Nursing Homes

A Republic foster parent is charged with molesting the children he was trusted to care for. Two different children say Mark D. Obrien abused them while they lived with him at his home on Maple Avenue in Republic. A judge issued a warrant for Obrien&...

Campus sex assaults A 14-month examination into the handling of sexual assault cases on Midwestern campuses prompted two federal investigations and sweeping changes to how universities and prosecutors respond to reports. In November, the U.S. Department...

  Shortly after Mitt Romney resigned from Bain Capital in 1999 to run the Olympics in Salt Lake City, potential investors received a prospectus touting the extraordinary profits earned by the private equity firm that Romney controlled for 15 years....

Last week, my dad was taken on a practice run from his Northern California nursing home back to his house. He'd had recent hip surgery, and the idea was that if he could master the challenge of getting in and out of the car and the wheelchair, he could...

Dr. Scott Rifkin says the Baltimore Jewish Times "has a long and distinguished history and deserves to be saved" as its parent company is mired in a contentious bankruptcy. So he did what he's known to do, when he feels the time is right: He jumped in....

Annapolis Language Bank Volunteers who are fluent in a second language are needed to welcome area visitors who might have difficulty communicating in English. Volunteers also are called upon by Public Safety officials, health organizations, hospitals,...

Lavenna K. Warne, 64, of Waynesboro, Pa., died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, after a long illness at Manor Care Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Chambersburg, Pa. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Monday. The service will be ...

A 56-year-old Gambrills podiatrist was sentenced to more than four years in prison Wednesday for fraudulently billing Medicare $1.1 million over three years, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office. The scheme marked the second time Larry...

Caregiver workshop The first of three winter workshops will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Workshops will deal with dementia, the caregiving experience, and caring for...

A 58-year-old Baltimore woman has been convicted of one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree, stemming from a 2010 incident at a Timonium nursing center. According to a press release from the Maryland Attorney General's Office,...