A nursing home in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, is facing sanctions for not feeding its elderly residents properly, causing them to suffer severe weight loss, the city said Thursday.
The city said it will rescind the license of Group Home Ring as a care-giving institution on April 30 under the Nursing Care Insurance Law.
It is the first time such a facility will be stripped of the designation by a local government due to abuse of residents, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Group Home Ring was accredited by the Okayama Prefectural Government in 2004 as a facility for elderly patients with senile dementia.