One facility has received three allegations of abuse this year. The complaints of abuse were made available through an FOI report. Two of the allegations involved common assault and the staff members were suspended from employment.The third abuse allegation involved indecent assault.
A nursing home patient has been arrested for assaulting another patient. The 74-year-old patient took advantage of an 80-year-old patient. The assaulting patient was then arrested for molestation charges. An employee witnessed the incident as well.
A nursing home worker has been sentenced to prison and to pay fines in a theft case. The nursing home employee was accused of stealing several patients' debit cards. She also stole a patient's diamond ring with an estimated value of $3,000.The worker will serve one year in prison with one year suspended.
Nursing home allegations in one state have the greatest lag time prior to inspection. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that 650 claims have gone without investigation.
A nursing home employee has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement totaling more than $80,000. The employee was siphoning money from the patient's payments through an operations account. She then forged checks to herself with the signatures of patients under the guise of payment for activities, dinner outings, and small events. The former financial overseer now faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the crime.
The family of a loved one has filed a complaint against a nursing home after the patient came home with bruises from head to toe. The patient died just days later. “She was perfectly fine when she left my home.
