Kristin Nelson of WMBF News reported on a lawsuit filed in Florence County, South Carolina, which accuses a private school, its affiliated church, and key staff members of concealing alleged child abuse by an employee for over 15 years. Incredible. The suit, brought by parents of a toddler, names Maranatha Christian School, First Free Will
The family of Alexis Ellinger sued the Arabella Health Wellness of Grand Bay for failing to maintain her health, safety, and well-being by allowing a resident to sexually abuse her. The family trusted the facility to take care of Melanie for her special needs and recurring epileptic seizures. At 21, the facility failed to protect
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A recent study revealed that resident-on-resident attacks are a problem in nursing homes all over the world. They are embedded in shared cultural expectations of institutional care and the stressors of dementia itself. Deaths caused by nursing home residents caused by resident to resident altercations remain rare throughout nations because they go underreported. “Homicide involving
NPR had a great article on resident to resident altercations in long term care facilities. Violent altercations between residents of long-term care facilities are very common. Throughout the country, many residents in nursing homes or assisted living centers have been killed due to these resident-to-resident altercations. These residents have weaponized a bed rail, shoved pillow
A home aide is currently “on the run” after she was caught beating an elderly woman, Dorothy, who’s 95 years old, with a saucepan in her apartment on July 21st. Dorothy’s granddaughters placed cameras throughout her apartment in Harlem, New York, where they witnessed in horror as the healthcare worker assaulted their loved one with