Assisted Living Facility Allows Worker With Criminal Past To Work At Facility. The Results? A Bad Decision.
I was shocked when I saw this new clip below in which the administrator of a South Carolina Assisted Living Facility acknowledges that she was a aware of an employees fraudulent check writing background--- yet she choose to hire her anyway! Does this make any sense? The acknowledgment from the administrator comes after the arrest of two employees at the Eden Terrace Assisted Living Facility in South Carolina. Samantha Nicole Bishop and Tammy Gail Jernigan have been charged with stealing credit cards and jewelery from patients at the facility. Jernigan has a criminal record going back more than ten years...
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Nursing Home Manager Accused Of Stealing From Resident
Adelita Rosas, a manager at an Austin nursing home stands accused of stealing more than $2,000 from an elderly resident at Maggie Johnson Nursing Home. Rosas admittedly endorsed and cashed a check made payable to a resident and then gave the funds to the resident's family, yet she claims the situation is an innocent misunderstanding. "Of course, I had to sign the back of the check. Because he (the resident) didn't have his ID, they wouldn't cash it for him," said Rosas. At the very least, Rosas violated the nursing home's policy when she gave the money to the resident's...
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Engagement Ring Stolen From The Hand Of Disabled Resident In New York Nursing Home
In a brazen display of greed, a nurse's aid entered the room of a disabled New York nursing home resident and removed her engagement ring directly from her hand. Local police say Chad Smith, a nurses aide at Eastern Star Nursing Home will be charged with third-degree grand larceny. After Smith removed the engagement ring from the resident's hand, he used a nail clipper to pry the diamond from the setting. Smith took the loose diamond to a local pawn shop where he apparently received $300 for the stone. The stone's actual value was estimated to be more than $4,000....
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Hazing Type Abuse In Mississippi Nursing Home
Recent national headlines regarding abusive nursing home workers appear almost surreal. Abusive people caring for the most vulnerable seems commonplace. Nonetheless, I was particularly disturbed to hear the report of nursing home abuse involving nurses at a Mississippi Nursing Home. Clarionledger.com reports, two employees of Graceland Care Center have been arrested for crimes involving abuse of vulnerable adults. According to the Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood, the arrests of the nurses were made following indictments by a Mississippi grand jury. Cynthia Hunt, a 46-year-old LPN was charged with two felony counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult for an alleged incident where she...
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Just Charge It. Nursing Home Employee Uses Company Credit Card For Personal Gain
A former employee at the Crown Healthcare Nursing Home in Mobile, Alabama recently plead guilty to first-degree theft. The former nursing home worker used the nursing home's credit card to buy $14,373 in personal purchases from Sam's Wholesale Club. From June, 2005 through May, 2007 the nursing home worker bought gas, tires, a washing machine and groceries for personal use as though the were purchased for the benefit of the nursing home. The employee was sentenced to two years, which was suspended, placed on probation for five years, ordered to pay full restitution and fined $500. Learn more about the theft...
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Woman Poses As Nurse To Steal Medication From Nursing Home Residents
A woman accused of sneaking into Beaverton's Maryville Nursing Home has been arrested. Theresa Kim Smith is a certified nursing assistant in the Portland area and someone the police listed as “a person of interest” in a reported theft of Fentanyl pain patches. The suspect woman posed as an employee at the Maryville Nursing Home on three separate occasions, but no motive was suspected at the time. Tips from the public led police to interview Smith, and the stealing Fentanyl patches from residents could be a possible motive. Smith, who works at the Care Center East Nursing Home in Portland,...
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