Bullying at nursing home charged; Girard police look into allegations
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007.
Girard, IL - Nurse’s aides, described as bullies in a state investigator’s report, allegedly spent months tormenting nursing-home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other mental impairments.
The incidents at Pleasant Hill Village, described in a Feb. 21 report by investigators from the Illinois Department of Public Health, have resulted in a $25,000 fine, Public Health spokeswoman Kimberly Parker said Tuesday. The nursing home is challenging the fine.
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