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…
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…
A jury recently awarded a Florida man more than $1.1 billion in damages for the alleged negligence his mother had experienced in a local nursing home. The lawsuit claimed that the man’s 69 year old mother was a resident at the Auburndale Oaks Healthcare Center nursing home from 2004 until…