Woman Admits She and Second Employee Committed Nursing Home Abuse A woman in Framingham, Massachusetts admitted to police that she and a fellow employee at a local nursing home had committed nursing home abuse because they “thought it was funny.” Damaris Diaz, 18, and Samuel Ayekple, 25, were arrested on Monday, May 5th, after an investigation that led Diaz to confess. Diaz was charged with … [Read more...]
17 Former Employees Charged with Nursing Home Abuse
May 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Felony Nursing Home Abuse Complaints Filed Against Former NY Caregivers The New York State Attorney General’s office filed charges against 17 former employees of the HighPointe Nursing Home on Thursday, April 24th, for felony nursing home abuse. The felony nursing home abuse complaints, filed in a Buffalo City Court, allege serious mistreatments at the facility, which is operated by Kaleida … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Filed After Hepatitis C Outbreak
April 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Hepatitis C Outbreak Leads to Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits in North Dakota Two elderly residents who contracted Hepatitis C at a nursing home in North Dakota in 2013 filed nursing home abuse lawsuits against the facility, and a federal nursing home abuse lawsuit might eventually cover all 44 patients who contracted the disease. John Fenner, 78, and Lilas Guttormson, 84, filed a nursing home … [Read more...]
Four Facilities Charged with Nursing Home Abuse After Death
April 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Four Connecticut Nursing Homes Charge with Nursing Home Abuse After Resident Dies The Connecticut Department of Public Health fined four nursing homes in the state for serious nursing home abuse after receiving reports that one resident died, another was verbally abused, and several female residents were inappropriately touched by another resident. The Ledge Crest Health Care Center in … [Read more...]
“Stripper Party” Leads to Elder Abuse Lawsuit
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Nursing Home Sued on Elder Abuse Charges After Family Learns Home Hired Male Strippers A nursing home on Long Island is being taken to court on charges of elder abuse after a resident’s son discovered that his elderly mother had been subjected to a “stripper party,” which the facility planned for its residents. The lawsuit was filed with the New York State Supreme Court on March 13th, and … [Read more...]
NY State Charges 10 with Nursing Home Abuse
April 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
10 NY State Nurses Charged with Nursing Home Abuse New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed criminal charges for nursing home abuse against 10 suspects who were employed at the Blossom North Nursing Home in Rochester, NY. Schneiderman said that the criminal nursing home abuse charges stemmed from allegations that the employees abused one of the facility’s … [Read more...]
Bill to Place Cameras in Nursing Home Abuse Cases Stalls
March 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A Bill Allowing the Use of Cameras to Detect Nursing Home Abuse Stalls in the Senate On Thursday, March 20th, a bill that would give families the ability to electronically monitor their loved ones to prevent or detect nursing home abuse stalled in the South Carolina senate. The SC Senate’s Medical Affairs Committee was evenly divided on the bill, 7 to 7, preventing its advancement onto the … [Read more...]
Two Teen Employees Charged with Nursing Home Abuse
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Two Teenage Employees Charged with Nursing Home Abuse and Videotaping the Incident On Friday, March 14th, two teenage employees of an Illinois nursing home were charged with nursing home abuse after they physically abusing a resident and videotaped the incident. South Elgin residents Chemyra Barnett, 18, and Jacqueline Santos, 18, were charged with aggravated battery of a person over 60, and … [Read more...]
SC Senior Center Faces Four Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits
March 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Four Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Filed Against Home in Florence, SC The Emeritus facility at Laurel Gardens, a senior care center in Florence, SC, faces four nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuits filed against the center in February 2014. One of the nursing home abuse claims alleges that one of the residents, who had dementia, was "injured as a result of abuse and neglect." A second claim … [Read more...]
LA County Nursing Home Abuse Investigations Rushed
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Los Angeles Accused of Pushing Nursing Home Abuse Investigations Through Without Completion Los Angeles County public health officials have been accused of rushing nursing home abuse complaints through their investigation system due to a complaint backlog. According to internal memos, the push – called the “Complaint Workload Cleanup Project” – has been going on since 2012. Now, both state and … [Read more...]
