A Florida nursing home employee in was arrested and charged with assaulting an elderly resident under her care. Kassandra Aihe, 24, was arrested on a charge of battery on a person 65 years or older for the alleged incident that happened on Oct. 27 at an assisted living facility, according to an arrest report cited
Kandus Jellison is a certified nursing assistant. She sued her former employer for wrongful termination. The lawsuit alleges that supervisors at Oakwood Specialty Care failed to care for a resident’s wellbeing after a fall, and denied his rights to participate in his care and contact anyone he wished. She was wrongly fired for disputing a
Fuquay-Varina Police Department arrested and charged Cynthia Williams Sellars, a former assisted-living employee, with murder. Police said Sellars was an employee at the time at Windsor Point Retirement Community. She was involved in an assault while working at the facility. According to arrest warrants, Sellers was initially charged with assault on individuals with a disability for
AARP is strongly supporting a federal effort to set minimum staffing standards for the nation’s nursing homes for the first time. Under the federal proposal, nursing homes that are funded through Medicare or Medicaid would be required to provide every resident with at least 0.55 hours of care from a registered nurse, plus 2.45 hours of
The nursing home industry is very profitable especially how many for profit homes hide profits by diverting tax payor funds to related entities. Now, they say they cannot provide safe and sufficient staffing because it would cost too much. Government Accountability Office’s report found that CMS’ data on private equity ownership of nursing homes has
The Michigan Attorney General issued a press release about Jessica Struhar. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel arrested Jessica Struhar on one count each of 2nd degree Vulnerable Adult Abuse and Intentionally Placing False Information in a Medical Record. Each count is a four-year felony. The Attorney General alleges that during Struhar’s employment in 2021 as