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…
A certified nursing assistant at a Wisconsin nursing home faces criminal charges for the alleged abuse of a patient over a six-month period. At least two other employees reported seeing her physically assaulting the nursing home resident on multiple occasions. The felony charges could result in a substantial prison sentence.…
A maintenance worker at an assisted-living facility in Albany, New York was fired and then arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of a 91 year-old resident. Media coverage of the incident has indicated that the man is a registered sex offender with convictions from the 1980’s for rape and other…
Recently, NBC10 Philadelphia reported that two former workers at a nursing home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, were arrested after being caught on camera abusing a resident. Nursing home abuse and neglect are unfortunately common occurrences, but rarely do victims have the benefit of direct evidence as here. According to the…
A former employee of a Wyoming nursing home was recently charged with multiple crimes as a result of her alleged theft of thousands of dollars from a resident with dementia. Malgorzata Burns reportedly worked at Shepherd of the Valley Healthcare Center in Casper, Wyoming, as a certified nursing assistant. It…
A federal judge in the District of Maryland allowed one claim in a pro se lawsuit lawsuit against a hospital and a nursing home to proceed past summary judgment. The court in Estate of Bernice L. Jones v. NMS Health Care of Hyattsville, et al granted the defendants’ motion for…