Failure to Supervise A Florida nursing home allowed a resident to beat and choke another resident to death. Who was watching? Where was the supervision? According to police reports, the Gold Choice Assisted Living & Memory Care called the Flagler County Sheriff Office after discovering a woman resident not breathing. She suffered facial injuries. She
Ames Alexander is an investigative reporter for the Charlotte Observer that contributed to Left Alone, an investigation into the nursing home industry in North Carolina. The investigation discovered a struggle to hire and retain caregivers causing nursing homes to endanger thousands of vulnerable residents. People are getting neglected and abused. Left Alone has 6 parts.
There is a special place in hell for people who abuse children, the disabled, and the vulnerable. The State had a crazy story of abuse and poor training at Thrive Upstate, a facility in Fountain Inn, S.C. Police arrested Pebble Artrevious Hill, a caregiver at the residential care facility. Police accuse the caregiver of abusing
The Advocate published a letter from Bruce Blaney explaining the corruption that leads to the abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults in long term care facilities. “The pandemic has revealed life in nursing homes to be at best risky and often lethal. Even before that institutional model killed 3,000 people during the pandemic, the legislative
Assault of anyone is wrong. Assault of a defenseless and vulnerable adult is despicable.
Passive Neglect Passive neglect puts care recipients at risk of serious injuries or death. The Patch reported a male patient, John Eschenbach, went missing from CareOne at Parsippany nursing home. The facility allowed him to leave the facility unsupervised. The staff failed to provide the necessary supervision to maintain his health, safety, and well-being. The facility
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