycare, a temp service agency...