I read an article this weekend about a resident who was physically and sexually assaulted by the groundskeeper for a nursing home facility. The family of an Alzheimer’s resident who was sexually assaulted by former Bedminster supervisor Robert Holland has sued him and the woman’s nursing home for civil damages. The late Helen Priester was 92
A former nursing aide who admitted raping and impregnating a profoundly disabled and defenseless woman at a Bloomingdale nursing home three years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. Reynaldo Brucal Jr., 20, pleaded guilty in November to aggravated criminal sexual assault of the then-23-year-old woman, who has cerebral palsy, is brain-damaged and
Protecting Loved Ones from Nursing Home Abuse Solomon & Relihan’s Phoenix based law firm has recently launched NursingHomeAdvocates.com. NursingHomeAdvocates.com is a resource portal designed to assist both family members of nursing home residents, and the patients themselves, who suspect neglect, malpractice, or abuse. In the United States alone, nursing home malpractice has become a significant