A federal lawsuit brought by the parents of several students against a Kansas military school alleges multiple acts of abuse and neglect. Although fellow students committed many of the alleged acts of abuse, the lawsuit claims that adult staff members often knew about the abuse, and that some were even…
A nurse in Durham, North Carolina pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and patient abuse when a nursing home resident under her care died. Prosecutors accused her of drugging patients under her care in order to “keep them quiet.” Angela Almore worked as a nurse at Britthaven of Chapel…
Prosecutors in Great Falls, Montana have charged former nursing home employee Jennifer Allgrunn with drug possession and elder abuse. The theft of medications allegedly went on for several months, during which time residents might not have had enough medications for their needs. Although the underlying alleged offense is essentially theft…
Police in North Charleston, South Carolina arrested a nursing home owner on Thursday, April 12, 2012 after an inspection of the facility reportedly found extensive evidence of neglect. Andrea Magwood, age 68, is accused of neglecting vulnerable adults under her care. She went free on April 16 on a $250,000…
A bill that would increase criminal penalties for people who engage in elder abuse has met with unfavorable reports in the judiciary committees of both houses of the Maryland Legislature. The bill, known as the John H. Taylor Act, has been introduced in the Legislature several times, and its supporters…
A Rhode Island nursing home faced an ultimatum from the government in January: fix various problems by February 1 or lose its status as a Medicare and Medicaid provider. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency tasked with managing both programs, sent a letter to Hebert…
A former staffer at a Timonium, Maryland nursing home pleaded guilty late last month to abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree. This Maryland Nursing Home Lawyer Blog previously reported on the case of Shirleen Diane Sheppard when prosecutors first indicted her last year. Sheppard worked as a…
A Maryland podiatrist, Larry Bernhard, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge in Baltimore to fifty-four months in prison, plus three years’ supervised release, for a series of fraudulent bills to Medicare totaling more than $1.1 million. He pleaded guilty to charges that included health care fraud and identity theft.…
A former staffer at a nursing home in Barboursville, West Virginia was sentenced to one to three years in jail, including time served, after pleading guilty to the offense of attempting to commit a felony. Darren Canada, a 41 year-old Huntington resident, could be released within a few months because…
Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa has asked the Iowa Legislature to pass a bill requiring nursing homes to notify residents when a registered sex offender moves into the facility. Courts often order individuals into nursing home care after a plea or conviction, and some of those individuals must also go…