Official in one state are investigating allegations that a nurse’s aide assaulted an 84-year-old nursing home resident earlier this year. The 26-year-old former employee of the facility was charged Monday with cruelty to persons, third-degree assault on a victim over 60 and first-degree reckless endangerment. According to police, the female employee fractured the face and one finger of an elderly male resident after becoming angry that the resident had experienced bowel incontinence towards the …

Two individuals were arrested last weekend following an incident with a sedated medical center patient. One man is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and abuse of a vulnerable adult while the other is charged with neglect of a vulnerable adult, according to police. According to police, the two men were at the regional medical center visiting a family member who had been injured in an accident earlier in the week when a nurse walked into the room and discovered one of the men with …

The former nurse’s aide who assaulted a nursing home resident at a Staunton nursing home earlier this year has pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges. The charges were filed in connection with incidents involving two incapacitated residents at the Staunton facility. The suspect, Anthony M.

Nursing home workers at several facilities in one city picketed this week.  The staff who are part of a union are seeking a new contract which would contain a pay raise and additional staff on each shift, according to union representatives. One certified nursing assistant said when employees are unable to fill their shifts, replacements are not called in and the burden of providing care to more patients is placed on the remaining workers. She went on to say that the management of the nursin…

The District agency responsible for investigating abuse and neglect allegations of elderly and disabled adults is vowing to improve its operations and better protect the elderly.  The recently released report indicated that Adult Protective Services has been operating without crucial collaboration with other protective entities such as police. The report noted that APS employees in the state are not required to track client outcomes. Additionally, the department has not filed a legally requ…

An elderly man is dead and his wife is fighting for her life, after an attempted nursing home murder-suicide. Wednesday afternoon the 75-year-old was visiting his wife at the nursing home where she was a patient when he shot her and then turned the gun on himself. The man was dead when police arrived.