Family Claims Assisted Living Facilities Neglect Resulted In Death Of Mentally Disabled Woman
The family of a 51-year-old woman with cerebral palsy has brought a lawsuit against the assisted living facility where she was a patient. The lawsuit alleges that Country Crossing Assisted Living Facility (Georgia) failed to properly care for the mentally disabled woman during the course of her four year stay and intentionally hid her physical condition from her family. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the assisted living facilities neglect resulted in severe malnourishment and advanced pressure sores. Quoting a nurse who used to work at the facility, the lawsuit further alleges that the facility failed to train new...
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Mentally Disabled Patients Are Easy Targets For Abuse In Institutional Settings
People who suffer from mental impairments are particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. A mental impairment is any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome (diseases that cause decreased mental functions), emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. Caregiving can be very stressful because caring for a person with a mental impairment can require a lot of time, work, and money. Sometimes this stress can cause caregivers to provide inadequate care or even abuse the mentally impaired person. This can put the mentally impaired at increased risk for neglect...
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Nursing Home Worker Admits To Molestation Of Disabled Resident
A 26-year-old man has admitted to the molestation of a mentally disabled woman he was responsible for caring for. The nursing home worker identified as, Daniel Griswald, confessed to multiple sexual encounters with a resident at Rest Haven Home, in Rest Haven, Michigan between March and May, 2008. According to Rest Haven Nursing Home administrator, Brian Wilson, Griswald was a, "good, solid, employee...nobody suspected anything of him." According to Wilson, Griswald passed an extensive background check that included a criminal record check and a checking of the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Shockingly, Mr. Griswold left the facility's employ abruptly last...
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Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld Discusses Nursing Home Violence In AARP Article
Chicago nursing home attorney, Jonathan Rosenfeld, recently discussed the escalation of violence in nursing homes in a recent AARP article, 'Outrage: Murder in the Nursing home, Budget woes prompt placement of sometimes-violent mentally ill in ling-term care." In addition to financial pressure to keep facilities operating at a maximum capacity, many mentally disabled people are forced into nursing homes simply due to a lack of other alternatives. Unfortunately, as we have discussed, when the mentally disabled are placed in a nursing home the results can be tragic. Young, Mentally Ill Residents Pose Significant Threat To Nursing Home Residents In Wake...
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How Much Freedom Should Assisted Living Facilities Give The Mentally Disabled?
A mentally and physically disabled woman walked out of an Maple Crest Manor, an assisted living facility in St. Louis, MO, and unknown to the facility boarded a bus to Chicago, IL. The woman left the assisted living facility for what the staff suspected would be 'a long walk'. After several hours passed without sight of the woman, the facility contacted the woman's legal guardian who then alerted police. Chicago police called local Missouri authorities after finding the woman's name on the national database for missing and endangered people. The woman was brought by authorities safely back to the...
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