Perhaps out of fear? Perhaps as a backlash to the bad press we regularly hear about nursing homes? The popularity of home-care continues to expand as many people view such arrangements as a viable alternative to the skilled nursing care provided in nursing homes. For the the most part, these simply are not. Unlike nursing… Continue Reading
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Criminal Charges Brought Against Nursing Home Workers Who Allowed Resident To Freeze To Death
Posted in Dementia / Alzheimer's Patients, Elopement & WanderingCriminal charges have been brought against three nursing home workers on duty the night an Alzheimer’s patient wandered from Texas nursing home to his death. The three were employed in various capacities at a facility known as Tumbleweed Nursing Home on the evening of February 3rd of this year. Surveillance video from the nursing home… Continue Reading
Abuse & Cover-Up At Assisted Living Facility Caring For the Disabled
Posted in Assisted Living FacilitiesTwo caregivers responsible for caring for a mentally and physically disabled man face criminal charges following an intensive police investigation that points the finger at them for his death at Richmond State Supported Living Center in Fort Bend County (Texas). An autopsy of the disabled man, revealed that he died from blunt force trauma to… Continue Reading
Assisted Living Facility Willing To Forgive & Forget Nurse’s Criminal Past
Posted in Nursing Home StaffEveryone deserves a second chance— or do they? What about when the individual has a past that makes him / her particularly unsuitable for a particular job? What if the person is working with particularly vulnerable people? Should we just ignore the person’s past indiscretions and give them the opportunity to redeem themselves? While I… Continue Reading
CNA Arrested After Soliciting Sexual Favors From Resident
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultApparently, a history of criminal financial behavior wasn’t enough to discourage the owners of Waterbook Assisted Living from hiring Katonia Davis as a CNA at their facility— because she wasn’t going to be handling any of the finances at the facility. Yet, just four months into her tenure at the North Carolina assisted living facility,… Continue Reading
Criminal & Civil Charges Brought Against Sunrise Facility After Videotaped Abuse
Posted in Sunrise Senior LivingThe family of a Pennsylvania assisted living patient has initiated a civil lawsuit against Sunrise Senior Living, a popular chain of assisted living facilities, after a hidden video demonstrated that three employees at the facility were abusing their 78-year-old mother. The family installed the hidden camera after they suspected that their mother was being mistreated at… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Cover-Up: NY Aides Lied About Doing Their Jobs
Posted in Elopement & WanderingAs a nursing home lawyer, I spend a lot of time reviewing patient charts. Particularly when it comes to evaluating cases, a thorough review of medical records is crucial for determining the important questions: Who? What? Why? When? Occasionally, my chart reviews reveal more than I expect when: medication charts reveal that medication was administered… Continue Reading
Nurse Facing Criminal Charges After Intentionally Neglecting Ventilator Patient
Posted in Neglect, Ventilator PatientsPerhaps Abiodun Oke should be shoveling asphalt or a similar occupation where a person’s compassionate side is not necessarily crucial to the job? On the other hand, as a licensed practical nurse (such as Mr. Oke)— or really any profession responsible for caring for the elderly– I would suggest have substantial dose of compassion as… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Abuse: Workers’ Prank In Applying Grease To Dementia Patients In California Results In Criminal Charges
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA demented sense of humor amongst nursing home workers at Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility seems to have backfired– and has landed a group of them jobless and facing criminal charges. The fallout stems from an incident in which four employees at the California nursing home, covered dementia patients at the facility with lubricant from… Continue Reading
Court Determines Nursing Home Corporation Can’t Be Criminally Prosecuted For Employees’ Negligent Conduct
Posted in Litigation, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home InjuryThe collective negligence of multiple nursing home employees does not impute criminal conduct on the part of the corporate owner according to a recent ruling made the Supreme Judicial Court– the highest court in Massachusetts. The decision stems from the death of a 74-year-old patient at a MA nursing home owned by Life Care Centers… Continue Reading
Health Care Company Rips Off State By Providing Less Skilled Workers To Care For Ventilator Patients
Posted in Economics, Ventilator PatientsCriminal charges have been filed against Barbara Currin, the owner of Ometta Vent Care Services. The criminal charges come after a patient Currin was responsible for caring for, tipped off state officials she was not receiving the medical care that the state was paying for. The tip initiated an investigation by the Minnesota Department… Continue Reading
Nurse Charged With Sexually Abusing Two Nursing Home Residents
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA CNA at Northwoods Rehabilitation Center, a New York nursing home, is being charged multiple felony charges related to an alleged sexual assault of a 78-year-old resident. The New York Attorney General has filed criminal charges against Robert Gunderson for sexual assaults that occurred at Northwoods between December, 2007 and January 2008. Gunderson faces similar… Continue Reading
