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 >>]
Archive: Nursing Home Abuse Pennsylvania
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 >>]
Troubled care facility closes: The assisted-living home was called a “danger” after a resident’s death
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006. Philadelphia, PA - Prompted by the suspicious death of a 63-year-old resident last weekend, state regulators yesterday closed a troubled Chester assisted-living home after deciding that conditions there "constitute an immediate and serious danger" to its occupants. The state Attorney General's Office and a state grand jury had been investigating allegations ... [More >>]
Fakes back in court in abuse case
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006. Lebanon, PA - A couple accused of abusing residents in their personal-care homes were in court yesterday.... Tina Fake, 41; her husband, Clifford, 46; and two others were arrested March 15, 2005, and charged with beating and mistreating Jeffrey Sees, a Lebanon VA Medical Center outpatient who lived at their Reaching ... [More >>]
Nursing Home Cited for Abuse Allegations
Friday, January 13th, 2006. Allentown, PA - The nursing home run by Northampton County has been cited by the state after allegations of abuse. A State Department of Health report says the Gracedale home in Lower Nazareth Township was lax in reporting an alleged incident back in October. Read the full text of the article ... [More >>]
Target 11 Investigates: Missing Nursing Home Money; Serious Questions Raised
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005. Pittsburgh, PA -- Target 11 investigated the issue of missing money at a nursing home. A nurse's aide was fired after more than $8,000 turned up missing from a resident's bank account. Where she is working now raises serious questions. The nurse's aide worked at the Southwestern Veterans Center in ... [More >>]
Personal care home owners say changes in state regulations won’t help residents
Sunday, October 30th, 2005. Pittsburgh, PA - Welfare department officials held explanatory workshops around the state over the summer for administrators of the more than 1,600 personal care homes. The homes range from eight-bed, mom-and-pop dwellings run on a shoestring to the large, assisted-living facilities that woo affluent suburbanites as they become frail. The operators ... [More >>]
Hospital settles restraint case; After a woman’s death, the Lansdale facility will pay the U.S. government $200,000 and review its policies
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005. Philadelphia, PA - Central Montgomery Medical Center in Lansdale has settled a case with the federal government over its alleged improper use of restraints on 91 patients over six months, including an elderly woman who apparently suffocated after she fell out of bed still attached by a vest restraint. While admitting ... [More >>]
