Blog Posts in August, 2009
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 ...
Posted on Aug 12, 2009
In Montgomery, Alabama, Alvador Thompson (55) recently pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Montgomery County court. Thompson was charged after being accused of causing the death of 79 year old ...
Posted on Aug 9, 2009
In California, a 91 Catherine Bautino's death has been ruled as a homicide according to authorities. Authorities say that they have charged both Bautino's daughter and grandson for her murder. It is ...
Posted on Aug 4, 2009
A Colorado nursing home has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an 84-year-old woman who died from multiple health complications while residing in the home. ...