A 76 year old nursing home patient died last month from complications of injuries he sustained when he was tased by local police. The man was reportedly wielding a knife and scissors and otherwise behaving erratically when the police arrived. When officers motioned to the man, who did not speak…
A Georgia woman was arrested following a raid on a local home in connection with a nursing home she reportedly runs. The woman was charged with abuse, neglect and exploitation of disabled persons, false imprisonment, and operating a personal care home without a license. The arrest took place earlier this…
A recent news story reported on a situation regarding some disturbing footage of abuse within a Texas nursing home. The video shows several residents being thrown or otherwise handled roughly while nursing home employees are engaged in “caretaking.” The station also showed pictures sent in by a viewer of the…
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…