Blog Posts in November, 2008
Posted on Nov 28, 2008
On November 18th, an 82 year old woman went to police and showed them bruises on her throat and other forms of evidence which proved that she was being abused. After seeing the evidence, police ...
Posted on Nov 24, 2008
A Tucson nursing home has agreed to pay $17,500 in civil penalties for committing more than two dozen violations. Santa Rosa Care Center was cited for: Failing to protect residents from sexual abuse ...
Posted on Nov 23, 2008
In San Diego, a North County couple recently pled guilty to elder abuse charges. The couple was charged with elder abuse after they left an 84 year old man with Parkinson's disease alone in a van ...
Posted on Nov 19, 2008
In Bend, Oregon, a 54 year old woman named Janet Brashers has been charged with 4th degree assault and elder abuse after it was reported that she had physically abused an 85 year old woman that she ...
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
In New York, Attorney General Andrea Cuomo has recently begun using hidden cameras throughout nursing home and elderly communities to stop the abuse of senior residents. Since the implementation of ...
Posted on Nov 13, 2008
The Attorney General's Office cleared a DeLand, Florida nursing home of charges for criminal neglect . The nursing home came under scrutiny after an elderly patient who died was found with maggots in ...
Posted on Nov 10, 2008
In San Francisco, a man located in Foster City is facing 9 months in jail for hitting his elderly father in the head with a hammer. Police report that Jayantibhai Patel, a 58 year old son, hit his own ...
Posted on Nov 7, 2008
In Sonora, California, a handyman was arrested by local law enforcement on suspicion of 6 felonies, one of which was an elder abuse charge. According to authorities, a 99 year old woman contact police ...