Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Nursing Home Abuse Trial Scheduled in Kentucky

Three Nursing Home Aides were charged with Elder Abuse following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police. Charges included counts of first-degree criminal elder abuse, counts of second-degree wanton endangerment and counts of knowingly abusing or neglecting a nursing home resident.

Date set for nursing home abuse trial | News | bgdailynews.com:




Thursday, October 08, 2015

nursing home aid guilty of rape of dementia patient


A former male nursing assistant at Walker Methodist Health Center in Minneapolis pleaded guilty Monday to raping an 83-year-old woman who suffered from severe dementia and Alzheimer’s disease — the latest in a recent surge of nursing home abuse cases involving elderly residents at nursing homes across the state.
Mpls. nursing home aide pleads guilty to rape of dementia patient - StarTribune.com:




Thursday, October 01, 2015

camera catches abuse at nursing home


Two former employees of a Minnesota nursing home could face criminal charges after hidden cameras  allegedly recorded the workers  abusing at least two residents.
Two nursing assistants were fired from Saint Therese of New Hope on June 29 "following confirmation of allegations that they physically abused two nursing home residents," the senior home said Wednesday in a statement to The Associated Press. 
Eight other nursing assistants were fired for allegedly failing to report the abuse or for using cellphones in resident rooms.
The extent of the alleged elder abuse is unclear. 

Hidden camera catches abuse at New Hope nursing home; 10 fired - TwinCities.com:




Tuesday, September 22, 2015

possible nursing home attack investigated

The New York state attorney general recently investigated how a Marine veteran suffered injuries in a state-run nursing home in Queens. The probe was launched last week after it was reported that Robert Brogan, 87, suffered 2 separate  wounds at the Veterans’ Home in St. Albans. His arm wound required 23 stitches.
The nursing home could not explain what happened to Brogan, who suffers from dementia, in either incident
Attorney general investigating nursing home attack | New York Post

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Nursing Home sued for Neglect

A class-action suit was recently filed against Casa Rio Healthcare &a Rehabilitation, accusing the facility of contributing to the deaths of seven more patients.
Two of the families neglect cases sound particularly gruesome. In one the suit alleges a 46-year-old woman was neglected so long, a huge maggot infestation set up in her ear.

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Nurse Charged for Giving nursing home patient morphine

A nurse who authorities said gave a patient morphine instead of a prescribed muscle relaxant in an Island Park nursing home in February 2012 -- and then tried to cover it up -- has been indicted on felony endangerment charges, officials said.

Vicki Price, 46, of Freeport, a licensed practical nurse who worked at the Bayview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Long Beach Road, was arraigned Wednesday on the indictment charging her with second-degree endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person, one count of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, willful violation of the public health laws and first-degree falsifying business records....

Nurse faces trial in case of nursing home patient given morphine instead of muscle relaxant - Newsday:

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Texas Nursing Home's with Substandard Care Called Out

At a hearing in August to evaluate the state agency responsible for Texas’ elderly Nursing Home residents, State Sen. Charles Schwertner singled out seven of the 1,200 nursing homes licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

“These seven facilities are the worst of the worst,” said Schwertner, a Republican from Georgetown. At the hearing, he proposed a “three-strikes” rule that would force the state to close nursing homes found to have the highest-level violations of federal quality standards on three separate days over 24 months.


Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Brother reveals why he stopped his sister at nursing care home

The brother who ended his evil sister’s “Darth Vader” reign of terror at their family’s nursing home has revealed he had to do it “before she killed someone”.
Jeremy Koralewski tells how he shopped brutal Siobhan to police after he and horrified partner Jennifer witnessed her attacks on helpless Elders.
His brave decision led to the closure of the home owned by his parents and cost him his job .
Jeremy says: “I may have lost everything, but someone had to protect the poor old people my sister terrorized.”
Last month the 30-year-old was convicted of five counts of neglect and ill-treatment. She will be sentenced at the end of the month.
The court heard how the deputy manager sat on one man, aged 88, waving her breasts at him  before biting him between the legs.

Brother reveals why he shopped his sister over her reign of terror at care home - Mirror Online

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

nursing home employee slapped, manhandled 80-year-old bedridden patient, police say

"A caregiver at a Hoover nursing home is in jail after authorities say she slapped and manhandled an 80-year-old bedridden patient.

