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Nursing Home Abuse NewsArchive for August, 2005Former St. Mary’s Nursing Assistant Faces Another Felony Charge; Fifth Woman Says She Was MolestedMonday, August 15th, 2005. Madison, WI - A fifth woman now says she was molested by a former St. Mary's nursing assistant. Michael Reveles, 44, will be formally charged today with his seventh felony count of second-degree sexual assault by a treatment facility worker, according to the Dane County district attorneys office. Reveles is accused of ... [More >>] No criminal case for sunbathing deathFriday, August 12th, 2005. Waterville, OH - An Ohio investigator found no proof of criminal neglect of a woman with multiple sclerosis who died after being left out in the sun at her nursing home. The Toledo Blade reported the investigator for the state Attorney General said aides at Heartland of Waterville left Patricia Matney ... [More >>] Malpractice suit filed naming Fayetteville nursing homeThursday, August 11th, 2005. Fayetteville, AK - Negligence and medical malpractice are among claims made in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Washington County Circuit Court Clerkâs office related to the treatment of a former resident of Rochier Heights Nursing Home in Fayetteville. The suit alleges that [James] Casey was admitted on July 31, 2003, ... [More >>] Crisis in state’s nursing homesTuesday, August 9th, 2005. CA - A recent analysis of nursing home data shows that the [California] state Department of Health Services is performing fewer inspections, resulting in a reduced number of citations for such infractions as aides giving the wrong medication to a patient, physical abuse or not treating infections in a timely ... [More >>] Former Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Elderly PatientSaturday, August 6th, 2005. Gas City, IN - Peggy Couse, 43, who was employed as a nursing supervisor at Twin City Health Care in Gas City, Indiana, has pleaded guilty to charges that she tried to kill an 83-year-old nursing home patient, Virgil Dailey, with a lethal dose of morphine. While Dailey died in January ... [More >>] Nursing home aide gets jail for abuseTuesday, August 2nd, 2005. Medina, OH - A former aide at an Ohio nursing home has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for giving elderly residents laxatives. Susan Mejak said that her only crime was to keep quiet about the incident, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. She said that a co-worker decided to give ... [More >>] Bad Behavior has blocked 640 access attempts in the last 7 days. |
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