94-Year-Old Charged With Raping Co-Resident In Oklahoma Nursing Home
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseCharges of first-degree rape by instrumentation have been filed against 94-year-old Lester Pendergast. The charges stem from a September, 2008 incident when a witness caught Pendergast performing a sexual act on a 67-year-old at the Grace Living Center in Oklahoma. A local hospital used a rape kit to confirm the sexual contact had taken place…. Continue Reading
‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ Takes Priorty Over Resident Safety In Chicago Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesNew information has come to light regarding the death of the 89-year-old woman who froze to death just a short distance from The Arbor, a Chicago-area nursing home. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this matter was a ‘cover-up’ of the death by nursing home staff that was quickly detected by local police. Quite obviously,… Continue Reading
Criminal Charges May Be Brought Against Chicago-Area Nursing Home In Connection To Resident’s Death
Posted in Elopement & Wandering, Illinois Nursing HomesInvestigators from the Itasca Police Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health are looking into the recent death of an Alzheimer’s resident in a Chicagoland nursing home. Sara Wentworth, an 89-year-old woman was found death a short distance from door at the The Arbor of Itasca. Nursing home records indicate that personnel had last… Continue Reading
Guilty Plea From Nurse Accused Of Abusing Tennessee Nursing Home Resident
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home StaffJoyce Stanley plead guilty to assault of a blind resident at the Etowah Health Care Center. Ms. Stanley’s McMinn County Court appearance follows an investigation by the Tennessee Department of Health regarding allegations of Stanley’s alleged abuse of a blind resident. "A resident was hit with a clipboard and incontinence pad and the information was… Continue Reading
Three New York Nursing Home Employees Charged With Abusing Elderly
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseThree employees of Gowanda Nursing Home, of New York, face criminal charges related to their allegedly abusive treatment of their elderly patients. According to court papers, Andrew Austin, a CNA at the New York Nursing Home, admittedly used racial epithets and physically attacked a resident after he refused to take his medications. The abusive behavior… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Staff Does Nothing To Stop Known Molester From Assaulting Disabled Woman
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA female resident at the Grace Living Center in Edmond, OK was recently assaulted by another resident with a known history of molesting other patients. According to reports, the victim was admitted to the nursing home only 14 hours prior to the incident. Making the matter worse is that the victim was disabled from a medical condition and it impossible for… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Cleared Of Neglect Charges In Case Where Resident Had Maggots In His Eyes
Posted in NeglectA shameful tale of a nursing home neglect recently was reported in Florida. As amazing as this sounds, the Florida Nursing Home was cleared of criminal neglect charges by the Florida Attorney General when a nursing home resident was found to have maggots in both eyes. The Attorney General, investigating the case blames their inability… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Workers Charged In Connection To Withholding Oxygen To Resident
Posted in NeglectTwo nursing home workers in Arkansas are facing criminal charges, manslaughter and elder neglect, following the 2007 death of a resident. The charges stem from failing to plug an oxygen line into the wall spigot for an oxygen-dependent patient. By the time the workers came back to check-in on the patient her hands were blue… Continue Reading
Video: New York Nursing Home Worker Caught On Tape
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA video has surfaced regarding a recent blog post that shows nurses at a New York nursing home abusing and neglecting their residents. The use of video camera has lead to 26 arrests of nursing home workers. It is scary to think what other criminal acts these nurses may have done in the course of… Continue Reading
Charges Dropped Against Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Wife
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseFelony sexual assault charges have been dropped against a Wisconsin man for having intercourse with his comatose wife. Prosecutors’ case against the man relied on videotapes evidence of the man engaging in intercourse during visits at the Divine Savior Nursing Home in Portage, Wisconsin. However, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that the videotapes… Continue Reading
Michigan Court Dismisses Charges Against Nursing Home Workers Playing With A Corpse
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesCriminal charges were dismissed against three employees at Cherrywood Nursing and Living Center in Sterling, Michigan. The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the misdemeanor patient abuse charges that the employees were originally charged with. The court reasoned that the deceased nursing home resident could not be categorized as a patient because she was dead. In… Continue Reading