Taneka Kiera Hopkins, 28, of Pinson, is charged with second-degree elder abuse. "Her actions were appalling, awful and disturbing,'' said Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector.

Hopkins worked as a certified nursing assistant at the South Haven facility on Old Columbiana Road. She has since been released from employment.

Rector said family members suspected their loved-one was being abused, and contacted Hoover police. The male patient suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia. "He is unable to care for himself and unable to speak,'' Rector said"

Hoover nursing home employee slapped, manhandled 80-year-old bedridden patient, police say | AL.com:

3 Indicted for Elderly Abuse in Brownsville Nursing Home

On Wednesday, September 3, the Edmonson County Grand Jury returned indictments on three individuals, stemming from an investigation conducted by the Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green, at Genesis Healthcare Edmonson Center Nursing Home in Brownsville. A total of 69 criminal charges were brought against three employees.

Jerry Matthew Snyder of Leitchfield was arrested and charged with 14 counts of Criminal Abuse 1st degree (adult), two counts of Wanton Endangerment 2nd degree, 14 counts of Assault 4th degree. 3 Indicted for Elderly Abuse in Brownsville Nursing Home:

Monday, March 09, 2015

Jury awards $5.2 million for nursing home negligence

Faulkner jury awards $5.2 million in nursing home negligence case

Faulkner County jury returned a unanimous verdict last night that the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had been negligent in treatment of Martha Bull, 76, who died at the nursing home April 7, 2008 after staff failed to act on a doctor's orders to get her transferred to a hospital emergency room for treatment of severe abdominal pain.
It set damages for pain, suffering and mental anguish at $5.2 million, according to Bull's attorney, Thomas Buchanan of Little Rock. 
The jury found the nursing home guilty of negligence, medical malpractice and violation of residents rights, but it did not specifically find that the nursing home caused Bull's death. 

Monday, March 02, 2015

Elderly Abused at 1 in 3 Nursing Homes: Report - ABC News

Reports of serious, physical, sexual and verbal abuse are "numerous" among the nation's nursing homes, according to a congressional report released today.
The study, prepared by the minority (Democratic and Independent) staff of the Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee, finds that 30 percent of nursing homes in the United States — 5,283 facilities — were cited for almost 9,000 instances of abuse over a recent two-year period, from January 1999 to January 2001.
Common problems included untreated bedsores, inadequate medical care, malnutrition, dehydration, preventable accidents, and inadequate sanitation and hygiene, the report said.
Many of the abuse violations caused harm to the residents, the report said.
In 1,601 cases, the abuse violations were serious enough "to cause actual harm to residents or to place the residents in immediate jeopardy of death or serious injury," it said.
"What we have found is shocking," says Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the committee's minority leader, who instructed the staff to do the study.
Kelley Queale, director of communications for the California Association of Health Facilities, however, says reports such as the one released today can be misleading, since stringent regulations require reporting even the most minor of incidents, such as one resident slapping another.
"That inflates the figures and makes it sound a lot worse than the reality is," she says. "We believe that nursing homes are providing the best care they can in a difficult environment."
Grotesque Abuse
In some reported cases, a member of the nursing home's staff was accused of committing physical or sexual abuse. In others, staff were cited for failing to protect people from abuse by other residents.
The report documents instances of residents being punched, slapped, choked or kicked by staff members or other residents, causing injuries such as fractured bones or lacerations.Elderly Abused at 1 in 3 Nursing Homes: Report - ABC News:



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Monday, February 23, 2015

Man charged after abuse investigation


Olean police have arrested an Olean man on allegations of physically abusing his mentally and physically disabled adult stepdaughter. 

Ronald L. “Ronnie” Miller, 59, of 1526 Martin St., was charged at 1:33 p.m. Wednesday with first-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, a class E felony; and third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor. 

Explaining the charges Thursday afternoon, Olean Police Capt. Robert Blovsky said investigators believe Miller lost his temper while trying to calm his “severely disabled” 27-year-old stepdaughter between 2 and 3 a.m. Monday, allegedly hitting her with his hand and causing “serious bruising” to her buttocks. Man charged after abuse investigation - Olean Times Herald: News - Man charged after abuse investigation: News:

Monday, February 16, 2015

Jurors rule in favor of family in nursing home abuse

Jurors rule in favor of family in nursing home abuse lawsuit | Oklahoma City - OKC - KOCO.com: "Friday evening, the jury at the Federal Courthouse decided the family of the victim is entitled to monetary damages.

