Nursing Home Operator And CNA's Named As Defendants In Civil Lawsuit After Sex Abuse Scandal
After the well publicized abuse of elderly patients at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Minnesota, some of the patients who were victimized have filed a civil lawsuit against the nursing home and the individual nurses involved. Prosecutors have already filed criminal charges against two young woman who tormented many of the Alzheimer's and dementia patients they were responsible for caring for. The criminal investigation revealed that these derelict CNA's were repeatedly abusing Good Samaritan patients over a six month period in 2008. While employers are generally not responsible for the intentional acts of their employees, lawyers for the nursing...
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Lawsuit Claims That Nursing Home Failed To Intervene In Case Involving The Sexual Abuse Of A Patient
A lawsuit has been filed against the LaSalle County Nursing Home by the guardian of a female patient at the facility who was sexually abused by male patient at the facility. The lawsuit alleges that between January and May, 2009 the staff at LaSalle County Nursing Home failed to implement preventative measures that would have protected the woman. Specifically, the suit claims the staff allowed the man to access to the disabled woman's room after they had knowledge that the man had acted sexually aggressive towards other patients. This is the second lawsuit filed against LaSalle Nursing Home related...
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Nursing Home Fails To Report Suspected Sex Abuse To Authorities
Bourbonnais Terrace Nursing Home was recently fined $20,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to timely report two episodes of alleged sex abuse. An annual nursing home inspection conducted by state inspectors revealed that Bourbonnais Terrace waited three months to report the incidents involving abuse of patients at their facility to authorities. The state inspection also revealed that the alleged perpetrator has a history of mental illness and was also convicted of murder in 1990. When making their report, nursing home officials failed to disclose the perpetrators criminal history. State and federal laws require nursing facilities...
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Illinois Nursing Home That Turned 'Blind Eye' To Sexual Assaults Now Faces Fines
The LaSalle County Nursing Home is a medium-sized 99 bed nursing home facility in Ottawa, Illinois. On June 6, 2009, the Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) released a report following an investigation, revealing that a male resident at LaSalle County had molested ten female residents. LaSalle County now faces fines from authorities. The IDPH recommended to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) that LaSalle County pays $20,000 plus $100 per day that the facility is not in substantial compliance. The IDPH is also considering fining the nursing home facility. According to the government’s Medicare website, the...
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LaSalle County Nursing Home Cited For Failing To Protect Residents From Sex Abuse
After a full investigation into the sexual abuse of ten residents at LaSalle County Nursing Home, the Illinois Department of Health has determined the facility failed to take preventative measures to protect its residents. The acts were initiated by a male resident who targeted non-verbal, dementia patients. IDPH investigators determined the perpetrator started abusing residents on Christmas Eve, but the facility failed to implement measures to stop further abuse from occurring. A 61-page IDPH survey concerning the incidents at LaSalle County Nursing Home concluded, "Due to the administrative staff's failure to implement policies and procedures for abuse, failure to recognize...
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New York Nursing Home Investigated Over Sex Abuse Claims
A dementia patient has been removed from The Shore Winds Nursing Home following a report of alleged sex abuse by a nurse at the facility. The complaint was reported to the New York State Health Department of Health and a preliminary investigation by the agency determined the claim to be serious enough to merit a full investigation. The nurse has been suspended pending the results of the investigation. Shore Winds Nursing Home has been investigated 46 times in the last three years. Read more about this allegation of sex abuse in a New York Nursing Home here....
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Nursing Home Aide Sexually & Verbally Abuses Residents
Minnesotans have a reputation for being kind, compassionate people. However, several employees in Minnesota nursing homes are doing a fine job trashing the state's reputation. After, the reports of abusive teenagers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, a new report of nursing home abuse by a nurses aide has emerged from a different Minnesota Nursing Home. The allegations involve one nurses aide who reportedly abused six nursing home residents afflicted with dementia, over the course of several months earlier this year. According to the Minnesota Health Department, the nurses aide reportedly: Stuck a finger in the cancerous vulva of a...
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Sex Crimes Land Utah Nursing Home Worker In Jail
Jacob Mut Bolith, was sentenced by a Utah Judge to 15 years in jail and to pay restitution for the sex crimes he committed on nursing home residents. Bolith plead guilty to second-degree felony forcible sex abuse of an 85-year-old woman in a nursing home where he was employed. Bolith's attorney Clayton Simms asked the Judge to sentence his client for 365 days in addition to the 389 days he has already served. He asked for leniency because Bolith is a Sudanese refugee who was displaced from his home and spent time in Ethiopia and Kenya before he came to...
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