Seemingly straight out of the fiction section, another CNA stands accused of punching an elderly person she was responsible for caring for. The Champaign County Sheriff arrested Sharoia D. Hill of Danville, IL, for the aggravated battery of a senior citizen. The alleged battery took place at the Champaign County Nursing Home in Southern Illinois,… Continue Reading
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CNA Facing Battery Charges After Co-Worker Reports Abuse To Authorities
Posted in Golden Living, Nursing Home AbuseKaren Buck, a CNA in Muncie, Indiana, is facing Class D felony (abuse of individuals who are physically or mentally disabled) battery charges after allegedly slapping a 94-year-old nursing home resident in the mouth. The alleged incident took place in June 2, 2007 at the Golden Living Center after the nursing home resident became agitated… Continue Reading
Hazing Type Abuse In Mississippi Nursing Home
Posted in Nursing Home StaffRecent 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. … Continue Reading
Nursing Home Abusers To Be Released
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseI just did a double-take. Four nursing home employees charged with abusing residents at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Minnesota will soon be released from custody. The Minnesota Attorney General blames the the nursing home employees release on a lack of hard evidence and hearsay testimony. Blog readers may recall these four ‘Minnesota girls… Continue Reading
Nurse Charged With Abuse & Neglect After Abandoning Residents At Assisted Living Facility
Posted in NeglectEpisania Fitzgerald was charged with abuse and neglect of an elderly person when she decided to leave her post as night nurse at an assisted living facility. Fitzgerald told the sheriff’s office investigating the matter that she left the assisted living facility with another resident in charge to provide home health care services elsewhere. Fitzgerald… Continue Reading
Spraying Foam, Pulling Hair, Breaking Hands–Just Another Day At Work For This Nurses Aide
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA 22-year-old Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) has plead guilty to multiple charges involving nursing home abuse and neglect. Christine Borasky plead guilty to felony charges of second-degree endangering the welfare of a vulnerable person. Ms. Borasky admitted to spraying foam into the face of an 82-year-old nursing home resident. Additionally, this CNA pulled the woman’s… Continue Reading
Sex Crimes Land Utah Nursing Home Worker In Jail
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseJacob 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… Continue Reading
Nusing Home Supervisor Admits To Abusing 100 Residents
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultJohn Riems, a former nursing home supervisor at Conrad Care and Rehabilitation Center in Ohio. During questioning by prosecutors, Reims admitted to abusing nearly 100 patients during his 22-year career at nursing homes. Reims is under investigation from an original charges involving the allegations of abuse involving a 55-year-old blind man and a partially paralyzed… Continue Reading