A nursing home in California has been in the headlines lately for allegedly abandoning its facility, and therefore patients. One patient suffering from dementia went missing for several days, until he was finally located by law enforcement officers over 30 miles away. Government officials began a criminal investigation into elder…
A Delaware jury recently convicted a certified nursing assistant of abusing an 89 year old woman at a local nursing home. The specific charges were patient abuse and mistreatment of an impaired adult, stemming from an incident where the assistant allegedly placed a trash bag over the elderly woman’s head…
According to at least one report, at least five elderly individuals died as a result of a systematic incidence of neglect at a care home that was rated “good” by the relevant official regulator. An additional fourteen residents also died, though of reported natural causes, after receiving “sub-optimal” care at…
Earlier this month in Florida, the owner of an adult care home was charged in regards to multiple allegations related to the mistreatment of residents, which included such things as abusing residents, failure to provide an adequate number of beds, restraining a resident with handcuffs, and other crimes. According to…
According to the Attorney General in New York, a nurse’s aide was arrested recently based on allegations that she physically and mentally abused an elderly woman under her care in a nursing home. The aide was charged with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically…
A Sheriff’s Department in Georgia is investigating a claim that a nursing home staff member allegedly physically abused a patient. The incident was allegedly reported by both a family member and another staff member at the facility. An 86-year-old woman was hospitalized with bruises and a broken bone that she…
Trial has reportedly begun in the case of a former nursing home employee accused of assaulting a patient last November. The defendant pleaded not guilty earlier this year to the charge of abuse of a disabled adult. She faces up to two years in prison if convicted. The charges stem…
Another seemingly egregious case of nursing home abuse has been captured on hidden camera. A Canadian man set up a hidden camera in his mother’s room at a home in Ontario for a period of three weeks due to suspicions that she was being abused or neglected. One instance that…
The Center for Investigative Reporting made a finding that California is failing to protect patients living in care facilities across the state. What they discovered was unsettling. By searching through years of records, the group determined that investigators from the Department of Public Health failed to look into accusations of…
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…