Blog Posts in 2009
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Posted on Dec 17, 2009
In Ventura County, California , a jury recently awarded the family of a 71 year old stroke victim $7.75 million. The jury concluded that the woman, Maria Arellano, endured abuse while residing at a ...
Posted on Dec 16, 2009
In Chula Vista, it is reported that a man posed as a licensed contractor so that he could scam the elderly. Reports indicate that the man stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. He even went with one ...
Posted on Dec 15, 2009
A video surveillance camera has captured staff members at a Kentucky nursing home abusing an 84-year-old Dementia patient. Not only were the nursing assistants at Richmond Health and Rehabilitation ...
Posted on Dec 10, 2009
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois nursing home where a woman died due to Sepsis caused by untreated bedsores. The lawsuit was filed against Caseyville Nursing and ...
Posted on Dec 8, 2009
Did you know that every year, tens of thousands of senior citizens become victims of elder abuse in the United States? The truth is, elder abuse is quite prevalent in our society. Years ago, elder ...
Posted on Dec 2, 2009
In DuPage, Illinois, law enforcement agencies have officially announced the launch of a partnership last week that is geared toward raising awareness about elder abuse. The police say that elder abuse ...
Posted on Nov 29, 2009
This past Wednesday, a mother and daughter were found guilty of elder abuse in Camel. Their case was presided over by Monterey County Superior Court Judge Terrance Duncan. On January 15, 2010, 53 year ...
Posted on Nov 27, 2009
This week, 47 year old David Ribarchik was charged with one count of first degree vulnerable adult abuse in Flint Township. If convicted, he will face up to 15 years in prison for this serious ...
Posted on Nov 23, 2009
Evidence suggests that a registered sex offender working at Asta Care Center of Toluca in Illinois groped a mentally impaired woman residing in the nursing home. Despite the nursing home's assurance ...
Posted on Nov 17, 2009
A New York nursing home aide faces criminal charges for stealing a patient's credit card information to pay bills and purchase personal items. Latoya Harding, 28, is accused of stealing a 90-year-old ...
Posted on Nov 9, 2009
A lawsuit has been filed against Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center by a man who claims his friend was neglected in the nursing home. Paul Johnson filed the lawsuit against the nursing home for ...
Posted on Nov 2, 2009
La Salle County Nursing Home has been sued by a man who claims his relative was being sexually abused by another resident at the nursing home. In the lawsuit, Henry Elzer claims the nursing home ...
Posted on Oct 27, 2009
A nursing home aide in Plattsburgh, New York has been sentenced to jail and probation for taking sexually explicit photos of a patient suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Shane Spooner's actions ...
Posted on Oct 19, 2009
A nursing home in Everett, Washington is being sued for neglect after doctors discovered that a man's penis had rotted off. The family of the 97-year-old man claims the Everett Rehabilitation and Care ...
Posted on Oct 12, 2009
An employee at the Texas Terrace Care Center in Saint Louis Park, Missouri has been accused of sexually assaulting a patient suffering from dementia. The victim, who despite having dementia has a ...
Posted on Oct 10, 2009
In Wilton Manors, Florida, a serious elder abuse case was reported after some neighbors called police. The neighbors were prompted to call police after they noticed that a 78 year old woman was ...
Posted on Oct 5, 2009
Many people associate the term " nursing home abuse " with physical abuse. While physical abuse in nursing homes continues to affect thousands of nursing home residents each year, there are other ...
Posted on Sep 20, 2009
In the state of Maine, a grassroots group that specializes in the prevention of elder abuse throughout a loca city was rewarded $500,000 from the U.S. Justice Department. The money was given to help ...
Posted on Sep 17, 2009
In California, the director of a San Bernardino nursing home has been arrested for elder abuse . According to officials, the man arrested was named Tony Dalton and he oversaw a facility that cares for ...
Posted on Sep 11, 2009
A nursing home administrator in Central California is facing criminal charges after it was discovered that she allowed her staff to drug unruly patients in an effort to keep them quiet. Pamela Ott, ...
Posted on Aug 26, 2009
In Somers, New York, is being reported by LoHud.com that a nursing home employee has been placed under arrest for having sexual contact with a 60 year old patient. 28 year old Carolyn M. Wheeler was ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2009
All too often, the people that are supposed to be caring for the elderly are the very same people who neglect or abuse them. Reports indicate that elder neglect is on the rise in the United States. As ...
Posted on Aug 22, 2009
Each and every year, thousands of senior citizens are abused in nursing homes, by caregivers and even by their close family members. Physical abuse can be devastating, painful, embarrassing and ...
Posted on Aug 21, 2009
In Plattsburg, New York, a local man by the name of Shane Spooner (33) has admitted to taking a graphic photo of a male patient that was living in the Clinton County Nursing Home. Spooner, a former ...
Posted on Aug 20, 2009
Today, two brothers in Salt Lake City, Utah pled guilty to charges of elder abuse . The brothers, Christopher Eugene Hansen (22) and Michael Levi Hansen Jr. (20) were charged with elder abuse after ...
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