The family was awarded $1.2M for emotional distress and $10,000 in punitive damages.

Shocking video was taken inside the Quail Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma City in April 2012. It shows two aides appearing to stuff a latex glove into the mouth of 96-year-old Eryetha Mayberry as she sits in her wheelchair.

The undercover video helped change laws in Oklahoma. Families can legally hide cameras inside their loved one’s room.

“In my mind, there’s absolutely no question that these aides had abused other residents before this," said Wes Bledsoe, an advocate for nursing home reform who has worked closely with the family. "This was not the first time that they had ever abused a resident and if it had not been for that camera they would have continued to abuse other residents.”"



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Monday, January 26, 2015

NY Attorney General investigating nursing home Assault


The state attorney general is investigating how a Marine veteran suffered horrific injuries in a state-run nursing home in Queens.
The probe was launched last week after The Post reported that a resident, 87, was gashed on the head Sept. 21 and again in the arm Nov. 24 at the State Veterans’ Home in St. Albans.
His jagged arm slashes, which appeared to be defensive wounds, required 23 stitches.
The nursing home could not explain what happened to Brogan, who suffers from dementia, in either incident. Attorney general investigating nursing home attack | New York Post

Monday, January 19, 2015

Drug Problems In Nursing Homes

It's one of the worst fears we have for our parents or for ourselves: that we, or they, will end up in a nursing home, drugged into a stupor. And that fear is not entirely unreasonable. Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are currently receiving antipsychotic drugs, usually to suppress the anxiety or aggression that can go with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia.Old And Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem In Nursing Homes : Shots - Health News : NPR:

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Former judge pleads guilty, admits taking bribe to cut jury verdict from $5.2M to $1M

A former Arkansas judge waived indictment and pleaded guilty Friday to a federal criminal information charging him with accepting a bribe for reducing a nursing home negligence verdict from $5.2 million to $1 million.
Michael A. Maggio, 53, admitted being “improperly influenced” in the nursing home case by campaign contributions in 2013 for his planned run for an appellate court seat, according to Arkansas Business, the Log Cabin Democrat and the Times Record   Former judge pleads guilty, admits taking bribe to cut jury verdict from $5.2M to $1M:




Monday, January 12, 2015

Nurses Steal Nursing Home patients' Medicines

Nurse "Z" spent years stealing drugs from patients in Va. as a nursing home director at more than one facility, and sick people went without narcotics.
Later she had another job and was stealing fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine. By late 2003, with state monitoring starting to make it more difficult for her to take nursing home patients' drugs at will, she hatched a new plan.
Z went back "to visit" people at a Nursing Home in Richmond, where she once worked and had been fired. But she really was going back for drugs, according to later board findings. The registered nurse was peeling pain medicine patches off of residents' chests, scraping the narcotic off, ingesting it and sticking the useless bandages back on.
At the time, the Board of Nursing knew she was addicted — they had for years — and had allowed her to stay licensed. At the bottom, deeply in the grip of drugs and close to a suicide attempt, she still could have, during a window of several months before the state took action, applied for another nursing job in Virginia with her valid license and treated patients.
A statewide investigation by The News Leader discovered Zientek among 900 nurses publicly disciplined by the licensing board from 2007 to mid-2013 for drug theft and use at work.
Investigation: Addicted nurses steal patients' drugs

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Some Nursing Home Staff Stealing Drugs

According to The Newsleader:
"Bonnie Zientek spent years stealing drugs from nursing patients in Richmond, as a nursing director at more than one facility, and sick people went without medicine.
She had another job and was stealing fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine. She also went back to visit people at a Nursing Home in Richmond, where she once worked and had been fired. But she really was going back for drugs, according to later board findings."
 Investigation: Addicted nurses steal patients' drugs:

Friday, January 02, 2015

New York investigating nursing home attack

The NY attorney general is investigating how a elderly man suffered  injuries in a nursing home in Queens. The residents jagged arm slashes, which appeared to be defensive wounds, required 23 stitches. The nursing home could not explain what happened to him, who suffers from dementia, in either incident. Attorney general investigating nursing home attack | New York Post: