Category: Abuse and Neglect

Resident Eats Mouse

WCNC and Fox8 reported on the disturbing complaint investigation at Accordius Health at Salisbury. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services found workers witness a resident with dementia grab a mouse out of the trash and then swallow the rodent. They did nothing to intervene and failed to immediately tell a doctor or his family.

Abuse and Assault

I have been representing victims of nursing home abuse and neglect for over 25 years. Hundreds of victims of abuse and neglect. I still am shocked when I discover a caregiver physically or sexually assaulting a vulnerable adult. I do not understand it. I cannot tolerate it. I recently saw an article about Jacques Wagner.

Commonplace Abuse?

I recently saw article about two separate incidents of abuse that made the news. The lack of punishment and accountability is shocking. North Carolina Recently, the N.C. DHHS cited University Place Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Charlotte. The agency cited a nursing home after live maggots were found in the wound of a dementia

Criminal Overmedication

Jennifer Lynn Reavis pleaded no contest to purposely overmedicating a resident of Twin Oaks Health and Rehab Center nursing home. Lansing Police Department investigated in 2019 after Reavis gave a resident of the facility evening and bedtime medications at the same time. Reavis also administered the resident Ativan and Benadryl. Neither were prescribed or part

Caught on Tape

Nursing home surveillance cameras caught two employees abuse and taunt a vulnerable resident.  Clearly caught on tape. The employees were teenage girls who work in a rural nursing home in Minnesota. Police accuse these caregivers of abusing and taunting an elderly female with dementia. Reports from the local police department and Minnesota Department of Health

Dying Alone

WGXA reported the tragic discovery of a female resident three days after her death. Magnolia Manor caregivers finally discovered Jewel Pounds Billing in her apartment after family members asked them to do a welfare check on Billing. Coroner Lonnie Miley believes the woman died of natural causes. According to Magnolia Manor’s website, they provide services to

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