WECT reported the problems in North Carolina nursing homes. Complaints are not investigated. Neglect is tolerated. North Carolina nursing homes are short-staffed but so are state inspectors for nursing homes. North Carolina has 420 nursing homes but only 97 inspectors to investigate abuse and neglect or respond to complaints. Of the 97 inspectors, 15% go
A woman claims her grandmother was beaten up and left to suffer by workers at the facility. FOX 26’s Matthew Seedorff has more on how the grandmother is doing.
Substance abuse and addiction are prevalent in the health care field. Recently, The Patch reported another tragic situation. A drunk caregiver neglected vulnerable adults under her care, according to law enforcement. Angela S. Hutchison faces a charge of criminal neglect of a facility resident. She worked at Fair Oaks Health Care Center. The complaint said
Media reports show a jury found Sharee Shantrell Bryant guilty of injury to an elderly or disabled person. Bryant worked as a caregiver at Cornerstone Nursing Center. The jury opted for a prison sentence rather than a term of probation–as requested by the defense–following the sentencing phase of trial. The convicted caretaker was given five
Henry Owens passed away in February, 2021 after enduring what a lawsuit calls severe neglect at a Life Care nursing home in Las Vegas. Following the tragic death of Henry Owens in 2020, his family advocated for better monitoring of loved ones in nursing facilities. His family helped Governor Joe Lombardo to pass and sign
The Athens Daily Review published an anonymous poem from a nursing home resident. Tragic. One poem is shared below as written: “I am just an Old Ole Maid Now, I need a nurse’s aid To help me with a chore But when I ask for help, they ignore. So I seldom make a request The
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