Blog Posts in August, 2010
37 results found. Viewing page 1 of 2.
Go to page
Posted on Aug 31, 2010
A former nursing assistant has been sentenced to three years in prison for raping an incoherent patient in her room. He pleaded guilty to rape of a patient and elder abuse. The district attorney ...
Posted on Aug 31, 2010
In a victim's impact statement, as reported by the Richmond Register, Debra Hamilton spoke on behalf of her family, and her late grandmother, Armeda Fowler Thomas, recounting the separate impacts ...
Posted on Aug 30, 2010
In Wyoming, the Supreme Court there has reversed an elder abuse conviction of a man who they now claim his actions didn't meet the state's legal definition of abuse. Ricky L. Dougherty was convicted ...
Posted on Aug 29, 2010
Jared W. Buckley has been arrested with others after he reportedly slathered elderly dementia patients with ointment as a prank. However, in 2007, a complaint of misconduct was filed against Buckley ...
Posted on Aug 28, 2010
Alesha Neault has been arrested for reportedly stealing Fentanyl patches that were prescribed to two patients. She was not only stealing from the facility, but she was depriving the patients of ...
Posted on Aug 27, 2010
A registered nursing who works at a hospital in California has been arrested on charges of abusing an elderly patient. Rene Gachon Gotico reportedly refused to help a patient who needed to use the ...
Posted on Aug 26, 2010
An certified nursing assistant in Illinois is being accused of committing some act of sexual abuse on a resident. At this time the investigation is still ongoing, so the details available are minimal. ...
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
A nursing home resident who was allegedly sexually assault on two occasions did not have the matter reported to her family. Now, the home and the administrator are facing criminal charges for failure ...
Posted on Aug 24, 2010
A former nurse's aide has been sentenced in a nursing home abuse case where she allegedly neglected to feed a patient in 2008. Amanda Sallee has pleaded guilty to charges of wanton abuse and neglect ...
Posted on Aug 23, 2010
An Alabama nursing home is being accused of involuntarily enrolling patients into an insurance program they did not want. Kimberly Bisslessi Eddins was arrested after evidence was found that she ...
Posted on Aug 22, 2010
Li Ching Liu, who is a suspect in an elder financial abuse case, has turned herself in to police. She has pleaded not guilty to the charge that she abused and robbed a 74-year-old of more than $4 ...
Posted on Aug 21, 2010
In the Tampa Bay, Florida area, a nursing home employee, Janice Lynn Smith, has been accused of stealing almost $4,000 from nursing home residents. Smith worked as a receptionist at the location and ...
Posted on Aug 20, 2010
Karen Etter was charged with a misdemeanor offense of attempting to impede or interfere with state inspections at a nursing home while she was director of nursing. State officials had reported that ...
Posted on Aug 19, 2010
In Kentucky, the governor wants to review how nursing home abuse is dealt with. As a result, a nursing home has been charged with abuse, along with the owner being charged with failure to report ...
Posted on Aug 18, 2010
One of two women in Minnesota who was accused of physically and sexually humiliating nursing home residents has pleaded guilty to three of the charges against her. Brianna Broitzman has agreed to the ...
Posted on Aug 17, 2010
In North Carolina, state regulators are asking for a Chapel Hill nursing home to be fined after a nurse was charged with the murder in the death of a patient. According to tests, about 25 patients in ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2010
The stepdaughter of a man who suffered disfigurement and death as the result of a nursing home has been awarded $400,000 in the matter. Marlene Owens' father suffered an eye injury as he was gouged by ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2010
A nurse on their staff charged with murder is not the only thing befalling a Chapel Hill, North Carolina nursing home, reports WRAL. State regulators are asking federal Medicaid officials to fine them ...
Posted on Aug 15, 2010
A man in the Paducah, Kentucky area has been arrested and charged with elder abuse in regard to his mother. Artie Scott is now facing charges of exploiting an adult for over $300 as well. According to ...
Posted on Aug 14, 2010
A woman has been charged with a class B felony elder abuse matter. Joan Dollins was arrested for neglecting her elderly mother. According to police reports, Dollins was not taking proper care of her ...
Posted on Aug 13, 2010
A nursing home has been cited for failing to prevent and report a sexual abuse matter that occurred. An Alzheimer's resident was sexually abused by another resident who would not let her leave the ...
Posted on Aug 12, 2010
As nursing home abuse and neglect increase, patients are suffering from various skin conditions. Bed sores are one of the main concerns for nursing home residents, as when they are left untreated, ...
Posted on Aug 11, 2010
Search warrants have been served in connection with a suspected financial abuse case involving an elderly man. A warrant was served at the residence of a woman who cares for the man as bank documents, ...
Posted on Aug 10, 2010
A New York nursing home has been fined due to the quality of care that has been provided. The home was fined $4,550 after it was revealed that the nursing home did not follow quality care requirements ...
Posted on Aug 10, 2010
Per a Tri Cities.com report in Bristol, Virginia, a psychological evaluation read at the sentencing of former nursing home aide, James Wright, said that the defendant blamed his four victims for his ...
37 results found. Viewing page 1 of 2.
Go to page