Archive for October, 2007
Friday, October 26th, 2007.
Lancaster, OH - Criminal charges will not be filed against the Heartland-Fairfield Nursing Center after the death of a patient in September.
A Fairfield County Grand Jury ruled Friday there was insufficient evidence to file charges in the death of Edith West at the nursing home....
West allegedly was left outside in ... [More >>]
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Friday, October 26th, 2007.
Washington, DC - Jennifer Coldren of Rome, N.Y., summoned her courage and traveled to the nation's capital in July to tell Congress about the rape of her now 91-year-old grandmother in a nursing home a year ago.
Coldren had a reason: She thought the story would help press Congress to pass ... [More >>]
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Friday, October 26th, 2007.
Las Cruces, NM - nursing home employee accused of hitting a 73-year-old resident of the Las Cruces Nursing Center has been indicted by a Dona Ana County grand jury.The grand jury handed up the indictment Thursday.
Joseph Anthony Garcia, 33, is being held at the Dona Ana County Detention Center on ... [More >>]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007.
Citrus Heights, CA - As flames tore through a Citrus Heights elder care home late the night of Nov. 26, two elderly women could not escape their beds, one of them blocked by rails and another trapped by a locked wheelchair, according to an investigation by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire ... [More >>]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007.
Charleston, WV - A Kanawha County man claims the neglect his mother was shown at a local nursing home caused her death and he is seeking damages for her estate.
Jerry Burgess filed a suit Oct. 11 in Kanawha Circuit Court on behalf of the estate of Rosella Burgess. The suit ... [More >>]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007.
Duluth, MN - A female nursing assistant at a Benedictine Health System facility in Eveleth has been fired after allegations that the employee emotionally abused a resident.
According to a Minnesota Department of Health report, a nursing assistant at St. Raphael’s Health and Rehabilitation Center on July 14 allegedly told a ... [More >>]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007.
Buffalo, NY - A 22-year-old former nurse's aide at a nursing home outside Buffalo has been ordered to spend the next 16 months to four years in prison for stealing $8,000 from a 97-year-old patient.
Rebecca Sopko, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty in May to fourth-degree grand larceny and second-degree attempted forgery ... [More >>]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007.
Louisville, KY - Sherry Hoover says her mother experienced low blood sugar while she lived at Parkway Medical Center, dying from brain injuries that could have been caused by low blood sugar. Now Ssherry is wondering if her mom was murdered.
Mary Ann Hoover was 64 when she died in May ... [More >>]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007.
Newport, OR - Three residents were recently removed from the premises of Betty's Quality Home Care amidst allegations of elder abuse, said Mary Gear, Office of Licensing and Quality Care administrator, Seniors and People with Disabilities Division of the Oregon Department of Health and Human Services.
Gear said one of three ... [More >>]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007.
Anastasia Olouch, a caretaker seen beating 90-year-old John Taylor in a shocking hidden-camera video, escaped to her native Kenya last month.
The chances of her being captured are slim. But the problem of elder abuse isn't going away anytime soon.
There are currently 1.6 million elderly Americans who are cared for by ... [More >>]
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