Four women were in a Louisville courtroom Tuesday morning answering to charges from manslaughter to tampering with evidence and perjury. This after a resident died from falling from her wheelchair. The hearing was nothing more than a formality. It lasted less than five minutes and four not guilty pleas were entered. But it is a case of life
This article shows how some employees will not cover up neglect and abuse in nursing homes unlie the majority who are more loyal to their corporate masters than the residents they are bound to protect. June Dankert was 87 and in good health when she died May 10. For the previous two years, she lived at
Here is a disturbing article about a common problem in nursing home facilities. A Berea man was arrested Monday on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in a local nursing home. Matthew Bryant, 25, of Old Walleceton Road, allegedly entered the Berea Health Care Center on Richmond Road in Berea. Police still aren’t sure
This is an incredible article. They should be arrested for leaving a vulnerable adult in this condition. A northeast Nebraska care center has been fined for leaving an elderly resident alone and unattended. A report, done by the state department of Health and Human Services, says Golden Living Center, in O’Neill, Nebraska, discharged a resident because
I saw this article about a woman who was a resident of a Tennessee nursing home where they found maggots in her ear. How could this happen? Who is checking her? It is disgusting and unacceptable. I’m surprised the facility isn’t claiming it is part of her care and treatment! A Health Department investigation revealed that
I saw an article about resident abuse that is common and difficult to prove without the testimony of an honest employee of the nursing home. The industry has labeled injuries caused by abuse to be “injuries of unknown origins”. Perhaps, they should polygrapg the employees who provided care and treatment to the resident to determine
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