WPXI reported a nursing home worker in Mount Lebanon is charged with sexual assault of a resident. Certified nurse assistant Solomon Rivers also known as Solomon Roberson is charged with institutional sexual assault. Documents show the victim in this case has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old and is confined to a wheelchair. According to the criminal
My13News reported the arrest of two nursing home caregivers for elder abuse. The family discovered their love done with significant bruising. The facility failed to explain how or why she suffered injury. The victim’s daughter saw bruises on her mother’s forehead, both sides of the face, nose and side of the lip. Doctors discovered a
The Verdict The Sacramento Bee reported on jury verdicts totaling more than $30 million against the owners of Pine Creek Care Center nursing home for horrific neglect. Sam Rios Jr. spent two weeks at the nursing home but developed pressure injuries which caused his wrongful death. The jury’s verdict of $5.9 million is to compensate.
NJ.com reported on another fatal resident to resident altercation. Aggression is well known symptom of mid-to-late-stage dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The lack of staffing causes unsafe environments with insufficient supervision leading to predictable fights. A 2019 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that abuse citations at nursing homes doubled from 2013-2017. The majority involve physical
North Carolina’s MyFox8 reported that Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation in Thomasville paid a reduced fine for unsafe staffing. 100 patients only had three caregivers in January of 2022. An investigation found that patients were neglected. Many hospitalized. Two dead. The fine was reduced to a measly $126,000. The for profit parent company of Pine Ridge Health
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