Three female former certified nursing assistants are accused of taking photographs of disrobed nursing home patients’ body parts, spraying them with water and filming the stunts for their own entertainment. A fifth individual has been charged for failing to report the incident. Three of the women pleaded guilty to two…
According to a statement released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the owner of a nursing home for Alzheimer’s patients and some 21 of her current and former employees are facing more than 70 criminal charges for allegedly abusing elderly patients under their care. According to the statement, the allegations…
In recent news, the Attorney General of Ohio is raising concerns regarding several complaints of nursing home abuse and neglect, which have reportedly doubled within the Buckeye state this year. The Ohio State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is reportedly investigating 131 case at this point in time, compared…
An Iowa nursing home is now facing licensing and other sanctions arising out of an incident of sexual abuse of a resident. Additionally, the Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators is alleging that the former administrator is guilty of professional incompetence. The various allegations stem from the Board finding that…
A man was shocked to recently discover that his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, received extensive facial injuries, including a gruesome looking gash on her head, while living in a residential care facility. The victim is 88 years old, and wheelchair bound. It remains unclear when or how the woman…
Although we would like to think it’s not the case, reports and lawsuits indicate that abuse within nursing homes and assisted care facilities are not isolated incidents. Following the recent U.S. trend regarding hidden cameras documenting nursing home abuse, an 85 year old resident in an Ontario long term care…
The Minnesota Department of Health recently published a report on its website, stating that it had substantiated claims of neglect and abuse in at least two different nursing homes. In the first case, a disabled resident was allegedly neglected when an employee left her inside of her room with the…
This week a former Wyoming nursing home employee pleaded no contest to obtaining goods by false pretenses. Malgorzata Burns, who was formerly a certified nursing assistant, has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly resident with dementia who was under her care. During his statement the District…
A Toledo, Ohio nursing home closed in January 2013 after losing its Medicare and Medicaid provider status, receiving notice of federal fines approaching $140,000, and facing loss of its state license. Ongoing concerns regarding the quality of care led to multiple investigations by state and federal officials. The alleged, unreported…
The guardian of an Oregon woman, now deceased, who was the victim of sexual assault in a nursing home has filed suit against the nursing home and its incarcerated former employee. The lawsuit claims elder abuse based on the sexual assault, a civil claim allowed under Oregon law, and seeks…