Toughen penalties for sex abuse of elderly; Law should protect dependent adults

Thursday, May 18th, 2006. Des Moines, IA - Last month, former nursing-home worker Lesley Polek of Grinnell was accused of fondling the breasts of elderly residents. Because there were no injuries to the victims as defined by law, police and prosecutors couldn't charge Polek with dependent-adult abuse, which could be considered a felony and ... [More >>]

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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Charges Former Nursing Home CEO with Medicaid Fraud and Embezzlement: State alleges CEO took $88,000 to pay personal expenses

Thursday, May 18th, 2006. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has charged a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Church of Christ Care Center in Clinton Township with knowingly presenting and causing to be presented false claims to the State's Medicaid Program and for embezzling money belonging to the ... [More >>]

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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Announces Identity Theft Charges Against Two Nursing Home Employees

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006. Lansing, MI - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he has filed felony charges against two former employees of St. Michael Nursing Center, located at 19175 Anglin, in Detroit. Complaints against Marcus Lafrance Bailey, age 33, and Trina Lavette Carr, age 37, both of Detroit, were filed in the ... [More >>]

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Sex abuse penalties criticized: If no injury results, state law doesn’t permit the leveling of a dependent-adult abuse charge

Monday, May 15th, 2006. Des Moines, IA - Last month, after Lesley Polek of Grinnell was accused of sexually abusing elderly residents in an Iowa nursing home, she pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay two $50 fines. That punishment doesn't sit well with some advocates for seniors. "It's just appalling," said Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman ... [More >>]

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Sex offenders living among elderly: Suffolk Legislature expected to pass bill to track sex offenders in care homes

Monday, May 15th, 2006. Long Island, NY - The 84-year-old woman was in her room at an Amityville nursing home one morning last October when another resident came in, allegedly pulled the covers away and molested her. What the woman didn't know was that the resident accused of touching her, Robert Gregg, 54, is a ... [More >>]

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Friday, May 12th, 2006. New Britain, PA - The chairman of the Bedminster Township Board of Supervisors was charged with sexually assaulting a 92-year-old woman in the dementia unit of a nursing home where he works. Robert Holland, 76, a retired farmer who has been head groundskeeper at Pine Run Community Health Care Center for ... [More >>]

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Governor signs bill requiring nursing home background checks

Friday, May 12th, 2006. Springfield, IL - Governor Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vitch) signed legislation today making Illinois the first state to require criminal background checks for all current and incoming nursing home residents. Supporters say the law will safeguard the elderly by identifying sex offenders and violent felons, so nursing homes can take precautions to ensure ... [More >>]

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Trial set in nursing-home abuse case

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006. Philadelphia, PA - A former nursing assistant yesterday was ordered to stand trial for allegedly forcing a 92-year-old Alzheimer's patient to perform oral sex. A fellow nursing assistant testified in Municipal Court that she saw Soman Mathew, 50, quickly withdraw his penis from the elderly man's mouth when she walked into ... [More >>]

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Abuse at Area Care Center

Friday, May 5th, 2006. Nora Springs, IA - State records show employees at a North Iowa care center are accused of things like stealing and holding a glass of water of residents' heads to get them out bed. And now Liberty Square Care Center in Nora Springs has fired them. But this isn't the only issue ... [More >>]

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Man’s estate to get $20 million; Nursing home, 2 workers must pay

Friday, May 5th, 2006. Frankfort, KY - A jury awarded $20 million yesterday to the estate of a man that filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Frankfort nursing home. Connie O'Brien and Deborah Cunnigan, two of the 11 nurses named in the suit, were also found to be culpable in the death of Loren Richards, ... [More >>]

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